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We work with Pike County residents
in custody and after release to
achieve successful reintegration

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Who We Are

Choosing Integrity is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation registered in Pennsylvania since 2014. Our staff, volunteers and the nine members of our board of directors are deeply committed to supporting men and women who are in custody and/or recently released.

What We See

Many young adults struggling to address the effects of adverse or traumatic life experiences make unwise choices that lead to personal disintegration and encounters with the justice system. We see hopeful possibilities of healing, recovery and a new chance to make life meaningful and whole. Continue reading “What We See” →

What We Do

Choosing Integrity staff & volunteers are at Pike and Wayne County Correctional Facilities several times weekly to mentor, teach, & challenge participants with SMART Recovery, & Women’s Issues, Trauma-Informed Yoga, & Money Management programs while continually addressing integrity, recovery, accessing resources, & asking for help. Continue reading “What We Do” →

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Coaching

Certified Professional Coaches

Gean Bechthold and Martha Dubensky are certified life coaches. Gean provides informal coaching within the PCCF population. The intent is to create an atmosphere of opportunity by exploring a participant’s current situation, to discuss how that situation is serving them and what they may want to do differently. The participant can then work on applying a plan of action to change their outcome.

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Peer Support & Mentorship

Choosing Integrity now has trained peer specialists with lived experience in recovery and reentry meet to with individuals to offer guidance, encouragement, and accountability throughout their transition back into the community. Peers offer compassion and respect without judgement since they have “been there.” They focus on strengths, goals, and resources by walking alongside individuals to help them develop tools and skills for lasting change.

Smart Recovery

Smart Recovery stands for “Self-Management and Recovery Training.” It incorporates evidence-based principles of Rational Emotive Therapy (RET) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Smart Recovery includes four areas of focus – (1) Enhancing and maintaining motivation, (2) Coping with urges, (3) Managing thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and (4) Lifestyle balance.

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It’s Past Time to Reevaluate Our Love Affair with Incarceration

Even though the coronavirus pandemic seems far from over, thoughtful people are already asking how it will change the lives of Americans in the years to come. Questions about the long-term economic, political, social and public health impacts prompt widely differing opinions and speculations. But what everyone seems to agree on is that it will…Continue reading It’s Past Time to Reevaluate Our Love Affair with Incarceration

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