Mental Health Care in Lebanon, PA

Ponessa Behavioral Health

What Does Ponessa Behavioral Health Offer?

Ponessa Behavioral Health is a mental health facility at 15 South 9th Street, Lebanon, Pennsylvania, offering outpatient care and telehealth therapy. It accepts Medicaid, Medicare, private insurance, state-financed insurance and self-pay. Therapy approaches include CBT and couples and family therapy.

15 South 9th Street
Lebanon, PA 17042

Listed in SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov, checked October 2026. A listing is not an endorsement. Call to confirm services, openings and costs before you go.

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Types of Care at Ponessa Behavioral Health

  • Outpatient

Payment, Insurance and Help Paying

  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Private health insurance
  • Cash or self-payment
  • State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

Therapy and Treatment Approaches

  • Activity therapy
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy
  • Couples/family therapy
  • Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
  • Individual psychotherapy
  • Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
  • Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Who the Program Serves

  • Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
  • Clients who have experienced trauma
  • Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
  • Ages: Children/Adolescents
  • Ages: Young Adults
  • Ages: Adults
  • Ages: Seniors

Medications Used

  • Chlorpromazine
  • Fluphenazine
  • Haloperidol
  • Loxapine
  • Perphenazine
  • Prochlorperazine
  • Thiothixene
  • Thioridazine
  • Trifluoperazine
  • Aripiprazole
  • Brexpiprazole
  • Cariprazine
  • Clozapine
  • IIoperidone
  • Lurasidone
  • Olanzapine
  • Olanzapine/Fluoxetine combination
  • Paliperidone
  • Quetiapine
  • Risperidone
  • Ziprasidone
  • Antipsychotics used in treatment of SMI

Assessment, Recovery Support and Other Services

  • Screening for tobacco use
  • Mentoring/peer support
  • Court-ordered outpatient treatment
  • Family psychoeducation
  • Suicide prevention services
  • TB screening
  • Laboratory testing

Before you commit, confirm openings, costs and the program's state license. How to find a therapist you can afford lists the questions to ask when you call, and mental health care in Pennsylvania lists the state's crisis lines and license lookups.

Other Mental Health Facilities Near Ponessa Behavioral Health

Measured by straight-line distance from this facility. See every listing on the Lebanon mental health care page.

Lebanon VAMC, Lebanon

1700 South Lincoln Avenue, Lebanon, PA 17042 · 2.0 mi

717-272-6621

  • Outpatient care
  • Telehealth therapy
  • Residential care
  • Hospital inpatient care
  • CBT
  • DBT
  • EMDR
  • Medicare
  • Private insurance
  • Walk-in crisis

Sources

  1. SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov listing data, checked October 2026
  2. About FindTreatment.gov (SAMHSA)

In crisis? Call or text 988 or chat at 988lifeline.org, any time. If someone is in immediate danger, call 911. anxiety.help is an independent guide, not a mental health provider or crisis service, and doesn't give medical advice. For a free, confidential referral, call SAMHSA's National Helpline at 1-800-662-4357.