Better Things, Inc.

Better Things Inc. is a faith-based 501(c)3 non-profit organization existing to support caregiving professionals who provide spiritual, emotional, and physical support for the people in our community.

Attachment and trauma difficulties are two significant barriers to achieving optimal mental health and wellness. Better Things, Inc. was founded to help residents of Aroostook County, Maine overcome those barriers. While every person’s experience is unique, most behavioral and mental health needs are trauma-related. The negative impact from potentially traumatic events is healed in the context of healthy relationships.

About Us

Our Partnerships:

Better Things, Inc. is led by a volunteer board of directors, including a chair, secretary, and treasurer, with an executive director who serves as an ex-officio board member and oversees daily operations. In order to best achieve the mission and vision, Better Things, Inc. collaborates with:

Churches
Schools
Clinicians
Parachurch ministries
Community organizations
Mental health agencies

Better Things, Inc. does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, sex, sexual identity, marital status, disability, age, national origin, or for any other reason.

Our Vision:

Better Things, Inc. will facilitate improved relationships and posttraumatic growth for the people of Easton, Maine, and Aroostook County as a whole, through care services delivered to caregivers.

Our Mission Statment:

While demonstrating unconditional positive regard in a safe, trustworthy, collaborative, and empowering environment, Better Things, Inc. provides attachment- and trauma-informed support, education, referral, consultation, and short-term counseling services for those who provide care for others, such as clergy, ministry leaders, therapists, first responders, healthcare workers, educational personnel, and their families. Caring for these often-overlooked caregivers is essential and promotes positive change in their lives as well as the lives of those they serve.

Services:

Training
Education
Consultation
Short-term Counseling:
- Psychological First Aid
- Critical Incident Desensitization
- Acute Traumatic Incident Processing
- Other
Referral Services

Better Things, Inc.’s services are provided at no or low cost to those populations most often impacted by traumatic events, and to those who might otherwise be unable to benefit from such support, including:

ministry leaders and spouses
educational personnel
first responders
medical professionals
mental health professionals

210 Center Rd (at the Easton Wesleyan Church)

P O Box 15

Easton, ME 04740

For more information, please contact our Executive Director:

Penney Siddiqui, EdD, LCSW, CCS

Email: info@betterthingsinc.org
Phone: (207) 769-3360