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First Step Counseling - Dallas

First Step Counseling - Dallas

Drug Rehab Center in Dallas, Texas

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Drug Addiction
  • Alcoholism

First Step Counseling of Dallas is an accredited treatment center offering evidence-based therapies and tailored treatment plans for alcoholism, drug addiction, and substance abuse, with a focus on individualized support and comprehensive aftercare to support long-term recovery.

About This Texas Facility

First Step Counseling of Dallas is a professional, accredited treatment center providing specialized care for individuals struggling with alcoholism, drug addiction, and substance abuse. The center utilizes a variety of evidence-based therapies and methods to ensure the best outcome for clients. These include, but are not limited to, individual and group therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, life skills interventions, motivational interviewing and rational emotive behavior therapy. Clients also benefit from comprehensive aftercare and drug rehabilitation services to support long-term recovery.

Clients can access a range of tailored treatment plans and levels of care, including intensive outpatient and outpatient services. This allows the center to provide individualized support to meet their unique needs and ensure the highest quality of care possible. First Step Counseling of Dallas is dedicated to providing a safe, comfortable environment for clients to heal and move forward in life. With its team of experienced professionals, it is committed to helping people achieve their highest potential in sobriety and recovery.

Genders
  • Male
  • Female
  • Gender Exclusive Center
  • Ages
  • Children
  • Teenagers
  • Adults
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Modality
  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Groups
  • Additional
  • LGBTQ+ Allied
  • Hearing Impaired
  • Veteran Specific
  • SAMHSA Listed
  • Accreditations

    State License

    SAMHSA

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    The inappropriate use of any drug in Dallas, TX is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at First Step Counseling - Dallas. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.

    Opioid Addiction Treatment supports people recovering from addiction to prescription drugs as well as illegal opioids. This is a hospital-based or residential treatment. Depending upon one’s age, detox without the appropriate medication may be unpleasant or even dangerous–some get body aches, fever, chills, while others may even have seizures.

    Opioid treatment involves medically assisted detox, physical and mental support. Most rehabilitations use an array of treatments to ensure overall wellbeing, such as Medication-assisted therapy (MAT) in which one gets behavioral therapy, medicines, and counseling. A client-centered approach can reduce one’s chances of relapse. Therapists at work with the client to figure out environmental and behavioral triggers, giving them the power to change the patterns.

    Levels of Care Offered at First Step Counseling - Dallas

    This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

    Daily trips to the hospital that provides the treatment include intensive outpatient services (IOP). IOP in Texas is appropriate for patients in residential recovery facilities that have been diagnosed with addiction. Patients return to their everyday lives gradually, increasing the likeliness of success in treatment.

    Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into First Step Counseling - Dallas long term. In addition to helping them recover, the patient attends regular therapy sessions and detox and participates in other therapies. However, this is all primarily done from home. As a follow-up to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment is usually recommended.

    After rehabilitation, it helps people return to their everyday lives. It may also be an alternative to inpatient care in some situations. If they cannot leave their jobs, children, or don’t have the money for inpatient care, people can choose this method. Inpatient therapy, however, is the best method and most suggested level of treatment offered by First Step Counseling - Dallas in recovering from addiction.

    Treatment for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at First Step Counseling - Dallas in Texas after they attain initial sobriety.

    Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.

    Therapies & Programs

    Individual therapy involves one on one sessions between the patient and the therapist at First Step Counseling - Dallas. Individual therapy provides patients with a safe environment where they can openly discuss their problems with the therapist. The patients find the therapist as a person who they can trust. It helps them to open up and discuss personal and sensitive issues, which they may not be comfortable discussing in a group setting.

    Individual therapy aims to identify the core issues that would have led the patient to substance abuse and address the root cause effectively. The therapist can develop patient-specific customized solutions through individual therapy, which aids speedier recovery.

    Group therapy is an important tool in recovery. Addiction tends to lead to isolation and feelings of uniqueness. Accountability and friendship that is found in group therapy can be more effective than any single other treatment approach. With First Step Counseling - Dallas in Dallas, Texas, there’s no reason to go through recovery alone.

    Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.

    Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, focuses on the connection between how someone feels, acts, and thinks. It shows someone how to accept responsibility for their behaviors and actions, while also strengthening a person’s awareness of the circumstances they put themselves into. It can give people attending First Step Counseling - Dallas in Dallas, Texas the strength to realize they were self-destructing, allowing them to finally reach out and get the help they need.

    Self-defeating thoughts and habits can limit your possible successes. Some examples of this are procrastination, unhealthy eating and angry outbursts. REBT is a method of specific counseling offered by First Step Counseling - Dallas that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts.

    Rehabilitation is not just limited to bringing an individual out of addiction and achieving sobriety. It is considered complete only when an individual starts leading a normal and balanced life. Life skill therapy focuses on the various skills that helps an individual to lead a normal life. Patients often do not take care of themselves, struggle professionally and withdraw from social interaction due to the physical and emotional disturbances caused by addiction.

    Life skills therapy helps them to improve various personal, professional and social skills such as cooking healthy meals, maintaining proper hygiene, budgeting, decision making, time management, regulation of emotions and resolving the interpersonal conflicts effectively.

    Payment Options Accepted

    For specific insurance or payment methods please contact us.
  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
  • Additional Details

    Specifics, location, and helpful extra information.
    First Step Counseling - Dallas Location and Directions
    Address Information219 Sunset Ave
    Dallas, Texas 75208 Phone Number(214) 942-8808 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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    Dallas, Texas Addiction Information

    Texas is one of the primary hubs for drug smuggling into the country. The border between Texas and Mexico is more than 1,000 miles long. More than 10 million residents use alcohol every year and more than 25% of those are minors. Alcohol and drug use has become so common in Texas that almost 15% of all deaths can be attributed to these substances.

    The drug addiction problem in Dallas, Texas is severe. Around 7% of the population is addicted to drugs. Drug addiction and abuse can also have a big impact on the community, as it can lead to increased crime rates. From 2009-to 2013, the number of people admitted to rehab for heroin. According to recent statistics, over 1,000 drug-related deaths in Dallas in 2016 alone.

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