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Northpointe Council - The First Step Center

Northpointe Council - The First Step Center

Drug Rehab Center in Niagara Falls, New York

  • Substance Abuse
  • Opioid Addiction
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Drug Addiction
  • Alcoholism

Northpointe Council - The First Step Center is a 24-bed addiction treatment facility in Niagara Falls, NY that offers comprehensive drug rehab services, including evidence-based therapies and aftercare support, to help individuals recover from their addictions.

About This Niagara Falls, NY Facility

Northpointe Council - The First Step Center, located in Niagara Falls, NY, is dedicated to providing high-quality, person-centered treatment and recovery services for those affected by substance use disorders. This residential facility strives to help individuals begin their path to a better tomorrow.

Offering a 24-bed program, The First Step Center focuses on the initial stages of treatment, providing withdrawal and stabilization support for men and women. With 24/7 care and medically supervised detoxification services, the center aims to clear the mind and body of addictive substances.

The First Step Center specializes in treating substance use disorders, including alcoholism, opioid addiction, and drug addiction. Their comprehensive approach addresses various levels of care:

  • Detoxification services with 7 dedicated beds
  • Stabilization services with 17 beds
  • Addiction and psychiatric medication management
  • Counseling and support from trained professionals

Accredited by SAMHSA and holding a State License, Northpointe Council - The First Step Center offers evidence-based treatment methods and a sober environment for the beginning stages of recovery. Their team of nurses, medical doctors, counselors, and professionals ensure a comfortable and safe detoxification process.

For individuals struggling with substance abuse or addiction, Northpointe Council - The First Step Center provides a crucial first step towards sobriety. Through their residential program, they guide clients through the initial withdrawal and stabilization phases, laying the foundation for a successful recovery journey.

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
  • Multiple Centers
  • Accreditations

    State License

    SAMHSA

    Conditions and Issues Treated

    Substance abuse is the excessive use of any type of drug. This includes alcohol, medications and illegal drugs. Substance abuse is treated with a combination of physical and mental treatments. Northpointe Council - The First Step Center patients detox and follow up with therapies that target the underlying cause of the addiction.

    Opioid addiction is one of New York‘s most prominent forms of addiction. Drugs, including heroin, oxycontin, and fentanyl, are the most common. To relieve pain, or ease other ailments, they are professionally prescribed, but they are often abused because they and the feelings they give are addictive.

    Addiction is treated by detoxifying the body, so the medications’ chemicals are no longer impacting the individual. Northpointe Council - The First Step Center offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.

    Levels of Care Offered

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

    Detox treatment begins when the patient leaves their surroundings of family and friends, which is usually when they are most vulnerable. Being in a safe environment surrounded by medical professionals provides them with the safety net many of them need to get over their addiction. With kind and caring staff members, patients can feel relaxed, and they will need to start by admitting that they have a problem in order to get better.

    If a person goes through detox treatment, they will understand their addiction better, and they won’t want to relapse and lose all the benefits of sobriety. They can see the effects of using drugs and how it makes them feel, which will make them want to quit their addiction.

    Drug detox is vital to the recovery process, and it ensures that a patient will be in a safe environment during their withdrawal.

    An inpatient is a person who stays in a hospital or rehab center during treatment. For alcohol- and drug-dependent individuals, inpatient rehabs provide individualized around-the-clock services. Inpatient treatment programs address a person’s unique physical, medical, and psychological needs. A team of experts assess the severity of the addiction and design a highly tailored program. typically, the length of stay in an inpatient facility in Niagara Falls, NY is 30 days. Those with severe addiction may need to stay at the facility for 60 to 90 days.

    Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.

    Aftercare Support at Northpointe Council - The First Step Center, in short, is the support provided to a patient after they have finished treatment. It allows them to adjust to everyday life. It may entail setting them up and enrolling them in services such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) inside a halfway house. Career coaching may also be offered to patients to help them get back into the New York workforce.

    Northpointe Council - The First Step Center‘s Therapies & Programs

    Addiction in Niagara Falls, New York can occur due to a wide variety of reasons. Understanding your addiction and the best methods for maintaining sobriety involves learning about yourself. Northpointe Council - The First Step Center treatment programs include individual therapy for the greatest chances of success.

    Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Northpointe Council - The First Step Center. This builds a personal and trusting relationship so you can truly be yourself and express any emotions as you feel them. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction and coping strategies to prevent relapse.

    Substance abuse does a number on an individual’s relationship with other people, particularly in marriage. Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. Therefore, it becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Most programs only zero in on the individual with substance addiction without factoring in the importance of the other half’s emotional support.

    However, some facilities, like Northpointe Council - The First Step Center in Niagara Falls, New York, offer couples therapy options to manage intimate partnerships amid the recovery process. Other couples-focused treatment plans can provide the patient and their partner tools to get things back to normal, support each other, and the patient’s sobriety.
    Addiction is a family disease. Family therapy aims to heal and rebalance unhealthy roles and habits. Healing any family trauma and dysfunctional communications is important, and Northpointe Council - The First Step Center understands this. Family sessions are meant to bring New York families closer together and live sober, healthy, lives.

    Group Therapy is a type of counseling that occurs between a bunch of strangers. These groups are suitable for patients who are not confined in a treatment facility, but group sessions are also common in inpatient rehab programs. Group therapy is led by a trained individual at Northpointe Council - The First Step Center in Niagara Falls, NY and consists of members from different stages of recovery.

    The goal of group therapy sessions is to foster hope and a sense of belonging, share information, and learn coping mechanisms. It also helps to have people who can relate to what you’re going through. Good behaviors can also be contagious, and participants can learn from one another.

    Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed.

    Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. Northpointe Council - The First Step Center asks people to investigate how their thoughts, including habitual, negative, and inaccurate ways of thinking affect behaviors. CBT is based on the idea that rigid, inflexible ways of thinking cause people to have a limited ability to cope with stress

    Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a method of specific counseling that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts with positive and productive behaviors. Self-defeating thoughts and habits can limit your possible successes. Some examples of this are procrastination, unhealthy eating and angry outbursts. You may not be aware that some unhealthy behaviors and thoughts are sabotaging your potential accomplishments.

    In the midst of an addiction certain healthy habits and behaviors can be forgotten or discarded altogether. While in treatment you will learn life skills that will help you successfully maintain sobriety in New York.

    The 12-step program is a part of substance abuse treatment offered at Northpointe Council - The First Step Center. It was initially developed by the founders of Alcoholics anonymous. The program provides the benefit of cognitive restructuring. It refers to the process of change in the negative thoughts that leads to long-term benefits.

    Some people refer to contingency management, or CM, as motivational incentives. This type of therapy is a reconditioning of the mind and responses of the body. The point of CM is to help the body understand the proper responses to behaviors should be, as well as the effects that come with both problematic and desired behaviors. The more positive choices a person makes, the more incentives they will receive, all managed with sobriety goals by Northpointe Council - The First Step Center in Niagara Falls, NY.

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  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
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    Northpointe Council - The First Step Center Location and Directions
    Address Information2470 Allen Ave
    Niagara Falls, New York 14303 Phone Number(716) 285-3421 Meta DetailsUpdated April 15, 2024
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    Niagara Falls, New York Addiction Information

    More than 2 million New Yorkers are currently suffering from some type of substance abuse and many of those are minors. Alcohol abuse, in particular, is prevalent among those underage. As a result of the high prices and regulation of prescription drugs, many New Yorkers turn to heroin instead. This has led to a serious heroin epidemic in the state.

    Niagara Falls, New York has one of the highest rates of drug abuse in the country. More than 5% of people aged 12 or older used illicit drugs at least once in 2015. This is up 21% since 2002. Drug addiction can lead to various health and social problems, including crime and violence. In Niagara Falls, popular options include inpatient and outpatient rehab programs, 12-step programs, and detox clinics.

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