Step By Step
Drug Rehab Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania
Step By Step Addiction Treatment Facility in Allentown, PA provides comprehensive and personalized drug rehab programs, dual diagnosis treatment and other holistic therapies to enable individuals to break free from addiction and lead healthier lives.
About This Allentown, PA Facility
Step By Step, Inc., a private, non-profit corporation in Allentown, PA, is devoted to providing community support services to individuals with intellectual disabilities, physical disabilities, autism, mental health disorders, and/or substance use disorders. The agency serves over 2,000 individuals across more than a dozen Pennsylvania counties.
Throughout its history, Step By Step has maintained a progressive view of the potential of individuals with disabilities, offering a range of services to help them lead fulfilling lives.
Accredited by CARF, SAMHSA, and holding a state license, Step By Step ensures high-quality treatment programs. They offer:
- Aftercare support to provide ongoing assistance and guidance post-treatment
- Detoxification services for safe and comfortable withdrawal under medical supervision
- Drug rehab focusing on intensive treatment and developing healthy coping mechanisms
Step By Step specializes in treating substance abuse and mental health problems, addressing co-occurring disorders through their dual-diagnosis program.
For individuals struggling with alcoholism, opioid addiction, or other substance abuse issues, Step By Step provides a comprehensive array of services, including personalized treatment plans and outpatient care options, to support long-term recovery and help them rebuild their lives.
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The Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities (CARF) is a non-profit organization that specifically accredits rehab organizations. Founded in 1966, CARF's, mission is to help service providers like rehab facilities maintain high standards of care.
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. Step By Step patients detox and follow up with therapies that target the underlying cause of the addiction.
Opioid addiction is one of Pennsylvania‘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. Step By Step 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, Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Detoxification is the mainstay of drug addiction treatment. Recovery from drug addiction requires regular medical monitoring, temporary medication use, and other techniques.
If you or someone you know has a substance abuse problem in Allentown provide various methods for drug and alcohol rehabilitation.
In outpatient programs at Step By Step, the Allentown resident can live with their family while continuing with their job or studies. Treatment includes educating the patient on drug abuse, medications, and counseling sessions at the individual or group level.
Aftercare support refers to the follow-up care provided after the initial rehab program. The quality of aftercare support plays an important role in preventing relapses and sustains recovery. Aftercare support at Step By Step is personalized according to the needs of the patient in Pennsylvania.
Step By Step‘s Therapies & Programs
Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Step By Step. 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 Step By Step in Allentown, Pennsylvania, 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.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 Step By Step in Allentown, PA 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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an improved version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) DBT is a treatment of choice for people being treated at Step By Step whom are suffering from self-harming behaviors. Conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder also benefit from DBT.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. Step By Step 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.
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Allentown, Pennsylvania 18102 Phone Number(610) 776-1224 Meta DetailsUpdated April 15, 2024
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375 Linden St
Allentown, PA 18102
(610) 776-1224
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Allentown, Pennsylvania Addiction Information
Pennsylvania ranks 14th in the nation for drug-related deaths. More than 10% of all deaths in Pennsylvania have been related to drugs and alcohol. 30% of Pennsylvania youth reportedly drink alcohol monthly, with more than 20,000 teenagers having an alcohol problem. The rate of opioid misuse in Pennsylvania is double the national average.
In Allentown, PA, the number of people struggling with addiction has increased over time. The majority (88%) arrested for violating a drug law were male, and 66% were under thirty-five years old. In 2012 alone, there were a total of 474 violent crimes and 2,912 property crimes reported within one year. Allentown, Pennsylvania offers inpatient and outpatient programs for treatment.
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