(Serving the Wallingford area, First Steps is 2.4 miles from Wallingford, PA)
First Steps
1 Medical Center Boulevard
Chester, PA. 19013
610-619-7370
First Steps is a drug and alcohol rehab for individuals living in the local community while battling a drug and alcohol abuse issue and co-occurring mental health disorder. It offers services like motivational interviewing, cognitive/behavior therapy, anger management, behavior modification, cognitive/behavior therapy, individual psychotherapy and more, that are in keeping with its philosophy of the treatments that have been proved to work.
In the same way, First Steps believes in individualized care to ensure that their patients find success and sobriety. The alcohol and drug treatment facility also specializes in other types of care like clients with HIV/AIDS, social skills development, transgender or (LGBT) clients, residential beds for client's children, clients referred from the court/judicial system, persons who have experienced sexual abuse - among many others. All these services are also provided by First Steps in various settings like inpatient drug and alcohol rehab facilities, short term rehab centers, outpatient substance abuse counseling, inpatient detoxification programs, long term drug and alcohol rehab centers, as well as others.
In addition, it has aftercare programs designed to help you find permanent and lasting stability. These programs have ensured that First Steps has a special place within the local community, especially because they lead to positive long term outcomes for the people who enroll into this substance abuse treatment center. Last but not least, First Steps accepts cash or self-payment, private medical insurance, military insurance, payment assistance, access to recovery (atr) voucher, county or local government funds and others.
Service Setting:
Hospital Inpatient, Hospital Inpatient Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient Treatment, General Hospital(including VA hospital)
Treatment Approaches:
Cognitive/behavior Therapy, Telemedicine Therapy, Relapse prevention, Substance abuse counseling approach, 12-step facilitation approach
Payment Types Accepted:
Cash or Self-Payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State Financed Health Insurance Plan Other Than Medicaid, Private Health Insurance, Sliding Fee Scale (Fee Is Based On Income and Other Factors)
Special Programs Offered:
Persons With Co-Occurring Mental And Substance Abuse Disorders, Pregnant/Postpartum Women, Adult Women, Adult Men, Aftercare/continuing care, Comprehensive substance abuse assessment, Drug or alcohol urine screening, Discharge Planning, Housing services, Individual counseling offered, Interim services for clients, The Joint Commission, Marital/couples counseling offered, Mental health services, Accepts clients on opioid medication, Substance abuse education, Screening for Hepatitis C, Screening for substance abuse
Age Groups Accepted:
Young Adults, Adults
Gender Accepted:
Female, Male
Language Services:
Services For The Hearing-Impaired
Smoking Policy:
Smoking Not Allowed
Facility Operation:
Private for-profit organization