About
About Step One:
Child & Family Guidance Center Addiction Services
Step One is a comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use and Mental Health Treatment Program licensed by OASAS and OMH that offers a wide range of treatment options for individuals living with Substance Use Disorders and/or Mental Health Disorders and their families.
Step One offers comprehensive assessment, diagnosis and treatment for individuals living with Substance Use Disorder and their significant others. These services are provided in a comfortable setting where individuals are able to focus on the issues they choose to address while surrounded by others focused on recovery.
Step One’s philosophy is to support the individual and the significant people in that individual’s life to accommodate a healthy environment. We view the treatment we provide as part of the bigger picture in an individual’s life. Our staff are trained to coordinate with other service providers when appropriate to ensure that our clients have the most well-rounded treatment experience they can receive. The idea is to ensure that upon completion of treatment here at Step One, an individual is provided with all the tools needed for a successful ongoing, long-term recovery.
We acknowledge that each individual is at a different level of motivation and acceptance of the issues they may need to address. In response, we work collaboratively with each client to develop a plan that works best for them, while encouraging clients to gain awareness of potential road blocks to their recovery. Each individual has the right to address the areas they want to throughout the treatment process while moving through the stages of change.
Group treatment is a key component of the services provided at Step One. We believe that group work helps to address the isolative nature of the disease, and encourages clients to develop comradery. This prepares our clients for when treatment is completed and developing a support network is necessary.
