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About First Step Comm Counseling Servs Llc

Type of Care

1. Substance use treatment

Refers to a range of services, including problem identification and diagnosis, brief interventions, assessment of substance use and related problems, treatment planning, counseling, medical services, psychiatric services, psychological services, social services, and follow-up for persons with alcohol or other drug problems (Institute of Medicine, 1990).

Type of Opioid Treatment

1. Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Treatment Approaches

1. Cognitive behavioral therapy

Involves recognizing unhelpful patterns of thinking and reacting, and then modifying or replacing these with more realistic or helpful ones. The therapy can be conducted with individuals, families, or groups, and clients are generally expected to be active participants in their own therapy.

2. Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

The ability for healthcare providers, working remotely and using telecommunications technology, to communicate with patients, diagnose conditions, provide treatment, and discuss healthcare issues with other providers to ensure quality healthcare services are provided.

3. Substance use disorder counseling

A short-term treatment that has been generalized for a variety of disorders including opiate drug dependence and cocaine abuse. The therapy includes supportive techniques which encourage the patient to discuss personal experiences, and expressive techniques, which enable the patient to work through interpersonal relationship issues and gain greater self-understanding.

4. Trauma-related counseling

Multiple types of therapy designed to treat clients suffering from a traumatic event(s).

5. Motivational interviewing

A counseling approach which acknowledges that many people experience ambivalence when deciding to make changes. The aim is not to focus immediately on the action of changing, but to work to enhance motivation to change.

6. Anger management

Uses strategies to address the anger cycle, conflict resolution, assertiveness skills, and anger-control plans. The goal of anger management is to reduce both emotional feelings and the physiological arousal that anger causes.

7. Matrix Model

Provides a framework for substance abuse users to obtain the ability to cease drug use, stay in treatment, and participate in an educational program on addiction and relapse. Users are provided with direction and support from a trained therapist and are introduced to self-help programs.

8. Relapse prevention

A cognitive behavioral therapy developed for the treatment of problem drinking and adapted later for treatment of cocaine addiction. Individuals learn to identify and correct problematic behaviors. Relapse prevention encompasses several cognitive behavioral strategies that facilitate abstinence as well as provide help for people who experience relapse.

Facility Smoking Policy

1. Smoking permitted in designated area

A designated area in which smoking is permitted.

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

1. Outpatient

Describes patients who receive treatment services without an overnight stay at a treatment facility or hospital.

2. Intensive outpatient treatment

3. Regular outpatient treatment

License/Certification/Accreditation

1. State Substance use treatment agency

Government organization responsible for planning, organizing, delivering, and monitoring substance use disorder services in their respective state.

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

1. Cash or self-payment

Payment for treatment is made by the person directly, through cash or other means, rather than using health insurance.

2. Medicaid

A joint federal and state program that helps with medical costs for some people with low incomes and limited resources. Medicaid programs vary from state to state.

3. State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid

4. Private health insurance

5. IHS/Tribal/Urban (ITU) funds

Direct funds from the Indian Health Service. They consist of tribal funds through "638 contracts" (named after the public law under which they were authorized) and/or urban funds through federal Title 5 grants. These funds are considered part of the Indian healthcare system and can be used for programs that provide behavioral health services as well as for programs that provide other health-related services.

Language Services

1. Sign language services for the deaf and hard of hearing

Service provided for persons who are deaf and hard of hearing.

Special Programs/Groups Offered

1. Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with co-occurring mental and substance abuse disorders.

2. Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, or queer/questioning (LGBTQ)

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for LGBT clients.

3. Veterans

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Veterans.

4. Active duty military

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for active duty military persons.

5. Members of military families

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Military families.

6. Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for clients referred from the court/judicial system.

7. Seniors or older adults

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Seniors or older adults.

8. Adolescents

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Adolescents.

9. Pregnant/postpartum women

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Pregnant/postpartum women.

10. Adult women

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for adult women.

11. Adult men

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for adult men.

12. Clients with HIV or AIDS

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons with HIV or AIDS.

13. Clients who have experienced trauma

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced trauma.

14. Clients who have experienced sexual abuse

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced sexual abuse.

15. Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for persons who have experienced domestic violence or sexual abuse.

16. Young adults

Facility has a program or group specifically tailored for Transitional age young adults.

17. Clients with co-occurring pain and substance use disorders

Assessment/Pre-treatment

1. Screening for tobacco use

Determines a client's use of tobacco products, such as cigarettes, cigars, pipe tobacco, or smokeless tobacco. It is generally recommended that providers screen for tobacco use on a regular basis by asking clients, as they are seen, about their current and past use of tobacco products and their exposure to secondhand smoke or tobacco.

2. Comprehensive substance use assessment

3. Interim services for clients

4. Outreach to persons in the community

5. Screening for substance use

Test to determine whether a person is experiencing symptoms of substance use and needs treatment.

6. Professional interventionist/educational consultant

Education and Counseling Services

1. Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling

Includes interventions for persons who use tobacco and want help with stopping, including behavioral support or counseling in groups or individually.

2. Individual counseling

Process through which clients work one-on-one with a trained mental health clinician in a safe, caring, and confidential environment.

3. Group counseling

Form of therapy where people with similar experiences/issues come together with a professional therapist.

4. Substance use disorder education

Gender Accepted

1. Female

Female

2. Male

Male

Exclusive Services

1. Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

Transitional Services

1. Aftercare/continuing care

2. Discharge Planning

A process that aims to improve the coordination of services after discharge from the hospital by considering the patient’s needs in the community.

3. Naloxone and overdose education

4. Outcome follow-up after discharge

Testing

1. Drug or alcohol urine screening

Analyzes your urine for the presence of certain illegal drugs and prescription medications.

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

1. Private for-profit organization

A business or other organization whose primary goal is making money (a profit).

External Opioid Medications Source

1. No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Type of Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

1. Accepts clients using medication assisted treatment for alcohol use disorder but prescribed elsewhere

External Source of Medications Used for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment

1. No formal relationship with prescribing entity

Facility Vaping Policy

1. Vaping permitted in designated area

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Contact:
509-735-6900
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Address:
415 North Morain Street
WA, Kennewick, 99336, Benton