Fresh Start Counseling Services - Rehab Center in Merrillville, IN

Fresh Start Counseling Services is a samhsa-listed rehab center in Merrillville, IN (46410). SAMHSA publishes no ratings, inspections, or quality scores for these listings; confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly with the provider.

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How to verify Fresh Start Counseling Services

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Ownership & operation

Ownership type: for-profit. Facility type: Drug & Alcohol Rehab. Confirm current ownership and operation with the provider.

Levels of care & settings

• Intensive outpatient treatment
• Outpatient
• Regular outpatient treatment
• Substance use treatment

Medications & pharmacotherapies

• Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere

Treatment approaches

• 12-step facilitation
• Anger management
• Brief intervention
• Cognitive behavioral therapy
• Contingency management/motivational incentives
• Matrix Model
• Motivational interviewing
• Relapse prevention
• Substance use disorder counseling
• Telemedicine/telehealth therapy

Assessment & testing

• Breathalyzer or blood alcohol testing
• Comprehensive substance use assessment
• Drug and alcohol oral fluid testing
• Drug or alcohol urine screening
• Outreach to persons in the community
• Professional interventionist/educational consultant
• Screening for substance use
• Screening for tobacco use

Education & counseling

• Family counseling
• Group counseling
• Individual counseling
• Marital/couples counseling
• Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
• Substance use disorder education

Ancillary & recovery services

• Aftercare/continuing care
• Discharge Planning
• Domestic violence services, including family or partner
• Outcome follow-up after discharge
• Treatment for gambling disorder
• Treatment for other addiction disorder

Special programs & populations

• Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
• Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients
• Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients

Payment, insurance & assistance

• Cash or self-payment
• Payment assistance (check with facility for details)
• Private health insurance
• Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)

Age groups served

• Adults
• Children/Adolescents
• Seniors
• Young Adults

Languages

• Spanish

Facility type & operation

• Private for-profit organization

Licensing & accreditation

• State mental health department
• State substance use treatment agency

About drug & alcohol rehab in Merrillville

Drug and alcohol rehab programs provide substance use disorder treatment across levels of care, including outpatient, intensive outpatient, and residential settings, with counseling, behavioral therapy, and sometimes medications. These listings are unrated: SAMHSA publishes no star ratings, inspections, or quality scores, so confirm services, licensing, cost, and availability directly.

Ask which levels of care are offered, whether medications for opioid use disorder are available, what therapies are used, how family involvement works, and what insurance or payment is accepted. These listings are unrated - verify services, licensing, cost, and availability directly. For local alternatives, browse the Drug & Alcohol Rehab directory for Merrillville, the Lake County drug & alcohol rehab list, or all care types in Merrillville.

For context, this directory lists 8 drug & alcohol rehab in Merrillville; 15 across Lake County; 8 in ZIP 46410.

ZIP code: all care providers in ZIP 46410 · Drug & Alcohol Rehab in ZIP 46410

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Data provenance

Source: SAMHSA FindTreatment.gov (N-SUMHSS) (record ece8d2b4a34d6997). Processing date: 2026-10-08. See the methodology page for normalization details. This profile is informational only and is not medical advice.