Hispanic Counseling Center Inc

They provide outpatient and telemedicine. Whichever one you start at the usual pattern is to step down through the levels rather than stop at once, and Garden City is the closest place to carry that on if you move.

They do not detox. Withdrawal from alcohol or benzodiazepines in particular is a medical event, and the closest place set up for it is in Hempstead, under a mile away.

No medication assisted treatment here. Some programs are abstinence based by design, which is a real difference rather than an oversight, and Hempstead has 8 other centers to compare.

Outpatient only. Nobody stays overnight, so the week is built around appointments you travel to in Hempstead.

Hempstead has 7 AA groups, which is a different thing from treatment and a useful one next to it.

They offer a telemedicine option. What that covers varies, and a first appointment in Hempstead often still has to be in person.

Most programs include family sessions, and many treat the family as part of the work rather than as visitors. A relative can usually start the enquiry, book the assessment and hear the options before any decision is made. Write down your questions before the call, because they are easy to lose in it.

Medicaid and most commercial plans include treatment, with different rules about what they approve. An employer that funds its own plan follows different rules from a state regulated one, and that changes who hears an appeal. Ask for a benefits check rather than an estimate, and ask what the check does not include.