Equinox Inc

Albany, New York

500 Central Ave
1st Floor
Albany, NY 12206

(518) 435-9931
3.4 (40 reviews)

About Equinox Inc

Equinox Counseling Center is an addiction treatment facility in Albany, New York. You’ll benefit from extensive substance use disorder and mental health treatment. They welcome adults and adolescents to participate in their outpatient services.

As a certified and licensed New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services treatment center, you’ll benefit from proven therapeutic approaches. They include case management and treatment planning to ensure you receive the appropriate care for your unique situation. You can access assessments, counseling, and 12 Step groups. They also refer you to other levels of care if outpatient treatment isn’t the right fit.

Their dedication to family stands out to me. You can incorporate your family into treatment with addiction education, resources, and counseling. They strive to strengthen family relationships and create a solid support system to help you sustain recovery.

You can receive additional support for other life challenges, like domestic violence, mental health, homelessness, hunger, and clothing. They create a safe space to rebuild your life and succeed in recovery.

Dollar icon Payment Options

  • shield-cross iconPrivate Insurance
  • self-pay iconSelf-pay options
  • financial-aid iconFinancial aid
  • sliding-scale-payment iconSliding scale payment assistance
  • medicaid iconMedicaid
  • medicare iconMedicare

Medical briefcase icon Levels of Care

outpatient iconOutpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

aftercare iconAftercare

Clients in rehab aftercare programs receive a customized portfolio of services designed to promote their sustained sobriety. These clients have completed high-level treatment, are typically exiting detox and/or intensive inpatient care and are reintegrating into their home, workplace, and community. Rehab aftercare services address addiction disease as a chronic condition requiring continuing care. Clients typically work with case managers and recovery teams to access necessary resources, such as peer coaching and 12 step program induction support.

12-step icon12-Step

12-step programs are addiction recovery models based on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). A number of substance abuse programs (including some drug and alcohol rehab centers) use the 12 steps as a basis for treatment. Beginning steps involve admitting powerlessness over the addiction and creating a spiritual basis for recovery. Middle steps including making direct amends to those who've been hurt by the addiction, and the final step is to assist others in addiction recovery in the same way. 12-Step offshoots including Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Cocaine Anonymous (CA), Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA), Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) and Gamblers Anonymous (GA).

heart-hands iconIntervention Services

A drug intervention in New York occurs when family members and friends lovingly confront someone with a substance use disorder. The goal of this confrontation is to motivate the person to seek treatment. Loved ones point out how the person's destructive behavior is affecting them in hopes that they will agree to get help. Most inpatient rehab facilities offer intervention services that can help families walk through this process step by step.

User icon Programs

check iconAdolescence program

adult-program iconAdult program

men iconProgram for men

women iconProgram for women

young-adult iconYoung adult program

children iconChildren program

House check icon Settings & Amenities

  • executive iconExecutive setting
  • metro-city iconMetropolitan area

Heart icon Treatment

alcohol iconAlcoholism

The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.

drugs iconDrug Addiction

When you choose drug rehab in New York, you'll participate in a variety of treatments that are designed to help you live a drug-free lifestyle. Common methods of treatment include group, individual, and family counseling, medication management, nutrition, exercise, and management of co-occurring mental health disorders.

check iconDual Diagnosis

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

mental-health iconMental Health and Substance Abuse

A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track.

opium iconOpioid Addiction

Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.

Hand holding medical sign icon Clinical Services

inpatient-file iconCognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

dialectical iconDialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

intervention iconGroup Therapy

Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.

mental-health iconIndividual Therapy

In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.

desert iconMotivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a clinical approach to helping people with substance abuse issues and other conditions shift behavior in positive ways. It is more goal-oriented than traditional psychotherapy, as MI counselors directly attempt to get clients to consider making behavioral change (rather than wait for them to come to conclusions themselves). Its primary purpose is to resolve ambivalence and help clients become able to make healthy choices freely.

house-medical iconTrauma Therapy

Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

couples-therapy iconCouples Therapy

Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.

family iconFamily Therapy

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

nicotine iconNicotine Replacement Therapy

Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) is a way of getting nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking. It uses products that supply low doses of nicotine to help people stop smoking. The goal of therapy is to cut down on cravings for nicotine and ease the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal.

Check icon Accreditations

SAMHSA

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1992 by congress, SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on American's communities.

SAMHSA Listed: Yes

State License

State Licenses are permits issued by government agencies that allow rehab organizations to conduct business legally within a certain geographical area. Typically, the kind of program a rehab facility offers, along with its physical location, determines which licenses are required to operate legally.

State License: New York
License Number: 7524110A

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Phone icon (518) 435-9931
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500 Central Ave
1st Floor
Albany, NY 12206

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3.4 (40 reviews)
Shanell
7 months ago
1

Christopher Lentakis
10 months ago
5

Thank you very much for the Thanksgiving dinner at first Presbyterian wednesday. The food was very good and the volunteers were very nice. See you next November!

Michael Prall
1 year ago
5

princess alava
1 year ago
1

They single people out target them and allow everyone whose on drugs to use. They don t provide and impartial services and all of them stay on their cellphones and talk down to a lot of pregnant women

Ziarra Pierre
1 year ago
5

Angel Anes
1 year ago
5

Really want to thank the team. Domestic Violence is on the rise sadly, it has no race or gender. Very understanding. God bless you all. Angel n Sadie

nina porfirio
1 year ago
1

Needed dinner for yesterday and never received it. Very disappointed.

Response from the owner1 year ago
We are so sorry to hear that you did not receive your Thanksgiving meals. Our volunteer drivers make every effort to deliver the meals to the assigned addresses on the days and times they are scheduled for. We apologize that we missed you on your scheduled date and window of time. Please reach out to us at Development@equinoxinc.org so that we can discuss what may have happened. We are always striving to make the Equinox Thanksgiving Community Dinner better each and every year. Your input would be so appreciated
June Paul
2 years ago
2

I reached out to Equinox to ask about services for my son with schizophrenia, but never received a call back. Once again, I am saddened by the lack of quality in the services and supports available to people that suffer from severe and persistent mental illness - it is shameful. There is so little support - and what is available is pretty terrible. I know my posting here is likely fruitless, but I am sending my sadness and exhaustion out to the universe in hopes that someday, we as a people will develop a kindness and understanding of the many thousands of people that suffer from SPMIs. They deserve better.

Response from the owner1 year ago
We re so sorry that you did not get a call back from Equinox; that is certainly not our typical response to a call for assistance. We share your concern for the insufficient support for those with serious mental illness in our community. Please reach out to Christina Rajotte (crajotte@equinoxinc.org), Director of Administrative Services, so she can make sure you are connected with the appropriate person at Equinox.
Na Herbo
2 years ago
1

I had been treated like a animal there not good food places is very filthy.and they don't help as much others please I don't recommend it.i got kicked out over no reason.no good

Response from the owner2 years ago
Thank you for reaching out and sharing your experience. Equinox is committed to providing safe and healing care, and treating our clients with dignity. We are sorry to hear that you felt you were treated unfairly or were disrespected by our staff. We would appreciate it if you could share which program you are referring to so we can address your concern appropriately. Thank you.
Give Coins
2 years ago
4

Abuse is not temporary. You could remember it and be scared. They were Good listeners. I met bad a long time ago and they always hurt me. We need better care if you are alone because it is manipulated by bad. We need better housing for the abused with a social worker check in. Sometimes bad have great friends and friends with the police.

Response from the owner2 years ago
Thank you for your feedback. We would like to better understand the experience you had. We would be happy to address any issues or concerns so that we better meet your needs, and those of anyone who connects with us. Please feel free to contact us at Development@equinoxinc.org so we can have the appropriate staff reach out to you. Thank you.
Joseph L Price Jr
2 years ago
5

Response from the owner2 years ago
Thank you, Joseph, for your positive review. So glad you had a good experience.
Leslie Plath
2 years ago
5

The people is friendly and polite

Response from the owner2 years ago
Thank you, Leslie, for your positive review. We are happy to hear you had a good experience.
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