About Guidance Center – Smethport
Guidance Center – Smethport – Smethport, Pennsylvania is a Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic that provides outpatient support for mental health and substance use challenges.
Their services are built to include your entire support system, offering individual, group, family, and couples therapy. With a 4.2 out of 5 rating many clients speak warmly about how helpful and kind the staff are. Their setting is calm, the approach is holistic and their commitment to your wellness is what makes this place special.
A Unique Resource for Veterans and Families
If you’re a veteran, part of a military family, or have lived through trauma, the staff at Guidance Center understand what you’ve been through and offer care that reflects that understanding. Specialized options are available for adults with serious mental illness and for youth with emotional disturbances. What impresses us most about them is how they hold space for the realities you carry without rushing you or treating you like a number.
Accessible Healing in a Supportive Place
Guidance Center’s psychiatrists and nurse practitioners provide assessments and medication management which can be helpful as part of your wider plan for recovery. Services are available in sign language and appointments are coordinated with care to reduce wait times. We like that there’s financial support through a sliding fee scale, payment assistance and acceptance of Medicaid, Medicare, TRICARE, and other plans.
What to Do After Your Appointment
After your sessions, you might want to take a quiet walk to the McKean County Courthouse to appreciate the town’s historic charm. Or, if you’re up for something more open air, Kinzua Bridge State Park is nearby with peaceful trails and dramatic views. We feel that having somewhere calm to go after treatment can be grounding and helpful to your healing process.
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Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.
Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.
Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.
Financial aid can take many forms. Centers may have grants or scholarships available to clients who meet eligibility requirements. Programs that receive SAMHSA grants may have financial aid available for those who need treatment as well. Grants and scholarships can help you pai for treatment without having to repay.
Sliding scale payments are based on a client's income and family size. The goal is to make treatment affordable to everyone. By taking these factors into account, addiction recovery care providers help ensure that your treatment does not become a financial burden to you or your family, eliminating one barrier to care.
Medicare is a federal program that provides health insurance for those 65 and older. It also serves people under 65 with chronic and disabling health challenges. To use Medicare for addiction treatment you need to find a program that accepts Medicare and is in network with your plan. Out of pocket costs and preauthorization requirements vary, so always check with your provider.
Military members, veterans, and eligible dependents have access to specific insurance programs that help them get the care they need. TRICARE and VA insurance can help you access low cost or no cost addiction and mental health treatment. Programs that accept military insurance often have targeted treatment focused on the unique challenges military members, veterans, and their families face.
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Mental health rehabs focus on helping individuals recover from mental illnesses like bipolar disorder, clinical depression, anxiety disorders, schizophrenia, and more. Mental health professionals at these facilities are trained to understand and treat mental health issues, both in individual and group settings.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Staff
Executive Director
Senior Director of Recovery & Support
Senior Director of Administrative Services
Senior Director of Operations
Senior Director of Provider & Community Relations
Senior Director of Clinical Services
Interim Medical Director
Senior Director of Education & Prevention
Contact Information
(814) 887-5591 
415 West Main street
Smethport, PA 16749
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