Addiction/Behavioral Csl Servs
7805 Taft Street, Merrillville, IN 46410
Fresh Start Counseling Services
Address: 3490 West 81st Avenue, Merrillville, IN 46410 · Map
Phone: (219) 736-5990
Website: freshstartcounseling.org
About Fresh Start Counseling Services
A private outpatient rehabilitation center providing support for addiction, including counseling, 12-Step facilitation, and tailored treatment plans for both adults and adolescents.
Services reported to SAMHSA
- Levels of care
- Intensive outpatient treatment · Regular outpatient treatment
- Treatment focus
- Substance use treatment
- Opioid treatment
- Accepts clients using MAT but prescribed elsewhere
- Treatment approaches
- Anger management · Brief intervention · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Contingency management/motivational incentives · Motivational interviewing · Matrix Model · Relapse prevention · Substance use disorder counseling · Telemedicine/telehealth therapy · 12-step facilitation
- Education and counseling
- Substance use disorder education · Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling · Individual counseling · Group counseling · Family counseling · Marital/couples counseling
- Special programs
- Criminal justice (other than DUI/DWI)/Forensic clients · Clients who have experienced intimate partner violence, domestic violence
- Exclusive programs
- Specially designed program for DUI/DWI clients
- Ages accepted
- Children/Adolescents · Young Adults · Adults · Seniors
- Genders accepted
- Female · Male
- Payment accepted
- Private health insurance · Cash or self-payment
- Payment assistance
- Payment assistance (check with facility for details) · Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- Licensing and accreditation
- State substance use treatment agency · State mental health department
- Ownership
- Private for-profit organization
- Transitional services
- Aftercare/continuing care · Discharge Planning · Outcome follow-up after discharge
- Other services
- Domestic violence services, including family or partner
- Language services
- Spanish
Facility-provided information
- Care offered
- Outpatient
- Substances treated
- Drug Addiction · Smoking Cessation
- Conditions treated
- Anger · Gambling
- Therapies
- 1-on-1 Counseling · Cognitive Behavioral Therapy · Couples Counseling · Family Therapy · Group Therapy · Relapse Prevention Counseling · Twelve Step Facilitation
- Approaches
- Twelve Step
- Who it serves
- Adolescents · Children · Men · Women
- Aftercare
- Continuing Care · Intensive Outpatient Program · Outpatient Treatment
- Languages
- English · Spanish
Questions to ask Fresh Start Counseling Services
- Is my specific plan in network, and do you need prior authorization before admission?
- How many hours a week is the outpatient or IOP schedule, and are evening groups available?
- If I need medication for opioid or alcohol use disorder, do you prescribe it or refer out?
- Is there a waitlist, and how soon can you do an assessment?
- What happens after the program ends: aftercare, alumni groups or step-down care?
Also confirm the facility is licensed by Indiana. If you are withdrawing from alcohol or benzodiazepines, ask about medical detox; do not stop suddenly on your own.
Paying for treatment at Fresh Start Counseling Services
Fresh Start Counseling Services reports accepting Private insurance, Sliding scale, Self-pay. If you have Medicaid, ask whether the facility accepts your Indiana Medicaid plan or can refer you to one that does. Most private plans must cover substance use treatment on terms comparable to other medical care under federal parity law. A sliding fee scale is available, so bring proof of income.
Distance to specialized care from Merrillville
Measured from the population center of Lake County, using SAMHSA locator data mapped by FindRehabMap:
- Nearest medical detox: Merrillville, about 4.5 miles
- Nearest methadone clinic (OTP): Merrillville, about 5.3 miles (43 within 25 miles)
- Nearest buprenorphine (Suboxone) provider: Merrillville, about 4.5 miles (60 within 25 miles)
See the Lake County treatment map, methadone clinics near Lake County and Suboxone doctors near Lake County.
Frequently asked questions
What services does Fresh Start Counseling Services offer?
Fresh Start Counseling Services reports these levels of care to SAMHSA: Outpatient, Intensive outpatient. Call to confirm current services and openings.
Does Fresh Start Counseling Services accept insurance?
It reports accepting Private insurance, Sliding scale, Self-pay. Ask whether your specific plan is in network before admission.
Where is Fresh Start Counseling Services located?
3490 West 81st Avenue, Merrillville, IN 46410.
How far is the nearest medical detox from Merrillville?
From the center of Lake County, the closest program offering medical detox is in Merrillville, about 4.5 miles away (straight-line), based on SAMHSA locator data mapped by FindRehabMap.
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Last reviewed 2026-10-06. Facility details come from SAMHSA's FindTreatment.gov locator and facility-provided information. Confirm services, availability and payment directly with the facility.