1st Step Recovery Center - 5th Street
3000 S 5th St, Louisville, KY 40208
Morton Center
Address: 1028 Barret Avenue, Louisville, KY 40204 · Map
Phone: (502) 451-1221
Website: themortoncenter.org
About Morton Center
The Morton Center is dedicated to helping people rebuild their lives and protecting families through education, ongoing support, and clinical treatment delivered in a trauma-informed way. The center provides care for substance use disorders and also addresses mental health concerns that may occur at the same time, offering targeted services for adults as well as age-appropriate mental health support for children and teenagers. Programs include intensive outpatient services for adults and adolescents, individual and group therapy, family counseling, and medication-assisted treatment. Appointments are available both as walk-ins and through telehealth.
For children ages 5 and older, The Morton Center offers therapy and support without requiring a parent or caregiver to be present during sessions. Services are designed to match developmental needs and may include art therapy, play therapy, and sand tray therapy, giving children a safe space to understand and express their feelings while healing. Caregiver consultations are also provided, helping adults gain practical strategies to support children’s emotional well-being at home.
The Morton Center provides specialized programming for adolescents ages 12 to 18, including early intervention to help address substance use concerns before they worsen. The center also conducts assessments to determine the most suitable level of care and to identify any co-occurring mental health needs. Treatment options include 1-on-1 therapy, family therapy, and an intensive outpatient program (IOP). The adolescent IOP runs Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 5:30 to 8:30 PM and includes group therapy, psychoeducation, and peer support.
Adults receive outpatient services that include an IOP designed to support recovery while allowing individuals to continue work and family responsibilities. This IOP meets Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings from 5:30 to 8:30 PM. The center also offers individual therapy, couples therapy, and family therapy. Aftercare includes recovery support groups facilitated by therapists to help adults stay engaged and maintain progress within a supportive community. Medication-assisted treatment is available for adults with opioid use disorder, using options such as suboxone, vivitrol, and methadone.
Services reported to SAMHSA
- Levels of care
- Outpatient
- Treatment focus
- Substance use treatment · Treatment for co-occurring disorders plus serious mental illness (SMI) in adults
- Facility type
- Outpatient mental health facility
- Treatment approaches
- Activity therapy · Cognitive behavioral therapy · Cognitive remediation therapy · Couples/family therapy · Dialectical behavior therapy · Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing therapy · Group therapy · Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment · Individual psychotherapy · Telemedicine/telehealth therapy · Abnormal involuntary movement scale
- Education and counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Ages accepted
- Children/Adolescents · Young Adults · Adults · Seniors
- Payment accepted
- Medicare · Medicaid · Federal military insurance (e.g., TRICARE) · Private health insurance · Cash or self-payment
- Payment assistance
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- Ownership
- Private non-profit organization
- Recovery support
- Mentoring/peer support
- Other services
- Assertive community treatment · Assisted Outpatient Treatment · Court-ordered outpatient treatment · Family psychoeducation · Illness management and recovery · Psychosocial rehabilitation services · Suicide prevention services
Facility-provided information
- Care offered
- Outpatient · Co-Occurring Mental Health
- Substances treated
- Benzodiazepines · Co-Occurring Disorders · Cocaine · Drug Addiction · Heroin · Marijuana · Methamphetamine · Prescription Drugs · Synthetic Drugs
- Conditions treated
- Anxiety · Depression · Grief and Loss · Trauma
- Therapies
- 1-on-1 Counseling · Art Therapy · Cognitive Behavioral Therapy · Family Therapy · Group Therapy · Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy · Psychoeducation · Trauma-Specific Therapy · Twelve Step Facilitation
- Approaches
- Evidence-Based · Holistic · Medical · Trauma Informed · Twelve Step
- Who it serves
- Adolescents · Boys · Children · Girls · Men · Men and Women · Women
- Aftercare
- Continuing Care · Discharge Planning · Employment Counseling · Intensive Outpatient Program · Outpatient Treatment · Support Meetings
- Languages
- English
Before you call
- Have your insurance or Medicaid card ready and ask whether the facility is in network.
- Ask how soon they can do an assessment and whether there is a waitlist.
- Confirm the facility is licensed by Kentucky.
- If you are withdrawing from alcohol or benzodiazepines, ask about medical detox; do not stop suddenly on your own.
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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.