We believe in a three-stage approach to complete recovery. Stage 1 – Intervention and social detox. Stage 2 – Diagnosis and customized care. Stage 3 – Sober living for a lifetime.
ABOUT STEPS RECOVERY
Steps Recovery Centers’ provides residential, outpatient (OP), and intensive outpatient (IOP) treatment for men and women struggling with substance abuse. Based approximately 60 miles south of Salt Lake City, Utah, the program’s Payson location runs “social detox” — a peer-supported recovery that does not involve medical monitoring, though clients may bring prescribed Suboxone as a taper. About 37% of treatment centers in Utah provide residential treatment.
TREATMENT & ASSESSMENT
According to Steps Recovery Centers’ website, its treatment programs rely heavily on the 12-Steps for a more holistic approach and are divided into three distinct stages. In the first stage, intervention and social detox, clients support one another in a highly structured non-medical setting.
In the next stage — diagnosis and customized care–clients have access to various inpatient and outpatient treatment options, depending on their personal needs and circumstances. Programming combines individual, group, and family therapy with an impressive array of seasonal recreational, holistic and experiential therapies, including yoga, equine therapy, a ropes course, hiking, solo camping, skiing, canoeing, tai chi, and rock climbing.
The third and final stage consists of lifelong access to aftercare, including a promise that anyone who relapses may return to treatment free of charge. Alumni polled by Best-rehabs.com reported staying in treatment between 30 to 90 days.
STAFF CREDENTIALS
According to its website, the Payson facility’s staff includes a Ph.D.-level licensed clinical social worker (LCSW), a recreation therapist, a case manager, and a sober living counselor. The Payson facility maintains a staff-to-client ratio of 3:1.
ACCOMMODATIONS & AMENITIES
In a residential neighborhood facing Utah’s Loafer Mountain, the Payson facility hosts up to 30 residents in private rooms and features a basketball court and a ropes course. Other recreational amenities include adaptive sports, IMAX visits, go-karts, ceramic painting, and dozens more listed on the facility’s website.
The seven people surveyed by Best-rehabs.com on the center’s accommodations and amenities gave an average of four out of five stars.
WHAT ALUMNI SAY
Alumni left mostly positive feedback. Of the eight alumni surveyed by Best-rehabs.com to date, six gave positive feedback and two provided negative opinions about Steps Recovery Center. Alumni praised the staff and rated them highly. Three alumni gave five out of five stars for the staff’s support, and one alum gave five stars for the staffs level of training and experience.
“They didn’t just treat me, they treated my entire family,” an alum wrote. “I wouldn’t have my family today were it not for the staff at Steps.”
Both negative reviewers complained about the price of treatment and one alum complained about the program’s ineffectiveness.
To date, the 27 individuals who left Google Reviews for the Payson-based facility gave an average of 4.2 out of five stars. Most of the negative feedback was about the expensive program and problems with billing. “Services are overpriced,” one alum wrote. “They only care about their money.”
The two people who left Yelp reviews for the facility both gave one out of five stars overall. The alums also complained about money issues and lack of organization.
WHAT FRIENDS & FAMILY SAY
D.J., the one loved one polled by Best-rehabs.com to date, applauded the program’s family involvement, adding that they “learned so much about addiction and how it effects the whole family.”
WHAT STAFF SAY
Best-rehabs.com has yet to receive any reviews from this facility’s staffers or former employees. Yet, the 11 people who left reviews for Steps Recovery Centers on Indeed to date gave an average of 3.7 out of five stars.
Most staffers praised the center, its staff and called it a great place to work. “The staff are passionate about their work and arrive each day believing that what they may accomplish could save a life of those they serve,” a current employee wrote in a representative review.
Some negative feedback included bad job security and bad communication.
FINANCING
Steps Recovery Centers accepts several private insurance providers including Intermountain Healthcare, Deseret Mutual, PEHP, Select Health, Molina Healthcare, and Wise Networks. Those who qualify for financial aid may have up to 60% of the cost of their treatment covered.
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