Mercy Medical Center Behavioral Health Services – Garden City, New York
506 Stewart Avenue, Garden City, New York, 11530
Last Updated: June 26, 2026
Insurance
Payment Options
- Cash or self-payment
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- State-financed health insurance plan other than Medicaid
- Private health insurance
- Federal, or any government funding for substance use treatment programs
- Sliding fee scale (fee is based on income and other factors)
- Financial aid
- Military insurance
Addiction Resource Score
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8.0
Out of 10
Mercy Medical Center – Family Counseling is a private rehabilitation center that specializes in treating patients with dual diagnosis, drug and alcohol addiction, opioid addiction, and alcohol abuse disorders. It is situated in Garden City, New York. The facility is committed to providing a multidisciplinary approach that attends to the complicated needs of those who are dealing with co-occurring mental health disorders and addiction.
Treatment programs at Mercy Medical Center – Family Counseling are carefully customized and made to provide a complete range of services. A variety of therapies, including as family therapy, individual and group counseling, and medical detoxification, are provided to patients in order to address not just the addiction but also the underlying psychological and emotional problems. The facility fosters an atmosphere that is favorable to long-term healing by combining evidence-based therapy and holistic methods.
Dual diagnosis therapy, which guarantees that patients coping with both drug misuse and mental health difficulties get complete care, is one of the center’s main priorities. The hospital offers comprehensive care that supports both mental and physical well-being, making it prepared to manage the special difficulties provided by co-occurring illnesses.
Additionally well-known for its proficiency in treating opioid addiction, Mercy Medical Center – Family Counseling employs Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT) when necessary. This strategy significantly lowers cravings and withdrawal symptoms while combining FDA-approved drugs with behavioral therapy to increase the chance of long-term recovery.
Given that addiction affects the whole family structure, the clinic puts a high priority on family engagement. Family therapy sessions assist in reestablishing ties and creating a supportive atmosphere for continued healing by integrating loved ones into the recovery process.
Mercy Medical Center – Family Counseling is dedicated to delivering top-notch treatment and provides a secure, supportive environment for people and families to recover from the impacts of addiction and create better futures.
Treatment Options
The facility offers multiple levels of care, such as:
- Housing services
- Discharge Planning
- Naloxone and overdose education
The center treats the following addictions and co-occurring disorders:
- Opioids detoxification
- Medication routinely used during detoxification
- Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders
- Clients who have experienced trauma
- Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)
- Screening for tobacco use
- Comprehensive mental health assessment
- Comprehensive substance use assessment
- Outreach to persons in the community
- Screening for mental disorders
- Screening for substance use
- Complete medical history/physical exam
Treatment Modalities
- Individual psychotherapy
- Couples/family therapy
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment
- Activity therapy
- Telemedicine/telehealth therapy
- Substance use disorder counseling
- Trauma-related counseling
- Smoking/vaping/tobacco cessation counseling
- Group counseling
- Family counseling
- Marital/couples counseling
- Intervention Services
- Motivational interviewing
- Relapse prevention
- Abnormal involuntary movement scale
Conditions Treated
- Alcoholism
- Mental health treatment
- Substance use treatment
- Co-occurring Disorders
- Opioid Treatement
Levels Of Care
- Partial Hospitalization Program
- Outpatient
- Outpatient detoxification
- Outpatient methadone/buprenorphine or naltrexone treatment
- Regular outpatient treatment
- Aftercare
- Detoxification
- Intensive outpatient treatment
License and Accreditation
- State mental health department
- State department of health
- The Joint Commission
Ancillary Services
- Case management service
- Family psychoeducation
- Integrated primary care services
- Suicide prevention services
- Mental health services
- Transportation assistance
- Assisted Outpatient Treatment
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