North Star Recovery Coaching

Substance Use and Mental Health

Treatment Focus

This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.

Recovery Coach

Primary Level of Care

Recovery coaching is a type of support service designed to help individuals maintain their recovery goals, provide guidance and support, and connect them with resources and community-based services.

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Private Pay

You pay directly for treatment out of pocket. This approach can offer enhanced privacy and flexibility, without involving insurance. Exact costs vary based on program and length of stay. Contact the center for specific details.

North Star Recovery Coaching is a physician-owned and operated practice led by certified international Master Addictions Coach Dr. Kenneth Markowitz. He offers personalized recovery coaching for individuals recovering from substance addictions as well as process addictions such as gambling, gaming, food, or work addictions . Coaches guide clients in building and implementing action-oriented recovery plans, focusing on sustained sobriety, life re‑direction, and goal achievement.

What sets North Star apart is its medical grounding along with coaching professionalism. As a physician-run service, North Star integrates holistic addiction knowledge with motivational coaching, emphasizing collaboration with clients’ broader treatment teams to maximize recovery success. Additionally, North Star extends its support to families and relationship partners, offering help in navigating addiction’s impact on loved ones, and addressing betrayal trauma and recovery reconciliation

AT A GLANCE

Center Overview

Location
Allentown, Pennsylvania View Map
Primary Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions....

Treatment Focus

This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.

Conditions We Treat
Anxiety, Depression, Gambling, Gaming +3 More
Substance Use We Treat
Alcohol, Benzodiazepines, Co-Occurring Disorders, Cocaine +9 More
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(908) 242-6233

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Care Options

Levels of Care

Substance use and mental health issues can occur simultaneously or as primary conditions. Effective treatment explores how mental health conditions contribute to addiction, and vice-versa. Many rehabs treat substance use disorders and mental health conditions with personalized care plans.
Detox
Not Offered at This Center
Typically the initial stage of treatment for substance use, focusing on medically supervised management of withdrawal symptoms.
Residential
Not Offered at This Center
Residential programs for substance use and mental health with structured care and 24/7 monitoring. Treatment takes place on-site, with behavioral health professionals often providing care in group, individual, and family settings.
Sober Living
Not Offered at This Center
Transitional housing designed to support individuals recovering from substance use disorders offering a safe, supportive and structured environment for practicing long-term sobriety, while reintegrating back into daily living.
Recovery Coaching
Recovery coaching is a type of support service designed to help individuals maintain their recovery goals, provide guidance and support, and connect them with resources and community-based services.
Outpatient
Not Offered at This Center
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Outpatient care typically offers a range of therapies and medical interventions individuals can attend alongside daily life.
Virtual & In-Home Care
The delivery of therapeutic services utilizing technology such as video conferencing, online messaging or phone calls, allowing for flexibility, comfort and increased access to care.
Co-Occurring Disorders
Substance use and mental health can occur simultaneously as co-occurring disorders. Treatment for co-occurring disorders involves therapy and other personalized interventions to address both conditions.
Treatment

Your Care Options

Specializations

Recovery Coaching

Recovery Coaching

A support service designed to help individuals identify and maintain their personal recovery goals, provide guidance and support, and connect them with recovery resources and community-based services.

Virtual

Who We Treat

Men
Women
Loved Ones

Approaches

Holistic

Holistic

A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.

Strengths-Based

Strengths-Based

Providers using a strengths-based philosophy focus on the positive traits of their patients, creating a positive feedback loop that grows confidence.

Wellness

Wellness

Wellness philosophies focus on the physical, mental, and spiritual wellness of each patient, helping them restore purpose with natural remedies.

Therapies

Life Skills

Life Skills

Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing

Based on the idea that motivation to change comes from within, providers use a conversational framework to discover personalized methods for change.

Languages

English

Conditions We Treat

Anxiety

Anxiety

Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.

Depression

Depression

Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.

Gambling

Gambling

Excessive, repetitive gambling causes financial and interpersonal problems. This addiction can interfere with work, friendships, and familial relationships.

Gaming

Gaming

Compulsive gaming is most often a problem for children and teens. The disorder can affect physical health, sleep, and the ability to focus at school.

Internet Addiction

Internet Addiction

Internet addiction is common among children teens. This compulsive disorder can damage relationships, school performance, sleep habits, and physical health.

Pornography Addiction

Pornography Addiction

A person with a porn addiction is emotionally dependent on pornography to the point that it interferes with their daily life and relationships.

Sex Addiction

Sex Addiction

Compulsively seeking out sex can easily become a problem. This addiction is detrimental to relationships, physical health, and self-esteem.

Substances We Treat

Alcohol

Alcohol

Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.

Benzodiazepines

Benzodiazepines

Benzodiazepines are prescribed to treat anxiety and sleep issues. They are highly habit forming, and their abuse can cause mood changes and poor judgement.

Co-Occurring Disorders

Co-Occurring Disorders

A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.

Cocaine

Cocaine

Cocaine is a stimulant with euphoric effects. Agitation, muscle ticks, psychosis, and heart issues are common symptoms of cocaine abuse.

Drug Addiction

Drug Addiction

Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.

Ecstasy

Ecstasy

Ecstasy is a stimulant that causes intense euphoria and heightened awareness. Abuse of this drug can trigger depression, insomnia, and memory problems.

Heroin

Heroin

Heroin is a highly addictive and illegal opioid. It can cause insomnia, collapsed veins, heart issues, and additional mental health issues.

Ketamine
Marijuana

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The following therapies are included: life skills, motivational interviewing and more.
Allentown, Pennsylvania, United States.
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