Family Guidance Centers - Springfield
Family Guidance Centers - Springfield in Springfield, IL, is a non-profit behavioral healthcare organization focused on treating substance use disorders. Specializing in both addiction and related mental health issues, they offer a range of care levels, from standard outpatient to residential treatment programs, with evidence-based approaches.
Their mission is to provide comprehensive treatment for individuals struggling with substance abuse and related mental health issues. They use evidence-based approaches, aiming to address the root causes of addiction and promote long-term sobriety.
- Offers residential, intensive outpatient, and regular outpatient services to meet varied patient needs.
- Utilizes evidence-based therapies like cognitive behavioral therapy and relapse prevention strategies.
- Provides medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction, including methadone when clinically appropriate.
- Incorporates telemedicine services to ensure accessibility for remote patients.
Treating substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health issues, Family Guidance Centers serves adults aged 18 and older. Their comprehensive programs benefit individuals seeking holistic, evidence-based treatment for addiction.
- 2+ Accreditations
- 11 Conditions Treated
- 7 Levels of Care
- Speaks English, Spanish
- 32 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
Accreditations
SAMHSA
JCAHO
Staff
- Emily McGee GriggsAdmin StaffPart of the administrative team at Family Guidance Centers.
- Kate HughesAdmin StaffPart of the administrative team at Family Guidance Centers.
- Jakob BeckAdmin StaffPart of the administrative team at Family Guidance Centers.
- Julie HeiryAdmin StaffPart of the administrative team at Family Guidance Centers.
- Tia MurphyAdmin StaffPart of the administrative team at Family Guidance Centers.
- Skylar BarnesAdmin StaffPart of the administrative team at Family Guidance Centers.
- Jamie RoyerAdmin StaffPart of the administrative team at Family Guidance Centers.
- Adam PowellTherapistBoard licensed therapist at Family Guidance Centers.
- Amy StephanTherapistBoard licensed therapist at Family Guidance Centers.
- Andrew RouthTherapistBoard licensed therapist at Family Guidance Centers.
- Ann AbellTherapistBoard licensed therapist at Family Guidance Centers.
- Caitlin DugganTherapistBoard licensed therapist at Family Guidance Centers.
- Cathy MedinaTherapistBoard licensed therapist at Family Guidance Centers.
- Celeste LahockiTherapistBoard licensed therapist at Family Guidance Centers.
- Devin ByrneTherapistBoard licensed therapist at Family Guidance Centers.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Substance abuse is the excessive use of any type of drug. This includes alcohol, medications and illegal drugs. Substance abuse is treated with a combination of physical and mental treatments. Family Guidance Centers - Springfield patients detox and follow up with therapies that target the underlying cause of the addiction.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction is one of Illinois‘s most prominent forms of addiction. Drugs, including heroin, oxycontin, and fentanyl, are the most common. To relieve pain, or ease other ailments, they are professionally prescribed, but they are often abused because they and the feelings they give are addictive.
Addiction is treated by detoxifying the body, so the medications’ chemicals are no longer impacting the individual. Family Guidance Centers - Springfield offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.
Dual-Diagnosis Treatment in Springfield, IL
Some of the most common co-occurring disorders are schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder. Most rehab facilities in Springfield, IL like Family Guidance Centers - Springfield provide patients with a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis gives rehab the means to treat addiction while restoring mental and emotional health.
Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Detox, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Detox treatment begins when the patient leaves their surroundings of family and friends, which is usually when they are most vulnerable. Being in a safe environment surrounded by medical professionals provides them with the safety net many of them need to get over their addiction. With kind and caring staff members, patients can feel relaxed, and they will need to start by admitting that they have a problem in order to get better.
If a person goes through detox treatment, they will understand their addiction better, and they won’t want to relapse and lose all the benefits of sobriety. They can see the effects of using drugs and how it makes them feel, which will make them want to quit their addiction.
Drug detox is vital to the recovery process, and it ensures that a patient will be in a safe environment during their withdrawal.
Intensive outpatient programs mostly conduct meetings on weekdays. Group therapy is the main element in most intensive outpatient programs. Most IOPs last for about 90 days and include drug use monitoring and testing. A Illinois IOP, like what’s offerd at Family Guidance Centers - Springfield, take much more time than a standard outpatient program. Some programs offer other services as well, such as employment assistance and medication management.
Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into Family Guidance Centers - Springfield long term. In addition to helping them recover, the patient attends regular therapy sessions and detox and participates in other therapies. However, this is all primarily done from home. As a follow-up to inpatient treatment, outpatient treatment is usually recommended.
After rehabilitation, it helps people return to their everyday lives. It may also be an alternative to inpatient care in some situations. If they cannot leave their jobs, children, or don’t have the money for inpatient care, people can choose this method. Inpatient therapy, however, is the best method and most suggested level of treatment offered by Family Guidance Centers - Springfield in recovering from addiction.
Residential treatment programs are those that offer housing and meals in addition to substance abuse treatment. Rehab facilities that offer residential treatment allow patients to focus solely on recovery, in an environment totally separate from their lives. Some rehab centers specialize in short-term residential treatment (a few days to a week or two), while others solely provide treatment on a long-term basis (several weeks to months). Some offer both, and tailor treatment to the patient’s individual requirements.
Family Guidance Centers - Springfield‘s Therapies & Programs
Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Family Guidance Centers - Springfield. This builds a personal and trusting relationship so you can truly be yourself and express any emotions as you feel them. Individual therapy leads to greater peace and understanding about your triggers for addiction and coping strategies to prevent relapse.
Substance abuse does a number on an individual’s relationship with other people, particularly in marriage. Spousal relationships bear the brunt of alcohol and drug dependence. Therefore, it becomes critical to submit the relationship to couples therapy to prevent straining it further. Most programs only zero in on the individual with substance addiction without factoring in the importance of the other half’s emotional support.
However, some facilities, like Family Guidance Centers - Springfield in Springfield, Illinois, offer couples therapy options to manage intimate partnerships amid the recovery process. Other couples-focused treatment plans can provide the patient and their partner tools to get things back to normal, support each other, and the patient’s sobriety.Group Therapy is a type of counseling that occurs between a bunch of strangers. These groups are suitable for patients who are not confined in a treatment facility, but group sessions are also common in inpatient rehab programs. Group therapy is led by a trained individual at Family Guidance Centers - Springfield in Springfield, IL and consists of members from different stages of recovery.
The goal of group therapy sessions is to foster hope and a sense of belonging, share information, and learn coping mechanisms. It also helps to have people who can relate to what you’re going through. Good behaviors can also be contagious, and participants can learn from one another.
Unresolved trauma is often a key reason why many patients resorted to substance abuse. Trauma could be physical abuse, sexual abuse, war, natural disasters, divorce, accident, loss of a loved one, etc. If trauma is the primary cause of substance abuse, then both issues must be addressed.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an improved version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) DBT is a treatment of choice for people being treated at Family Guidance Centers - Springfield whom are suffering from self-harming behaviors. Conditions such as obsessive-compulsive disorder and borderline personality disorder also benefit from DBT.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an approach and method in psychotherapy. Family Guidance Centers - Springfield asks people to investigate how their thoughts, including habitual, negative, and inaccurate ways of thinking affect behaviors. CBT is based on the idea that rigid, inflexible ways of thinking cause people to have a limited ability to cope with stress
Rational Emotional Behavior Therapy (REBT) is a method of specific counseling that replaces negative and self-limiting thoughts with positive and productive behaviors. Self-defeating thoughts and habits can limit your possible successes. Some examples of this are procrastination, unhealthy eating and angry outbursts. You may not be aware that some unhealthy behaviors and thoughts are sabotaging your potential accomplishments.
Payment Options
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Location & Contact
120 North 11th Street
Springfield, IL 62703
Phone Number
(217) 544-9858
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Springfield, Illinois Addiction and Treatment
In 2016, more than 2,350 Illinoisans died from drug overdoses. More than 5,500 deaths annually occur in Illinois due to the abuse of alcohol and other drugs. 7.17% of Illinois residents reported using illicit drugs in the past month (2018). Substance abuse costs the state approximately $3.5 billion every year.
Springfield offers a unique blend of historical attractions and outdoor recreation, making it an ideal setting for healing during drug rehab. However, the city faces alarming increases in opioid-related deaths (15%), fentanyl overdoses (25%), and cocaine-related hospitalizations (30%) from 2020 to 2024.
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