Le Penseur Youth & Family Services
Drug Rehab Center in Chicago, Illinois
- Substance Abuse
- Opioid Addiction
- Drug Addiction
- Alcoholism
Le Penseur Youth & Family Services offers a comprehensive mental health, addiction, and substance abuse facility with evidence-based practices and individualized care for adolescents and adults in Chicago, providing tailored programs, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy for addiction recovery, and specialized services for pregnant and postpartum women.
About This Chicago, IL Facility
Le Penseur Youth & Family Services is a comprehensive mental health, addiction, and substance abuse facility located in Chicago, Illinois. This facility is dedicated to providing treatment and care that honors the unique needs of adolescents and adults of all ages. Le Penseur combines evidence-based practices with an individualized and holistic approach to care. They provide comprehensive services such as assessments, individual and group counseling, family counseling, education, and support.
Le Penseur Youth & Family Services specializes in helping individuals recover from addiction and substance abuse. Their addiction services are tailored to meet the individual needs of their clients, and include evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Their inpatient and outpatient programs provide a safe, supportive environment in which individuals can gain insight and develop the tools they need to live healthy, substance-free lives.
Le Penseur Youth & Family Services is accredited by The Joint Commission and is a member of the Illinois Council of Addiction and Substance Abuse. They have also been awarded grants from the Illinois Department of Human Services as well as National Council for Behavioral Health for their exemplary quality of care. Le Penseur also provides specialized services for pregnant and postpartum women, including education and support, as well as parenting groups.
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Conditions and Issues Treated
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. Le Penseur Youth & Family Services patients detox and follow up with therapies that target the underlying cause of the addiction.
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. Le Penseur Youth & Family Services offers therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem are supplemented during and throughout treatment.
Levels of Care Offered
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into Le Penseur Youth & Family Services 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 Le Penseur Youth & Family Services in recovering from addiction.
Le Penseur Youth & Family Services‘s Therapies & Programs
Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Le Penseur Youth & Family Services. 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.
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 Le Penseur Youth & Family Services in Chicago, 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.
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Chicago, Illinois 60643 Phone Number(773) 375-8637 Meta DetailsUpdated November 25, 2023
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Chicago, Illinois Addiction Information
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.
Drug misuse can lead to other serious health problems, including HIV/AIDS or hepatitis C infection and liver disease. Chicago's main drugs of abuse include heroin, cocaine, and methamphetamine. Field sobriety tests can be used to determine if someone is driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. There are about 872 drug treatment centers in the city, and the number of people seeking help for addiction continues to rise.
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