Gateway Foundation - Carbondale is a women's-only addiction treatment center situated on a 14-acre wooded campus in Carbondale, IL. This facility focuses on comprehensive care addressing substance abuse, trauma, and co-occurring mental health conditions through various treatment modalities.
Gateway Foundation is dedicated to helping individuals overcome addiction by providing compassionate, evidence-based care. The facility is accredited by The Joint Commission and was named one of Newsweek's Best Addiction Treatment Centers in 2020.
- Offers individualized treatment plans with therapies like CBT, DBT, and EMDR to address various needs.
- Features a serene, gender-specific environment with shared bedrooms and diverse amenities including an indoor gym and outdoor walking paths.
- Provides a range of treatment options, including detox, residential care, and outpatient services.
- Incorporates holistic therapies such as art therapy, mindfulness practices, and nutritional guidance for comprehensive care.
This center specializes in treating substance use disorders, trauma, and co-occurring mental health conditions, specifically for women.
- 2+ Accreditations
- 30 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 8 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 33 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
Accreditations
NAATP

JCAHO
Staff
- Kimberly JeffersClinical Supervisor (Women's Unit)Oversees women's residential treatment program.
- UnnamedClinical Leadership RolesMultiple open clinical leadership positions.
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
The inappropriate use of any drug in Carbondale, IL is substance abuse. This involves alcohol, medications, and illicit drugs. With a combination of physical and psychiatric therapies, drug addiction is successfully treated at Gateway Foundation - Carbondale. After Detox is complete, individuals follow-up with treatments treating the root cause of the addiction.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment at Gateway Foundation - Carbondale
Opioid Addiction Treatment supports people recovering from addiction to prescription drugs as well as illegal opioids. This is a hospital-based or residential treatment. Depending upon one’s age, detox without the appropriate medication may be unpleasant or even dangerous–some get body aches, fever, chills, while others may even have seizures.
Opioid treatment involves medically assisted detox, physical and mental support. Most rehabilitations use an array of treatments to ensure overall wellbeing, such as Medication-assisted therapy (MAT) in which one gets behavioral therapy, medicines, and counseling. A client-centered approach can reduce one’s chances of relapse. Therapists at work with the client to figure out environmental and behavioral triggers, giving them the power to change the patterns.
Dual-Diagnosis
When someone in Illinois struggles with both addiction and mental or emotional illness, this is considered a dual diagnosis. Dual diagnosis treatment can include emotional trauma, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression. Getting treatment for these issues must occur at the same time to treat either of them effectively.Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Aftercare Support, Drug Rehab, Dual-Diagnosis, Inpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, Partial-Hospitalization, Residential, with additional therapies available as listed below.
An inpatient is a person who stays in a hospital or rehab center during treatment. For alcohol- and drug-dependent individuals, inpatient rehabs provide individualized around-the-clock services. Inpatient treatment programs address a person’s unique physical, medical, and psychological needs. A team of experts assess the severity of the addiction and design a highly tailored program. typically, the length of stay in an inpatient facility in Carbondale, IL is 30 days. Those with severe addiction may need to stay at the facility for 60 to 90 days.
Daily trips to the hospital that provides the treatment include intensive outpatient services (IOP). IOP in Illinois is appropriate for patients in residential recovery facilities that have been diagnosed with addiction. Patients return to their everyday lives gradually, increasing the likeliness of success in treatment.
Outpatient rehabilitation is a treatment that exists if a patient is not checking into Gateway Foundation - Carbondale 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 Gateway Foundation - Carbondale in recovering from addiction.
The halfway point between inpatient and outpatient care is Gateway Foundation - Carbondale‘s Partial Hospitalization Program. It is for individuals in Illinois who struggle with addiction but do not need treatment round the clock. Patients may reside in a recovery facility anywhere from 18 to 30 hours per week, but they can sleep at home. The program length could be anywhere from one to six months.
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.
Treatment for substance abuse does not cease after an individual successfully completes a detox or rehabilitation program. A vital follow-up treatment service is aftercare support provided to individuals at Gateway Foundation - Carbondale in Illinois after they attain initial sobriety.
Aftercare support often takes the following forms: 12-Step Programs, Outpatient Treatment Programs, and Support Groups. The most effective aftercare programs are tailored to meet an individual’s specific needs and circumstances.
Therapies & Programs
Addiction and alcoholism always harm an addict’s relationships with others and none more than relationships with a spouse or partner. Couples therapy is an essential part of restoring trust and good communication to intimate relationships harmed by addiction. Couples therapy by Gateway Foundation - Carbondale helps repair the damage done to these important relationships.
Recovery can be more effective if the entire family’s involved. Family therapy hosted by Gateway Foundation - Carbondale brings in the addict’s family to explore genetic factors. It gives loved ones the tools for dealing with addiction and its underlying mental issues. It is a recommended step in helping addicts adapt to sober living.
Trauma is one of the most common causes of psychological disorders. It’s often found in people with addiction diagnoses. Trauma therapy addresses this by examining the emotions and thoughts people have formed due to past traumas. Traumas are complex but trauma therapy can reduce their ability to contribute to addictive behaviors.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy is a form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. It is designed for those who are prone to self-harm and suicidal behaviors. Gateway Foundation - Carbondale aims to help patients understand the relationship between their thoughts, feeling and behaviors and it gives them the tools to make a change. It is effective for those whose addictions and behaviors stem from extreme mental health issues.
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a treatment method to work through traumatic memories to find resolution. It may involve eye movement, hand tapping or other small movements.
A 12-Step Program is a common method that is used to treat addiction. This format is used for both drug and alcohol treatment. It is extremely popular and successful for large numbers of people and the staff at Gateway Foundation - Carbondale are trained to assist in 12-step management.
The right diet can improve a person’s general outlook, sleep habits and thought processing skills. MNT also lowers the occurrence of chronic diseases such as adult-onset diabetes. Dieticians like those at Gateway Foundation - Carbondale in Carbondale, IL believe that nutrition therapy is the key to making significant lifestyle changes.
Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) uses low dose nicotine products to ween smokers away from cigarettes. The products get nicotine into the bloodstream without smoking reducing addiction to the physical habit. It also allows addicts to adjust to lower doses to reduce withdrawal symptoms.
Contingency Management (CM), also known as motivational incentives or prize method, is a behavioral therapy type. It is based on the principle that their consequences influence the behaviors of an individual. So, it promotes the desired behavior by giving rewards while discouraging the unwanted behaviors by withholding the rewards or even by giving punishments. One of the expected desired behavior is the absence of drug in a toxicology screen, and the rewards vary from prize or vouchers, to experiences. CM is used for individuals who need therapy for more than 3 months, and it has the advantage of being implemented by family members.
Patient Experience
Creative Arts
It is believed that enhancing creativity and developing skills related to it can help people with addiction recover faster. Activities such as painting, writing, acting, and dancing are considered therapeutic and hosted and managed by Gateway Foundation - Carbondale in Carbondale, Illinois. They become outlets for patients to blow off steam, channel their emotions, and express their thoughts.Fitness Therapy
Opting for fitness therapy allows someone to get through addiction recovery while effectively rebuilding their body. This is a great type of therapy to pair with nutritional therapy, as the combination of getting fit and eating right can help someone in recovery feel better and make healthier choices from the start. This therapy offered by Gateway Foundation - Carbondale in Carbondale, IL establishes a firm connection between the body and mind, and teaches how to make healthy life habits that do not involve addiction.
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Location & Contact

1080 E Park St
Carbondale, IL 62901
Phone Number
(618) 688-0734
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Carbondale, 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.
In Jackson County, the opioid epidemic has reached alarming heights, claiming the lives of far too many, including 1 in 5 overdose deaths being children under the age of 15. The potent and often fatal drug, fentanyl, is frequently used to intensify other illicit substances, contributing to the nearly threefold increase in non-heroin opioid overdose deaths in Missouri between 2016 and 2021.
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