Family Guidance Centers - Downtown Chicago/Loop Office
Family Guidance Centers - Downtown Chicago/Loop Office in Chicago, Illinois, primarily focuses on treating substance use disorders and related problems. As a not-for-profit organization, it offers comprehensive programming and a flexible continuum of care through integrated services. The center aims to educate and guide individuals toward their full potential.
Family Guidance Centers' mission is to be recognized for superior and compassionate patient service and clinical excellence. The center holds Joint Commission Accreditation, a SAMHSA listing, state licensure, and SAMHSA certification for opioid treatment programs, highlighting its dedication to quality and safety in healthcare.
- Specializes in treating mental health and substance abuse disorders, emphasizing prevention and treatment.
- Offers multiple therapy options including cognitive behavioral therapy and trauma-related counseling.
- Provides outpatient methadone, buprenorphine, or naltrexone treatment.
- Utilizes telemedicine/telehealth therapy to increase accessibility and convenience.
Family Guidance Centers treats mental health and substance use disorders. Services are tailored to individuals, including those needing methadone or buprenorphine. The center strives to support individuals from all walks of life on their journey to sobriety.
- 2+ Accreditations
- SAMHSA Listed
- 11 Conditions Treated
- 5 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 32 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
Accreditations
SAMHSA
JCAHO
Conditions and Issues Treated
Substance Abuse + Addiction Treatment
Rehab centers in Illinois exist to help individuals bounce back from substance abuse. Drug addiction refers to the use of illegal drugs and improper use of prescription drugs. Substance abuse includes all problems that stem out from using psychoactive substances. Centers like Family Guidance Centers - Downtown Chicago/Loop Office are here to help.
Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment
Opioid addiction is one of the most common forms of addiction Illinois. Opioids include drugs like heroin, oxycontin and fentanyl. They are prescribed to treat pain, but they are often abused and they are addictive. The addiction is treated by detoxing the body, so it no longer needs the chemicals in the drugs. This is followed up by therapies to correct behavior and target the root of the problem.
Dual-Diagnosis
Some of the most common co-occurring disorders are schizophrenia, depression, and bipolar disorder. Most rehab facilities in Chicago, IL like Family Guidance Centers - Downtown Chicago/Loop Office 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, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
Detox is the first step of rehab. It involves giving a person time to get the toxins out of their body. During detox, the patient gets ill and they will often start using again to get rid of these unpleasant feelings. That’s why it’s so important to have a Chicago medical professional at Family Guidance Centers - Downtown Chicago/Loop Office present. A Illinois medical professional will make sure patients don’t start using during detox. They will also provide medication to ease their symptoms and coach them through on a mental level.
An Outpatient Rehab Program is a part-time drug rehab program for treating individuals in Chicago, IL with mild addiction or mild-to-moderate drug withdrawal symptoms. It generally requires about 10 to 12 hours every week.
Doctors can administer on-the-spot medication to ease withdrawal symptoms such as anxiety, increased heart rate, and even depression. Groups such as Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) can be used as a part of outpatient treatment to help maintain sobriety.
Aftercare Support at Family Guidance Centers - Downtown Chicago/Loop Office, in short, is the support provided to a patient after they have finished treatment. It allows them to adjust to everyday life. It may entail setting them up and enrolling them in services such as Narcotics Anonymous (NA) and Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) inside a halfway house. Career coaching may also be offered to patients to help them get back into the workforce.
Therapies & Programs
Individual therapy refers to one-on-one psychotherapy between a patient and their Family Guidance Centers - Downtown Chicago/Loop Office therapist. Individual therapy seeks to help identify the issues that drive and contribute to a client’s addiction or alcoholism. Another goal of individual counseling is to assist the client to learn how to manage their lives without alcohol or drugs.
Therapy for couples decreases unhealthy behavior in a relationship that can trigger addiction. Either, or both, members of the couple will be improved by this. This treatment administered by Family Guidance Centers - Downtown Chicago/Loop Office still targets addiction and can also make a relationship healthier through a variety of methods.
Group therapy occurs in a group setting as opposed to a one on one setting. It benefits patients by providing a feeling of support and letting them know they are not alone. Patients at Family Guidance Centers - Downtown Chicago/Loop Office also learn to build trust and understanding and gain perspective through discussions.
After experiencing trauma, it’s crucial to look for a facility that can provide trauma therapy. This approach zeroes in on the traumatic incidents that a patient has encountered in the past, recent or not. It’s been widely known that trauma can make an individual resort to alcohol or other substances to mask their troubles and pain. Trauma can originate from domestic violence, sexual abuse, an early encounter with death, sexual assault, and many more. The goal of trauma therapy at Family Guidance Centers - Downtown Chicago/Loop Office in Chicago, IL is to help the patient see beyond the trauma and move forward. Mental health professionals will facilitate the patient’s journey and see to it that he or she is no longer a victim of his or her traumatic experiences and has wholly regained his or her personal power.
DBT, also known as dialectical behavior therapy, is a form of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) that helps people understand how their thoughts, behaviors, and feelings all connect. This can give them more control over their actions, effectively stopping self-harm ideations and attempts in some patients. It can also help put people in control over some mental struggles, like borderline personality disorder.
Most individuals suffering from addiction have low self-awareness, so they end up making poor decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is suitable for patients recovering from an addiction of any kind. Through it, patients become more aligned with their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, giving them a better opportunity to respond appropriately to temptations and negative feelings.
This therapy modality at Family Guidance Centers - Downtown Chicago/Loop Office in Chicago, IL strengthens a person’s ability to stay on top of their emotional state and learn new stress management techniques so they won’t give in to the temptations easily. Moreover, CBT helps people communicate and express their emotions well, which can be vital in relapse management. CBT is also suitable for managing co-occurring disorders like depression and bipolar illness.
Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy sees a person suffering from substance addiction to have illogical reasoning, counterproductive actions, and does not see things clearly. REBT at Family Guidance Centers - Downtown Chicago/Loop Office in Chicago, IL deals with cognition, images, and behavior extensively to rectify the client’s bad habits. The process calls for practice, reiteration, and bolstering the new way of thinking being introduced to the patient.
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Location & Contact
310 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60654
Phone Number
312-943-6545 x261
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Location
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310 West Chicago Avenue
Chicago, IL 60654 -
312-943-6545 x261
Accepts
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GenderFemale, Male
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AgeAdults (20+)
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ModalityCouples, Family, Group, Individuals
Ownership
Family Guidance Centers
Listed May 26, 2020
Updated July 25, 2024
Chicago, 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.
Chicago's an exhilarating city with world-class museums, a vibrant arts and culture scene, and mouthwatering cuisine to savor. Opioid overdoses and fentanyl-related deaths, however, have skyrocketed – Cook County saw a 97% rise in fentanyl-induced fatalities from 2018 to 2019, and had the state's second-highest drug mortality rate in 2021.
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