Thresholds - Mothers Program
Thresholds Mothers Program, located in Chicago, Illinois, has been providing comprehensive support since 1976. The program focuses on helping mothers with mental health challenges and their children. Unique aspects include 24-hour staffed residences and a transitional living program for young pregnant and parenting women.
The mission of the Thresholds Mothers Program is to support young mothers as they transition from adolescence to adulthood, providing them with mental health, homelessness support, and parenting skills. They specialize in assisting those with serious mental health conditions and their children.
- Offers a Transitional Living Program for young pregnant and parenting women aged 17-21.
- Provides 24-hour staffed residences and comprehensive case management services.
- Includes Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) skills training, psychiatry, and medication management.
- Supports homeless families through the PATH program, aiding with housing access and benefits attainment.
The Thresholds Mothers Program treats mental health issues and homelessness, primarily benefiting young mothers aged 16-23 and homeless families headed by parents with serious mental health conditions.
- 2 Conditions Treated
- Insurance Accepted
- 2 Levels of Care
- Speaks English
- 10 Therapies & Programs
- Multiple Locations
Conditions and Issues Treated
Dual-Diagnosis Treatment in Chicago, IL
A dual-diagnosis describes two medical issues that are happening at the same time. They may or may not be related. Over 50% of people with an addiction in Illinois have another mental health condition. Screening for both addiction and any untreated mental health issue is essential, and individually managed by Thresholds - Mothers Program.Levels of Care
This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Dual-Diagnosis, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.
In outpatient programs at Thresholds - Mothers Program, the Chicago resident can live with their family while continuing with their job or studies. Treatment includes educating the patient on drug abuse, medications, and counseling sessions at the individual or group level.
Thresholds - Mothers Program‘s Therapies & Programs
Customized individual therapy is counseling involving you and your counselor at Thresholds - Mothers Program. 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 Thresholds - Mothers Program in Chicago, 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 Thresholds - Mothers Program 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.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an improved version of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) DBT is a treatment of choice for people being treated at Thresholds - Mothers Program 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. Thresholds - Mothers Program 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
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Location & Contact
1110 W Belmont Ave
Chicago, IL 60657
Phone Number
(773) 537-3290
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Location
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1110 W Belmont Ave
Chicago, IL 60657 -
(773) 537-3290
Accepts
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AgeAdults (20+), Children (0-12), Teenagers
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ModalityCouples, Family, Group, Individuals
Thresholds
Listed July 7, 2021
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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