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Guiding Light Counseling

Guiding Light Counseling

  • Woodridge, IL
  • Accredited
  • Outpatient

Guiding Light Counseling in Woodridge, Illinois, specializes in outpatient treatment for substance abuse, mental health issues, and co-occurring disorders. Focusing particularly on women’s mental health, it provides an integrated approach to recovery, nurturing the spirit. This private center offers accessible and cost-effective services.

Their mission is to empower individuals by identifying their strengths and helping them achieve life goals through affordable and accessible counseling services. Specific information about licenses or awards was not found.

  • Offers intensive outpatient treatment to address severe addictions and co-occurring disorders.
  • Focuses on adult behavioral health services, catering to mental illness and addictive disorders.
  • Specializes in women's mental health care, providing nurturing environments.
  • Uses an integrated approach for treating alcoholism, drug addiction, and mental health disorders.

This center effectively treats alcoholism, drug addiction, and mental health disorders, benefiting adults, particularly women, looking for specialized mental health and addiction recovery services.

  • 2+ Accreditations
  • SAMHSA Listed
  • 3 Conditions Treated
  • Insurance Accepted
  • 3 Levels of Care
  • Speaks English
  • 12 Therapies & Programs

Accreditations

State License

SAMHSA

Conditions and Issues Treated

Opioid + Opiate Addiction Treatment

Opioids are a set of drugs prescribed for pain relief. Opioid addiction for Illinois residents refers to the compulsive seeking of opioids, even when they are not required medically. Treatment involves medication-assisted therapy in which medicines, counseling, and behavioral therapies are all utilized at Guiding Light Counseling.

Levels of Care

This center offers a variety of custom treatment tailored to individual recovery. Currently available are Drug Rehab, Intensive Outpatient, Outpatient, with additional therapies available as listed below.

Guiding Light Counseling offers an Intensive Outpatient Program is for those who need intensive care but prefer to spend the majority of their time in the comfort of their own home. The rehabilitation services differ in length and intensity. They are customized to meet the needs of the patient.

An outpatient treatment program is set up to help with alcohol or drug addiction, or a co-occurring disorder. The patient must attend the Illinois facility for their therapy and other programs but are able to return home each night. The frequency of mandatory attendance decreases after much of Guiding Light Counseling‘s program is complete.

Therapies & Programs

Individual therapy refers to one-on-one psychotherapy between a patient and their Guiding Light Counseling 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 Guiding Light Counseling still targets addiction and can also make a relationship healthier through a variety of methods.

Addiction is a family disease. Family therapy is a common tool that is used during inpatient treatment. While living with active addiction in Woodridge, Illinois, it is impossible for family members not to be affected. In order to have the greatest chances for long term sobriety, healing any family trauma and dysfunctional communications is important. Family therapy aims to heal and rebalance unhealthy roles and habits.

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 Guiding Light Counseling also learn to build trust and understanding and gain perspective through discussions.

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 Guiding Light Counseling in Woodridge, 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 Guiding Light Counseling in Woodridge, 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.

When it comes to maintaining sobriety, people who quit recovery without developing life skills are disadvantaged. While teaching life skills at Guiding Light Counseling is difficult, support with aftercare helps patients learn these skills over time. Life skills include getting a career, living in a good environment, self-care, and finance management, all in Woodridge, IL.

Payment Options

For specific insurance or payment methods please contact us.
  • Health Insurance
  • Self-Pay / Cash
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Military Insurance
  • IHS/Tribunal/Urban
  • State-Financed
  • Sliding Scale
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    Location & Contact

    Guiding Light Counseling Location and Directions
    Address
    1051 Internationale Pkwy
    Woodridge, IL 60517

    Phone Number
    (630) 739-7500

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    Accepts

    • Gender
      Female, Male
    • Age
      Adults (20+), Children (0-12), Teenagers
    • Modality
      Couples, Family, Group, Individuals
    Helpful reference information for Guiding Light Counseling, a drug treatment center in Illinois located at: 1051 Internationale Pkwy, Woodridge, IL 60517, including phone numbers, official website, and more. Listed briefly is an overview of Levels of Care, Therapies Offered, Issues Treated, and accepted forms of Payment Methods.

    Listed June 12, 2021

    Updated July 25, 2024

    Woodridge, 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.

    DuPage County, Illinois, a vibrant community known for its picturesque landscapes and thriving economy, has been grappling with the devastating effects of the opioid epidemic. In 2022, the county reported a staggering 150 opioid overdose deaths, with fentanyl being involved in over 70% of these tragedies. Despite a decrease from the previous year, the alarming rise in polypharmacy-related overdose deaths since 2015 highlights the urgency of the situation.

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