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About Existential Counselor Society – Outpatient
Existential Counselor Society – Outpatient in Hazel Crest, Illinois is a special outpatient center that provides addiction treatment and trauma informed care in a quiet, supportive setting. If you’re seeking help for substance use disorder then this place is equipped to support you with individual and group counseling, relapse prevention, and more.
What strikes us most about them is their ability to help clients heal emotionally while also managing the practical challenges of recovery.
You can take part in intensive outpatient programming, individual sessions, or family counseling depending on your needs. Their experienced staff uses motivational interviewing, brief interventions, and anger management strategies to help you create real change. We like that they also welcome clients who have substance related traffic offenses and they even provide language services when needed.
Client Feedback
Many clients speak positively about their experience here. One client speaks of the place saving their life while another person shared how good their treatment plans are. While one review suggested some improvements are needed, the overall feeling is that this place genuinely helps people.
Insurance and Access
You can use Medicaid, private insurance, or state-funded plans here. If you’re paying out of pocket, self pay is also accepted. The center works with you on insurance questions so you can focus on your care.
This facility is unique for its commitment to trauma informed care and for including recreational therapy like hiking and horse-riding. It is licensed by both the state substance abuse agency and mental health department and is accredited by the Joint Commission. These added supports can make your experience feel more personal and help you build healthy habits that last beyond your treatment.
Things to Do After Your Appointment
After your session, Hazel Crest Park District is a calming place to walk, join a wellness class, or sit outside and breathe. There are several small parks nearby if you prefer quiet time alone or with someone you trust. These enjoyable activities can give balance and help you reset after the work you’ve done during treatment.
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Accepted Insurance
Other Forms of Payment
Self-pay involves paying for treatment out of your own pocket. You can use savings or credit, get a personal loan, or receive help from family and friends to fund your treatment. If you don't have insurance or your insurance plan doesn't cover a specific program, self-pay can help ensure you still get the care you need.
Private insurance refers to any kind of healthcare coverage that isn't from the state or federal government. This includes individual and family plans offered by an employer or purchased from the Insurance Marketplace. Every plan will have different requirements and out of pocket costs so be sure to get the full details before you start treatment.
Sliding scale payments are based on a client's income and family size. The goal is to make treatment affordable to everyone. By taking these factors into account, addiction recovery care providers help ensure that your treatment does not become a financial burden to you or your family, eliminating one barrier to care.
Medicaid is a state based program that helps lower-income individuals and families pay for healthcare. Medicaid covers addiction treatment so those enrolled can use their coverage to pay for rehab. When a program accepts Medicaid the client often pays very little or nothing out of their own pocket.
Addiction Treatments
Levels of Care
24-Hour Clinical Care
Inpatient
Outpatient
Treatments
The goal of treatment for alcoholism is abstinence. Those with poor social support, poor motivation, or psychiatric disorders tend to relapse within a few years of treatment. For these people, success is measured by longer periods of abstinence, reduced use of alcohol, better health, and improved social functioning. Recovery and Maintenance are usually based on 12 step programs and AA meetings.
Drug rehab in Illinois is designed to help people recover from addiction to a number of substances. The length of each program and its intensity tend to vary, and the plan of care is based on your individual needs.
A combined mental health and substance abuse treatment center has the staff and resources available to handle individuals with both mental health and substance abuse issues. It can be challenging to determine where a specific symptom stems from (a mental health issue or an issue related to substance abuse), so mental health and substance abuse professionals are helpful in detangling symptoms and keeping treatment on track. They treat clients by providing them plenty of information through psycho-education, understanding societal impact of drug and alcohol dependency, the impact on family, career, and other facets of life. Their approach emphasizes honesty, commitment, and most of all a foundational understanding of drug and alcohol dependency.
Opioid rehabs specialize in supporting those recovering from opioid addiction. They treat those suffering from addiction to illegal opioids like heroin, as well as prescription drugs like oxycodone. These centers typically combine both physical as well as mental and emotional support to help stop addiction. Physical support often includes medical detox and subsequent medical support (including medication), and mental support includes in-depth therapy to address the underlying causes of addiction.
Programs
Adult Program
Young Adult Program
Clinical Services
Whether a marriage or other committed relationship, an intimate partnership is one of the most important aspects of a person's life. Drug and alcohol addiction affects both members of a couple in deep and meaningful ways, as does rehab and recovery. Couples therapy and other couples-focused treatment programs are significant parts of exploring triggers of addiction, as well as learning how to build healthy patterns to support ongoing sobriety.
The Existential Counselors Society teaches parents more effective parenting techniques like: understanding your upbringing, looking at the helpful and harmful ways in which you were raised, understanding yourself and your child, understanding beliefs and feelings, encouraging your child and yourself, listening and talking to your child, fostering cooperation in children, discipline that makes sense to both the child and the parent, and choosing your approach to engage your child.
Group therapy is any therapeutic work that happens in a group (not one-on-one). There are a number of different group therapy modalities, including support groups, experiential therapy, psycho-education, and more. Group therapy involves treatment as well as processing interaction between group members.
In individual therapy, a patient meets one-on-one with a trained psychologist or counselor. Therapy is a pivotal part of effective substance abuse treatment, as it often covers root causes of addiction, including challenges faced by the patient in their social, family, and work/school life.
Life skills trainings involve all the skills a person must have in order to function successfully in the world. These include time management, career guidance, money management, and effective communication. Truly successful addiction recovery is based on the ability to not only live substance-free, but to thrive. Life skills teaches the practical necessities of functioning in society, which sets clients up for success in life, and therefore sobriety.
Trauma therapy addresses traumatic incidents from a client's past that are likely affecting their present-day experience. Trauma is often one of the primary triggers and potential causes of addiction, and can stem from child sexual abuse, domestic violence, having a parent with a mental illness, losing one or both parents at a young age, teenage or adult sexual assault, or any number of other factors. The clinicians at Existential Counselor Society are there to help their clients find constructive ways of managing their emotions. They are uniquely trained and skilled at helping clients bring resolution to painful past experiences in a safe environment.
Amenities
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Private Setting
Staff & Accreditations
Staff
Dr. Bipin Sharma, PhD, LCPC
Founder
Accreditations
The Joint Commission, formerly known as JCAHO, is a nonprofit organization that accredits rehab organizations and programs. Founded in 1951, the Joint Commision's mission is to improve the quality of patient care and demonstrating the quality of patient care.
Joint Commission Accreditation: Yes
Contact Information
17577 Kedzie Avenue
Suite 205
Hazel Crest, IL 60429
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