Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center

Chicago, Illinois

2942 West Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60612

About Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center

Above and Beyond Family Recovery Center is a drug and alcohol rehab facility located in Chicago, Illinois. They provide treatment for people of all ages who suffer from substance use disorder and alcohol use disorder. They treat people who struggle with addiction and mental health disorders as well.

They offer an intensive outpatient program to their clients. This means you will attend therapy several times a week for a few hours a day.

This is a very unusual rehab because of all the different treatment programs they have. They provide both spiritual and secular treatment programs. You will undergo an intake meeting during which you and your therapist will determine the best treatment program for you.

You may select a traditional 12 Step Alcoholics Anonymous program. This is a peer based program that involves mentorship and reliance on a higher power to help with your recovery.

Their Self Management And Recovery Training is for people who do not wish to incorporate religion into their recovery program. It is a four point program following the principle that all people can take control of their addiction.

Recovery Dharma is a spiritual program that is based on Buddhist philosophy. It teaches people to meditate and look within themselves for a path to recovery. You will use your own inner wisdom and that of those around you as part of your treatment.

They have gender specific group therapy programs for men and women. People often benefit most from group sessions with people they have the most in common with.

Their secular recovery program states that you have the power to change your habits. It shows you how to use logic and reasoning to overcome your destructive behaviors. You must choose two of these programs for your outpatient treatment.

Insurance & Financials

Private Insurance
Self-pay options
Financial aid
Sliding scale payment assistance
Medicare
Military insurance
Medicaid

Levels of Care

Outpatient

Outpatient Programs (OP) are for those seeking mental rehab or drug rehab, but who also stay at home every night. The main difference between outpatient treatment (OP) and intensive outpatient treatment (IOP) lies in the amount of hours the patient spends at the facility. Most of the time an outpatient program is designed for someone who has completed an inpatient stay and is looking to continue their growth in recovery. Outpatient is not meant to be the starting point, it is commonly referred to as aftercare.

Intensive Outpatient

Intensive Outpatient Programs (IOP) are for those who want or need a very structured treatment program but who also wish to live at home and continue with certain responsibilities (such as work or school). IOP substance abuse treatment programs vary in duration and intensity, and certain outpatient rehab centers will offer individualized treatment programs.

Aftercare

Rehab aftercare programs provide a full continuum of care for clients who are exiting inpatient treatment. Though outpatient care is often considered an element of drug rehab aftercare, services typically continue for the remainder of the clients' life and long after formal treatment is completed. Clients work with their case managers and care team to formulate a customized portfolio of medical, mental health, and social service resources designed to evolve as the client's needs change.

12-Step

12-step programs are addiction recovery models based on Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). A number of substance abuse programs (including some drug and alcohol rehab centers) use the 12 steps as a basis for treatment. Beginning steps involve admitting powerlessness over the addiction and creating a spiritual basis for recovery. Middle steps including making direct amends to those who've been hurt by the addiction, and the final step is to assist others in addiction recovery in the same way. 12-Step offshoots including Narcotics Anonymous (NA), Cocaine Anonymous (CA), Dual Recovery Anonymous (DRA), Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous (SLAA) and Gamblers Anonymous (GA).

Medically Assisted Detox

Drug and alcohol addiction often takes a heavy toll on one's body. Over time, a physical dependence can develop, meaning the body physiologically needs the substance to function. Detox is the process of removing drugs and/or alcohol from the body, a process that can be lethal if mismanaged. Medical detox is done by licensed medical professionals who monitor vital signs and keep you safe, healthy, and as comfortable as possible as you go through detox and withdrawal.

Programs

Adult program

Program for men

Program for women

Young adult program

Elderly program

LGBTQ program

Military program

Settings and Amenities

Yoga studio
Meditation room
Acupuncture room
Music room

Treatment

Alcoholism

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 Addiction

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.

Dual Diagnosis

Many of those suffering from addiction also suffer from mental or emotional illnesses like schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, depression, or anxiety disorders. Rehab and other substance abuse facilities treating those with a dual diagnosis or co-occurring disorder administer psychiatric treatment to address the person's mental health issue in addition to drug and alcohol rehabilitation.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse

A combined mental health and substance abuse rehab 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.

Opioid Addiction

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.

Clinical Services

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is a therapy modality that focuses on the relationship between one's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It is used to establish and allow for healthy responses to thoughts and feelings (instead of unhealthy responses, like using drugs or alcohol). CBT has been proven effective for recovering addicts of all kinds, and is used to strengthen a patient's own self-awareness and ability to self-regulate. CBT allows individuals to monitor their own emotional state, become more adept at communicating with others, and manage stress without needing to engage in substance abuse.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a modified form of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a treatment designed to help people understand and ultimately affect the relationship between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. DBT is often used for individuals who struggle with self-harm behaviors, such as self-mutilation (cutting) and suicidal thoughts, urges, or attempts. It has been proven clinically effective for those who struggle with out-of-control emotions and mental health illnesses like Borderline Personality Disorder.

Group Therapy

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.

Individual Therapy

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.

Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing (MI) is a clinical approach to helping people with substance abuse issues and other conditions shift behavior in positive ways. It is more goal-oriented than traditional psychotherapy, as MI counselors directly attempt to get clients to consider making behavioral change (rather than wait for them to come to conclusions themselves). Its primary purpose is to resolve ambivalence and help clients become able to make healthy choices freely.

Trauma Therapy

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 purpose of trauma therapy is to allow a patient to process trauma and move through and past it, with the help of trained and compassionate mental health professionals.

Family Therapy

Research clearly demonstrates that recovery is far more successful and sustainable when loved ones like family members participate in rehab and substance abuse treatment. Genetic factors may be at play when it comes to drug and alcohol addiction, as well as mental health issues. Family dynamics often play a critical role in addiction triggers, and if properly educated, family members can be a strong source of support when it comes to rehabilitation.

Life Skills

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.

Creative Arts Therapy

Creativity is inherently healing, and can help those in recovery express thoughts or feelings they might not otherwise be able to. Creative arts therapy can include music, poetry/writing, painting, sculpting, dance, theater, sandplay, and more. Unlike traditional art, the final product matters far less than the experience of creation and expression itself.

Accreditations

SAMHSA

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is a branch of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Established in 1992 by congress, SAMHSA's mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on American's communities.

SAMHSA Listed: Yes

State License

State Licenses are permits issued by government agencies that allow rehab organizations to conduct business legally within a certain geographical area. Typically, the kind of program a rehab facility offers, along with its physical location, determines which licenses are required to operate legally.

State License: Illinois
License Number: 100543

Contact

(773) 940-2960

Website

2942 West Lake Street
Chicago, IL 60612

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Reviews

4.76 (72 reviews)

Rehab.com (6)

Google (66)

Google Rating

4.8 (66 reviews)

roeisha fisher

1 month ago

Abra Adduci

2 months ago

Note that this is the third review from a job seeker/intern who had a disastrous experience. Someone from staff is replying in shockingly callous terms, including doxxing reviewers (which, I'll remind the company, is against the terms and conditions of Google Reviews). I've since been contacted by email with threats to dox me and destroy my professional reputation over this rather nondescript review. Ask yourself: is this the kind of behavior to expect from a "professional" agency? THREE people who applied/worked here were offended enough to leave Google reviews, were doxxed by the company, and now I receive an intimidating email for a 100% truthful review. That says a lot! Reviews are always subjective and negative ones happen to every business - is that worth harassing me?This review is about my extended time dealing with the Development Manager and the HR Director that I believe reflect poorly on the organization as a whole. Before she even met me, the Development Manager was effusive about my resume and cover letter (I have extensive lived experience, which they claim they want). It gave me the impression that we were bound to be best friends. That attitude toward a candidate who hasn't been hired is wholly unprofessional and made me think I basically had to show up and be a warm body. It gets worse. After a week of compliments, I met her and discovered that the mission statements on their website were foreign to her. I met the HR Manager, and he was much harsher on me; I have 15 years of grant writing experience and he thought I'd freelanced too long work in an office (never mind the fact that this was an ENTRY LEVEL JOB), but I felt I had strong responses, even though the HR Manager was completely unfamiliar with my resume, cover letter, or samples before I walked in. Then came the kicker - the Development Manager gave me a huge stack of paperwork to study. I read and notated it overnight, taking four hours to get through her dry, error-ridden writing and following up with an assessment. Instead, they ghosted me - after giving me four hours of homework! I didn't find out I was rejected until almost a week later, with prodding. Considering this is a place that teaches job skills, as well as mental health, treating a candidate like they're already hired, ghosting them, and giving them a stack of work to complete in their free time when planning on rejecting them is unethical. Knowing how they behave "behind the curtain" would make me very hesitant to enter treatment or group therapy with them. They clearly have no interest in treating people with respect and, in my opinion, any treatment seeker would probably do best to pick one of the other wonderful programs in Chicago who understand the importance of human dignity. I'm still debating invoicing them for those four hours.

Sandra Rollins

3 months ago

Love this Place

King Reggie

Second time here and it s still amazing I love this class

Shannon H.

4 months ago

This place does not like handicapped people nor the Virgin Mary. Both myself and my friend were told it wouldn't work out with us there because I'm in a wheelchair and my friends disability is that her pronunciation she speaks a little slower than others although she is understood and heard. They have gigantic signs about 6 ft x 3 ft of the 12 steps hanging up high, each for the atheist view and for the Buddhist view. I interned elsewhere@ substance use location and I have about 7-9 patients a day in my office, whereas here I was placed in groups and I was asked questions about my life like I was a participant. Then I was told I couldn't be talking about my Mother Mary and that's why I wasn't a good fit due to my replies I was asked specifically about my life, just like every participant was as I sat with them along with other interns. I had No peer-to-peer motivational interviewing. Then when I stated this, the story changed and then I was told I wasn't a good fit because of my wheelchair because I could not serve coffee and clean for 25% of my internship hours, which I would not have been contracted for anyway to do that task. I emailed of every single question I was asked and every single answer I gave, on how I was saved with my own lived experience self-medicating through the Supernatural LOVE of my Pa-pa Jesus and my Mother Mary, as I am a Catholic. My friend who went there first who was also disabled, she can speak clearly where she is understood but some vowel sounds she lingers for an extra second, and that wasn't good enough when by law an establishment is Not supposed to discriminate against those that are disabled, and I am pretty certain that companies need to have a percentage of staff that are disabled, but not my concern. Also when I was in group and it was my turn to answer because we were getting called on by the person that was facilitating the groups, when I would give my answers some other staff members that were sitting in that work there that were not participants, would question the answers that I gave pertaining to Jesus and my Mother Mary, and I said that I found my Holy Family, my identity in my dignity as a child of God. + the day before I had actually became a bride of Christ in my Church: I made vows of celibacy, obedience, and worldly poverty meaning not to seek materialism. I was asked what did that mean, and I said well because I'm disabled and because at my age I am considered a belated vocation, I could not become a nun in a monastery, because everyone has to be in good physical condition. So then I was also told that I can't be talking about nuns. Keep in mind that these questions were directed at me about my life and my lived experience, not even by a peer but by the group facilitator and by staff members as each participant sat in a circle and we were going one by one each person and asked the same question and each person would answer differently depending on their life story. Then this place took over a month to sign paperwork so I could get paid for the day. The whole day all I did was answer questions that were directed to myself, I did absolutely positively no training as an intern at all. Then I was told that I cannot pray over people out of the clear blue sky, and I said I wasn't planning to do that, that's not part of my spiritual charism.. I am a contemplative, what the person was referring to who happens to run the center believe his name was Steve was referring to what someone may do from a Baptist Church. I thought to myself wow this place really does not like Christians at all. In the Catholic church we pray for people through Rosaries for example, and we offer things up for God for instance with my disability I offer it up the pain that I get to those in purgatory, for the conversion of sinners, and for the blasphemies against my Mommy Mary and my Pa-pa Jesus Hearts... Versus loudly praying over people like somebody from a Baptist Church may do. Contemplatives silently pray.May God Bless & enlighten this place through my Pa-pa Jesus & Momma Mary

Response from the owner4 months ago

This account sounds too detailed not to have happened and while I am certain that there is another side to the story I feel just awful that Shannon had to go through this. AnB prides itself of being open, knowledgeable, and inclusive to neurodiversity, disabilities and those who are otherwise excluded so I am going to reverently and genuinely apologize for what seems to have happened here. We have a collared priest amongst our staff and I am a practicing Mennonite so we do not intend to marginalize Christians, but perhaps we did here. I am sorry Shannon and I will look into what happened.

Eva

8 months ago

They asked me to come last minute for interview they said they will shortly get back to me with the results didn t hear anything back from them. They said they were busy that s why they didn t contact me but you had time to continue interviewing people.

Response from the owner6 months ago

Though we are disheartened to see this misguided and malevolent review, we are not concerned about falling short in our mission to both our patients and staff. The person who wrote this is named Eva Lewis so I would like to suggest to any potential employers who are reading this that you take haste should you ever encounter her as an applicant for any openings at your organization. She performed poorly, behaved unprofessionally, and had little to no insights regarding both her own work experience as well as the role she was applying for. We provide life saving addiction treatment services to the city's most vulnerable people and our reputation for compassion, competence, and professionalism will continue to speak for itself.

AB Joe

This people are very rude unprofessional they will waste your time every chance they get

Being in the business of helping thousands of chronically traumatized and socially marginalized and neglected patients for free does not always end well for us even though don't even believe that this AB Joe has been in our building. He's not a patient or an employee and doesn't even give us enough substance of his dissatisfaction to work with here. He is a friend or acquaintance of the only other one-star review that we've recieved from Eva Lewis, which we encouage anyone who is considering to hire either AB Joe or Evan Lewis to reconsider their employment candidature. They're both destroyers, not builders. We're going to have to rate him poorly on his complaint: one star.

Arosesmary Savannah

10 months ago

Elkenah.

Toni Cassell

11 months ago

William Smith

One of the best places to seek help in any way, shape or form. It s as simple as that. If you need a judgement-free place to recover from any life problems this place is like heaven. A true family vibe.

Wynneaka Williams

1 year ago

Patricia Juarez

Response from the owner1 year ago

Thank you Patricia!

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