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About The South Suburban Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse
The South Suburban Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse provides affordable and effective chemical dependency treatment and rehabilitation to residents of the greater Chicago Southland community. The South Suburban Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse offers a full range of quality, comprehensive outpatient, residential and youth services for both adolescents and adults.
The residential program offers 24/7 supervision in a safe environment where individuals can be removed from the distractions of their home environment. Clients engage in individual therapy, group therapy, recovery coaching, recreational activities, wellness activities, and classes designed to help them learn new skills.
The intensive outpatient program allows clients more time in a therapeutic environment than traditional outpatient offers. This program provides day and evening options. Clients generally meet three times per week, for three hours at a time. This program also has specialty tracks for women and those who are a part of the criminal justice system.
The outpatient program is for those who do not need a high degree of supervision to do well with treatment. Counseling is the main focus.
The South Suburban Council on Alcoholism and Substance Abuse accepts most insurance plans, including Amerigroup, Magellan, ComPsych, Aetna, and Anthem. Out of network benefits may vary, so it is important to verify coverage with your provider.
Insurance & Financials
Medicaid 
Private insurance 
Self-pay options 
Financial aid 
Sliding scale payment assistance
Levels of Care
Outpatient
For chemically dependent individuals requiring a minimally restrictive environment, The South Suburban Council offers a full range of quality, comprehensive outpatient services for both adolescents and adults. Basic Outpatient provides an organized, professionally directed treatment program designed to help achieve permanent changes in an individual’s alcohol or other drug using behavior. These services address major lifestyle, attitudinal and behavioral issues to allow the patient to develop a self-directed recovery program and to support his/her ability to cope with major life tasks without the use of alcohol or other drugs.
Intensive Outpatient
The Intensive Outpatient Treatment provides structured day and evening treatment programs. These programs offer the patient education, group counseling and individual counseling, while allowing the patient to apply newly acquired skills within the “real world” environment. In Women’s Intensive outpatient, the “Seeking Safety” curriculum has been implemented in order to address the high co-occurrence of trauma and addiction in this population.
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).
Intervention Services
Intervention services helps family or friends of addicts stage an intervention, which is a meeting in which loved ones share their concerns and attempt to get an addict into treatment. Professional intervention specialists can help loved ones organize, gather, and communicate with an addict. They can guide intervention participants in describing the damage the addict's behavior is causing and that outside help is necessary to address the addiction. The ideal outcome of an intervention is for the addict to go to rehab and get the help they need.
24-Hour Clinical Care
Addiction treatment often begins with 24-hour clinical care in Illinois. This supervised setting is the best environment for detox.where medical staff can provide 24/7 supervision and responsive care as your body is cleansed of addictive substances. Doctors may prescribe antagonist and partial agonist drugs to counteract the effects of drugs or alcohol, or they may slowly taper down dosages of substances to end physical dependence on the drug.
Medically Assisted Detox
Detoxification consists of monitoring conditions during withdrawal, medical consultation, counseling, and education. Rehabilitation begins when a patient has stabilized and is mentally and physically capable of undergoing intensive counseling. At this time, the staff work with patients to understand their relationship with their drug of choice. Since The Council is a nicotine-free facility, smoking cessation services are offered in Residential Treatment.
Programs
Adolescence program
Adult program
Hearing impaired program
HIV/AIDS program
Funding has allowed The Council to provide education for HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) including gonorrhea, syphilis, and chlamydia. The education addresses the areas of transmission, risk education and prevention. In addition, The Council also offers free HIV testing and counseling on a voluntary basis to its patients. Patients that are positive for HIV and AIDS are linked with outside resources for ongoing medical and social services that will help ensure their continued success in recovery and health.
Program for men
Program for women
Young adult program
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
Co-Occurring Disorder Program provides a co-occurring disorder group at both the Intensive and Basic levels for patients with substance use and psychiatric diagnosis. These groups are evidenced based and utilize a Co-Occurring Disorder Program curriculum from Dartmouth Medical School and is built on integrated combined therapies consisting of cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational enhancement therapy, and twelve step facilitation.
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.
Family Therapy
Because the family is the most important unit to which an individual can belong, The Council strives to offer services to involve as many members of the family as possible. The services offered treat chemical dependency as a “family issue” and empowers individual members to re-enter the family with the skills and confidence necessary to make their recovery and family relationships successful.
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
Intermediate Counseling and Early Intervention provides organized services which are designed to explore and address problems or risk factors that appear related to alcohol or other drug use. The goals are to assist the individual to recognize the harmful consequences of substance use, make behavior changes, and avoid problems related to substance use. In each program, the primary counselor works with the patient to identify problems, establish goals, and commit to a plan of action.
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.
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.
Accreditations
Joint Commission
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
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Fact checked and written by:
Michelle Tavares, MSN, RN
Edited by:
Kerry Nenn, BSW
