Yellowbrick Consultation and Treatment Center

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

The Addictions Services Program is designed to meet the needs of individuals with a history of addiction or problematic use of drugs and/or alcohol. Yellowbrick’s relational model emphasizes the primary importance of interpersonal relationships for mental health. We understand that individuals with addiction have replaced their primary attachment to individuals with a relationship with the drugs/alcohol. This group helps individual’s identify the needs they have in relationships and obstacles to engaging effectively interpersonally.

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.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Cognitive Enhancement Therapy (CET) is a computerized cognitive rehabilitation training program for adults with psychiatric problems who are stabilized and maintained on medication and not abusing substances. Through CET, participants learn to shift their thinking from rigid serial processing to a more generalized processing of the core essence or gist of a social situation and a spontaneous abstraction of social themes.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is a research supported treatment which combines cognitive behavioral theory and methods with Eastern meditative principles and practices. DBT addresses problems in regulating emotions, painful or maladaptive patterns of thinking and self defeating, self injuring or impulsive behavior.

Group Therapy

ASP Interpersonal Group Therapy provides an open forum for members to explore the experiences and feelings associated with substance abuse and the struggles that are often associated with early recovery. This group promotes creating a sense of safety within which peers can share their fears and struggles and work together to try and find meaning and fulfillment in life without mind altering substances. In this interpersonal process group the focus is on relationships among members as well as the content of what is discussed.

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.

Trauma Therapy

This evening group IOP is available separately for men and women who have experienced interpersonal trauma involving violence and/or the extreme or persistent violation of emotional, physical, or sexual boundaries. Within the context of the latest neurobiological understanding of trauma and traumatic attachment, the impact of trauma on the body, and the psychology of mindfulness, this group focuses on how trauma influences one’s self and interpersonal relationships in the present.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy technique that uses eye movements, tapping, or audio tones to help you process and integrate traumatic memories. The method reduces your emotional distress and the symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder while allowing you to move forward with a healthier emotional perspective.

Family Therapy

Each family is assigned a Family Liaison, usually the Vice President of Clinical Operations, who works closely with the family to provide support and information about the program at Yellowbrick while honoring the boundaries of the emerging adult. This Family Liaison is available by phone or e-mail to answer questions and assist the family in understanding and negotiating the family’s role in the treatment of their emerging adult. This often involves introducing to the family areas within which change within parent communication or relatedness is viewed as facilitating of growth within the emerging adult at Yellowbrick. The Vice President of Clinical Operations will also work with the family to schedule Family Rounds and other prescriptive family meetings.

Life Skills

This group focuses on strengthening the emerging adult’s core life competencies. Group members identify barriers creating resistance to change as the first step towards self-efficacy. Applying that knowledge, members actively engage in activities designed to foster personal responsibility, motivation, and commitment. This group combines didactic, discussion, and experiential modes of learning.

Nutrition Therapy

Recovery is most often enhanced when patients journal their nutrition, activity and emotions. This assists the internalization of mindful connectedness and centering. These are reviewed individually within consultations with the dietitian, and with peers in the Goals and Strategies Dinner Group. Patients are weighed weekly. Weight restoration is defined as 95% of individually determined maintenance weight, as this also is associated with greater enduring recovery as well as improved fertility.

Creative Arts Therapy

Art Therapy provides a safe and structured environment where individuals can explore emotions with both traditional and non-traditional media. Emphasis is placed on the creative process rather than the product. Unconscious feelings and internal conflicts may be brought to the surface and resolved symbolically. The art therapist facilitates dialogue with one’s own art.

Experiential Therapy

Experiential therapy is a form of therapy in which clients are encouraged to surface and work through subconscious issues by engaging in real-time experiences. Experiential therapy departs from traditional “talk therapy” by involving the body, and having clients engage in activities, movements, and physical and emotional expression. This can involve role-play or using props (which can include other people). Experiential therapy can help people process trauma, memories, and emotion quickly, deeply, and in a lasting fashion, leading to substantial and impactful healing. Art Therapy with Betty Wolff MA, ATR emphasizes the importance of accessing emotions through non-verbal experiences and emotionally arousing techniques, which focus on the relationship of the body, self and the eating disorder.