Counseling Services in Bartlett, Illinois

Braden Counseling Center in Bartlett, Illinois is one of several centers offering a variety of counseling services. The Braden Counseling Center staff is available for counseling individuals, couples and families to learn new skills and perspectives to help them better manage their lives.

Counseling Services Offered in Bartlett

DUI Services/Programs– The State of Illinois requires a DUI evaluation to be completed before a case for DUI can be closed, and Braden Counseling offers services to those who have been arrested for DUI. DUI evaluations and all levels of DUI treatment are available in all office locations. Financial assistance is available for those who qualify.

Substance Abuse Counseling– Our Outpatient Substance Abuse Program centers on using motivational interviewing and cognitive behavioral therapy techniques with small, weekly group therapy sessions and can often also include individual, weekly therapy sessions. Sessions address different areas and topics that include: Post-Acute Withdrawal Syndrome (PAWS), Relapse Prevention Skills, Managing Urges and Cravings, Understanding the Brain Chemistry of Addiction, Progression of the Disease of Addiction and Stages of Change.

Our Bartlett substance abuse counselors are trained, knowledgeable, and are there to help get you on the right path. Each client works with a counselor to develop an individualized treatment plan to help them reach goals to avoid future substance-related problems.

C.A.L.M.– This court approved program focuses on resolving the root cause of anger. To change the way an individual reacts when angry, it is critical to examine how the anger response was learned. The C.A.L.M. program is held in a group format or on an individual basis. The group program consists of eight weekly group sessions that are 2 ½ hours in length. This eight-week program is followed by a three-month aftercare program. If the individual session format is chosen, there are 6 one-hour weekly sessions followed by the same three-month after-care program.

Driver License Reinstatement– When trying to obtain a Driver’s Permit or full reinstatement, the Illinois Secretary of State requires an individual’s treatment be completed prior to their hearing. They should also be finishing their continuing care if it was recommended.

Branden Counseling Center has an outstanding reputation with the Secretary of State. We are knowledgeable about what is required and our Bartlett counselors work with individuals to ensure that they have everything that they need to be prepared for their hearing.

Other Counseling Services – All Braden Counseling Centers also offer individual counseling, couples’ counseling, marriage counseling, and family counseling services in addition to the above.

Additional Counseling Services Offered

The Braden Counseling Center in Bartlett also offers counseling in the following areas.

• ADD/ADHD
• Addictions
• Anger / Conflict
• Anxiety
• Behavior Problems
• Custody Evaluations
• Depression
• Divorce
• Drug and Alcohol Evaluations
• Grief
• Job Issues
• Obsessive Compulsive Divorce (OCD)
• Panic
• Parenting
• Psychological Evaluations
• Stress
• Trauma

If you or someone close to you is being challenged by any of the above issues, or even another issue that you do not see listed, Braden Counseling Centers have counselors that can help.

Smart Recovery® Support Group

This program is now being offered at various Braden Counseling Centers. The program is a science-based addiction recovery support group that teaches participant self-empowering techniques that aid and strengthen the recovery process. The program uses a 4-point approach to:

1. Build and Maintain Motivation
2. Cope with Urges
3. Manage Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors
4. Live a Balanced Life

This program is different than others of its kind, because it advocates choice, offering those who seek recovery a variety of options and the choice to use the ones that work best for them. SMART Recovery® puts the individuals working towards recovery in charge of how best to reach their goals.

Achieving a healthy, balanced lifestyle is the overall goal for individuals participating in the program. Then, people graduate when they are confident that they have left their addictive behavior behind and are now able to operate on their own. Many participants, upon “graduating” volunteer as meeting facilitators or in some other capacity because they want to “pay it forward” and help others to realize the same gains that they have achieved.

Specific SMART Recovery® Tools

There are many tools available through this program:

1. A Change Plan Worksheet is a chart in which you list your goals, how you will attain them, the ways in which you will overcome obstacles and challenges, etc. The very process of completing a Change Plan Worksheet will clarify both your goals and the roadblocks and challenges you face in order to attain them.
2. Cost/Benefit Analysis (CBA) is a tool that is especially useful for increasing your motivation to abstain from your addictive behavior.
3. ABC’s of REBT is a tool from Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy, founded by Dr. Albert Ellis, that helps you to identify your irrational beliefs, which lead to poor consequences and replace those beliefs with more constructive ones.
4. DISARM (Destructive Imagery and Self-talk Awareness and Refusal Method) is a tool that helps you to expose the thoughts and images which urge you to pursue your addiction. The tool exposes the various unproductive thoughts and images along with the inaccuracies, excuses and rationalizations that keep them alive.
5. Brainstorming is a technique is often used in face-to-face and online meetings. A participant introduces a question or problem. Other participants then offer ideas and/or suggestions without any judgment involved.
6. Role-playing/Rehearsing is a tool used mainly in group settings. Examples include rehearsing how to avoid addictive behavior at social events like a wedding or other high-risk event. Participants work with group members playing various roles and “rehearsing” a new script for difficult events.

Braden Counseling Centers offer all of the above in customized plans that help clients on their road to recovery, then keep them on that road.

Contact us today for more information on all our services.

Our Team also offers counseling services in Streamwood, Hanover Park, Wayne, Sycamore, Rochelle, Elgin, Geneva, and Oregon Illinois.

Counseling Services for Geneva, Illinois

At the Braden Counseling Center serving Geneva, Illinois we offer various programs, including those for substance abuse. We offer outpatient programs that are great for individuals who have completed an in-house rehabilitation program and are seeking aftercare. We also have individual, marriage and family counseling available.

The staff at Braden Counseling Centers cares about your needs. We meet you wherever you are in your life when you walk through the door or make that first phone call. With the help of our experienced counselors, you will develop new skills and perspectives to help manage your life better.

At Braden, the goal is to change your life.

Our Geneva counselors are licensed by the State of Illinois to provide mental health services. To serve you better, Braden offers flexible scheduling that includes evenings and weekends.

We also offer a variety of evaluations that include same-day DUI evaluations and the necessary documents for Driver’s License Reinstatement, as well as counseling services that cover a wide variety of situations and needs.

Our Team also offers counseling services in St Charles, Batavia, West Chicago, Sycamore, Rochelle, Elgin, Bartlett, and Oregon Illinois.

DUI Counseling Services

If you have been arrested for a DUI, we can help you through the process of dealing with the consequences of a bad choice, as we provide all levels of DUI treatment at all our office locations, including Geneva.

The State of Illinois requires a DUI evaluation be completed before a DUI case can be closed. Our counseling service centers will work with you and if needed can complete a DUI evaluation in one day if you have all the necessary documents required for completion.

DUI Risk Education Program

At our various centers, we offer the mandated Risk Education Program that is determined by your DUI evaluation. The evaluation determines what level of education/care you require to avoid finding yourself with another DUI.

There are four categories of recommended education/treatment that result from an evaluation and determine the number of hours you are required to complete.

Driver’s License Reinstatement Services

At Braden Counseling Center in Geneva, our staff works with you, and with legal experts who understand what is required of you, to have your driving privileges reinstated. This can be a difficult process. We guide you through step-by-step.

We have the forms necessary to request a hearing and can help you with any questions you have about what is required to send with your request. Before your hearing, your treatment must be completed, and you should be finishing your continuing care if it was recommended.

If you were classified as substance-dependent, the Hearing Officer requires documents showing your support network and attesting to 12 months of sobriety. If you are denied, the process begins again.

Our team includes Certified Reciprocal Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CRADC) who specialize in DUI Evaluations, Secretary of State Hearing documents, and Substance Abuse Treatment. These counselors can help you navigate this often difficult, mysterious process so that you can legally drive again.

Braden Counseling Center has an outstanding reputation with the Illinois Secretary of State because we are knowledgeable about what is required of you, and work with you to have everything you need for your hearing.

Individual Counseling Services

At Braden, our philosophy is making “New Ways for Better Days” a reality and provide counseling services to individuals of all ages. If you are interested in individual counseling, the first step is an initial assessment that usually takes from 60 to 90 minutes.

During this session, a counselor takes time to discuss with you the challenges you are facing, as well as what goals you have in mind. Your counselor will also talk with you about your history, in terms of how it may be influencing your current situation, without you even knowing it.

Our counselors use cognitive behavioral therapy, motivational interviewing and a strength-based model to identify strengths and build resilience. If you are dealing with depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress disorder, chronic medical illness, grief/loss, adjustment disorders brought on by life changes, or other troubling problems, your counselor will work with you and help you to develop self-advocacy within the various systems that you must deal with, so that you can increase self-care and how to accept family/community support if you have not done so in the past.

You will work with your counselor to determine the skills you already have, which ones you need to learn or strengthen, and how to make the necessary adjustments along the way to meet your goals.

At Braden Center Counseling, the goal of individual counseling is to make you self-sufficient.

Couples/Marriage Counseling Services

Couples often consist of two individuals that have their own ways of functioning, their own belief systems, expectations, and communication patterns. Frequently in a couple, some of one partner’s characteristics may not fit well with the other’s.

At Braden Counseling Center, our couples counseling focuses on identifying strengths as well as vulnerabilities within the relationship. We work to help couples to build and practice new skills such as active listening, mindfulness, assertiveness training, building/rebuilding trust/intimacy as well as looking at attachment issues.

Sometimes within the context of marriage counseling, one or both individuals can benefit from working alone with a counselor to address personal issues. When this happens, it does not replace the couples’ therapy but rather augments it.

Understanding boundaries within a relationship is also key. Maintaining boundaries can facilitate forward movement within the relationship.

Sometimes one partner would like couples’ therapy but their partner refuses. If this is the case, come to counseling anyway. If you change, the relationship changes as well. No matter how things work out, those who work to take care of themselves become healthier in the process.

Family Counseling Services

A family is a collection of overlapping relationships, with each individual family member having their own unique characteristics. Often, family members face challenges that result from different views and ideas about how a family should function and what each family member’s role is within the unit. Difficulties can also be caused by a change in family dynamics due to a change in one family member or a change in a specific relationship within the family.

Whatever the cause, many families face challenges at one time or another. Our Geneva family counselors are trained to help family members improve communication among one another. They also have other methods to help family members cope with challenges.

Regardless of the origin of the problem and regardless whether the family considers it an “individual” or “family” issue, our family counselors help families directly participate with one another to find solutions. Our family therapists are skilled at helping families to find their strengths and wisdom, which enables family members to support one another in identifying solutions.

Other Counseling Services We Provide

Braden Counseling Center has a number of different locations that can help provide people with the assistance they need. In addition to the programs that we listed above, we can also help with driver’s license reinstatement from a DUI, alcohol counseling services, and drug and alcohol evaluation.

Contact us today to help get the ball rolling toward recovery.

Counseling Services in Elgin, Illinois

At our Braden Counseling Center in Elgin, as with all our centers, we work hard to instill hope by supporting people interested in putting their lives back on track and living healthy, rewarding lives, free of addiction and fear.

Our highly trained, qualified Elgin counselors help people change their lives step-by-step through a recovery program that includes group and one-on-one counseling. Our team of trained counselors works with you to customize a plan specific to your needs.

We offer the following areas of counseling in Elgin

1. Individual Counseling Services
2. Family Counseling Services
3. Marriage Counseling Services
4. Couples Counseling Services
5. Substance Abuse Counseling Services

We also provide mandated or voluntary drug and alcohol evaluations, psychological evaluations, and driver license reinstatement.

At Braden Counseling Centers, our licensed counselors provide an array of services that include diagnostic assessments, domestic violence counseling, individual therapy, group therapy, and family therapy. We know how important it is to have the right support when attempting to change your life and we are here to help.

DUI Counseling Services

If you have been arrested for a DUI, we can help you through the process of dealing with the consequences of a bad choice, as we provide all levels of DUI treatment at all our office locations.

The State of Illinois requires a DUI evaluation be completed before a DUI case can be closed. Our counseling service centers will work with you and if needed can complete a DUI evaluation in one day if you have all the necessary documents required for completion.

DUI Risk Education Program

At our various centers, we offer the mandated Risk Education Program that is determined by your DUI evaluation. The evaluation determines what level of education/care you require to avoid finding yourself with another DUI.

There are four categories of recommended education/treatment that result from an evaluation and determine the number of hours you are required to complete.

Driver’s License Reinstatement Services

At Braden Counseling Centers, our staff works with you, and with legal experts who understand what is required of you, to have your driving privileges reinstated. This can be a difficult process. We guide you through step-by-step.

We have the forms necessary to request a hearing and can help you with any questions you have about what is required to send with your request. Before your hearing, your treatment must be completed, and you should be finishing your continuing care if it was recommended.

If you were classified as substance-dependent, the Hearing Officer requires documents showing your support network and attesting to 12 months of sobriety. If you are denied, the process begins again.

Our team includes Certified Reciprocal Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CRADC) who specialize in DUI Evaluations, Secretary of State Hearing documents, and Substance Abuse Treatment. These counselors can help you navigate this often difficult, mysterious process so that you can legally drive again.

Braden Counseling Center has an outstanding reputation with the Illinois Secretary of State because we are knowledgeable about what is required of you, and work with you to have everything you need for your hearing.

Substance Abuse Treatment

In addition to DUI services, we provide group counseling that integrates mental health treatment with treatment for substance abuse. Using an integrated approach to treating substance abuse helps our clients to understand and learn skills to manage any mental health issues that are coupled with their substance abuse.

A more holistic approach to an individual’s recovery helps their ability to succeed. Our Elgin substance abuse counselors provide a group which uses cognitive behavioral therapy along with motivational interviewing. Prior to beginning group sessions each client develops an individualized treatment plan which fits their own personal needs so that they can reach their goals in a more realistic manner.

This substance abuse therapy is also helpful for individuals who have completed an inpatient treatment program and want to follow-up that treatment with outpatient counseling. Putting new skills into place and being able to use them consistently is challenging. Aftercare in the form of ongoing, outpatient therapy greatly increases a person’s continued success.

Our Elgin office holds Early Intervention, Substance Abuse & Intensive Outpatient Treatment groups on Tuesdays from 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm and Saturdays from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm. Call for an intake appointment to get started on a great program.

Our Staff at the Elgin Location

Our counselors and staff are highly qualified. These qualifications include:

• Licensed Professional Counselors / approved SOMB (Sex Offender Management Board)
• Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselors (CADC)
• Licensed Professional Counselors / Trauma-informed counseling
• Board Certified Psychiatrist
• Licensed Clinical Psychologists
• Substance Abuse Professionals (SAP)
• Partner Abuse Intervention Program Facilitators

More About Our Counseling Center

The Braden Counseling Center opened in 2002 and has been providing counseling services to individuals facing different challenges since that time. The center uses evidence-based treatments in a variety of different settings.

At Braden, we also provide an Employee Health Resource Program that uses an experienced, multidisciplinary medical and behavioral health staff, local hospital resources, and other outpatient programs.

These programs are available to employees and their families at five locations throughout the area. The facilities provide access to behavioral, physical, occupational, work/life and other health care services.

So, whether you are an employer looking for an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) or an individual looking for specific help, Braden Counseling Centers can help you. We have flexible employee benefit resource programs that provide for the overall health and wellness of your employees and their families as well as individual programs that help our clients through specific problems.

If you are looking for Behavioral Health Services for Adolescents and Adults, Substance Abuse Programs, Counseling and Psychotherapy Services, or special EAP Services, we can help.

For individuals, we offer personalized plans to help get their lives back on track.

The first step is to call us to set up an intake appointment. During that appointment, we will develop a plan appropriate to your situation and what you are facing. We will help set up goals and ways to meet those goals. Our Team also offers counseling services in Carpentersville, West Dundee, Hoffman Estates, Sycamore, Rochelle, Bartlett, Geneva, and Oregon Illinois.

Contact us today to find out how to get started!

Counseling Services in Rochelle, Illinois

At our Braden Counseling Center in Rochelle, Illinois, our main focus is regular outpatient treatment of substance abuse. We offer programs for women and men, as well as adult and adolescence programs. We also have bilingual evaluators.

Our counselors are here in support of individuals who need ongoing outpatient situation to support their continued recovery or those who are voluntarily looking for help or court mandated to attend a treatment program. In some cases, individuals who cannot, for whatever reason, attend a residential program, engage in an outpatient program.

Outpatient Programs (OP)

Outpatient programs are for individuals seeking help with their alcohol or drug problem and want to stay at home. Our outpatient treatment varies in type and intensity of services offered. It is often a good solution for clients with jobs and social support networks.

Our outpatient programs work well depending on individual patient characteristics and needs, and we find that group sessions have a profoundly positive effect for most of the clients that are with us. Our group sessions capitalize on the social reinforcement offered by peer discussion to help promote alcohol and/or drug-free lifestyles. We also encourage periodic individual counseling to stay connected with our clients and better identify any problems that may cause a relapse.

Treatment Focus for Outpatient Programs

Our outpatient programs use a combination of approaches that include:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy– a type of therapy that challenges negative thought patterns about the self and the world to alter unwanted behavior patterns and/or treat mental disorders like depression.
• Brief Intervention Approach– a technique used to initiate change for an unhealthy or risky behavior like excessive drinking or drug use by challenging the individual’s behavior and its effect on others.
• Contingency Management Using Motivational Incentive– this gives individuals battling addictions tangible rewards to reinforce positive behaviors like abstinence.
• Motivational Interviewing– a technique that is non-judgmental and non-confrontational. Its success depends largely on presenting objective feedback based on information provided by the individual attempting to eliminate their addiction.
• Anger Management Programs– looks at anger as a motivation that is caused by something identifiable, something that can be logically analyzed and refocused.

There is no single treatment option that works for everyone coping with substance abuse, especially if they have a dual diagnosis. The range of mental health disorders is broad, and the relationship between substance abuse and a mental disorder is complicated. This is why our highly trained counselors complete drug and alcohol evaluations to come up with an effective treatment plan, including substance abuse counseling.

C.A.L.M.

Anger is an underlying issue for many types of behaviors. Unfortunately, anger is an emotion that does not often get attention until it is problematic. Because of this, anger is quite often a default emotion we learn as children.  As adults, many of us still express anger rather than a variety of emotions that would help us get to what’s bothering us. When anger is the first response, it impacts our thoughts, decision making, and actions.

At Braden, our C.A.L.M. program is often part of a larger recovery process that focuses on resolving root problems rather than resultant behavior.

With anger, temporary fixes do not work in the long run. To change angry reactions, it is critical to examine how you learned to yell first and think later, if at all.

The program can be done on an individual basis, or individuals can attend a group format. The group program is eight, 2 ½ hour-long, weekly group sessions followed by a three-month aftercare program.

The goal of the program is to stop inappropriate responses to situations that can cause damage to yourself and the people who live with you.

Ancillary Services in Rochelle, IL

At our Braden Counseling facilities in Rochelle, we offer a host of ancillary services that include individual counseling services, group counseling services, couples counseling services, family counseling services, marital counseling services, and driver’s license reinstatement from a DUI.

We also provide treatment for non-substance addiction disorders, comprehensive mental health and substance abuse assessments and screenings, drug or alcohol urine screening, discharge planning, HIV or AIDS education counseling, and support, as well as case management.

Our Rochelle location is staffed with highly qualified professionals including Dr. Jayne Braden, a licensed clinical psychologist, along with other counselors from various backgrounds.

Sometimes life can be overwhelming. Our goal at our various Braden Counseling Centers is to help people through hard times by teaching them the skills to put their lives back on track and to stay on track.

Contact us today. We are here to help.

Counseling Services in Sycamore, Illinois

At Braden Counseling Center, we specialize in helping people through difficult times. We are a leading provider of quality outpatient programs designed to help individuals, couples, and families cope with substance abuse, chemical dependency, and other issues affecting their well-being and mental health.

Our staff is committed to helping people with the counseling they require including:

• Individual Counseling Services
• Family Counseling Services
• Marriage Counseling Services
• Couples Counseling Services
• Substance Abuse Counseling Services
• Partner Abuse Intervention Services

Our experienced counselors work hard to help individuals and families to rebuild their relationships, helping them to strengthen foundations.

Brief Description of Our Counseling Services in Sycamore

Braden Counseling Center (BCC) provides outpatient, and clinical programs and services. Our outpatient services are linked by mutual referral agreements with local hospitals, psychiatrists, physicians, and other behavioral healthcare agencies, so we can provide our clients with the level of care that they need.

At the Sycamore location, we provide flexible scheduling and a free initial consultation, making it easy for individuals and families to take the first step on a journey towards changing their lives in positive ways.

Putting lives back on track is our mutual goal. This starts with an intake appointment that helps us to develop a treatment plan that allows you to set goals. When you decide to work with us, we pursue ways to reach these goals together.

At Sycamore, we specialize in depression, anxiety, bi-polar, PTSD, substance abuse, DUI services/SOS Driver’s License Reinstatement, anger management, Partner Abuse Intervention as well as family and marriage/couple issues. Whatever your situation, we are here to help. If for any reason, we cannot help you directly, we will refer you to a program that is better suited for you.

DUI Evaluations for Individuals

We offer DUI evaluations and all levels of DUI treatment at our Sycamore location, as well as our other office locations. If you have been arrested for a DUI charge, our counselors can help you. The State of Illinois requires a DUI evaluation before a DUI case can be closed. We also offer financial assistance for those who qualify.

Our lives are busy and stressful, especially when something like receiving a DUI tips the balance. At Braden, we help you to plan your response and your long-term goals.

We offer DUI evaluations that can be completed in one day. There will be times, however, when obtaining all the documents necessary for the evaluation takes longer than anticipated.

Do not worry. Keep your appointment so that the evaluation process is underway. You will have 30 days from the start of the evaluation process to get all the remaining documents to us. Starting the process gives you the incentive to complete it.

Smart Recovery® – Free Support Group

Aside from providing treatment services we also offer a support group to help people learn new ways of addressing their issues as well as providing support to one another.

SMART Recovery® is a free, face-to-face group that helps you learn tools that empower your ongoing recovery. This group was developed to address addiction and ways to address challenges with substances, shopping, internet, sex, and other addictive behaviors.

The goal of SMART Recovery® is to find ways to live an active, healthy, balanced lifestyle that does not require addictive behavior to feel alive. Our Sycamore substance abuse counselors are available for individual sessions as they can be helpful, too.

This group meets in Sycamore on Thursdays at 6:30 pm.

Partner Abuse Intervention Program (PAIP)

Another valuable program for those with issues that lead to domestic violence is a 26-week, state-mandated program aimed at stopping this behavior through psycho-educational services. This program is offered on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 6:00 to 7:30 pm for males and Thursdays from 7:30 pm to 9:00 pm for females.

Our Mission is to Help You

All our programs are focused on helping individuals, couples and families cope with stressful situations that threaten their individual and collective well-being. We provide flexible scheduling at our Sycamore location, as well as our other locations, so it is always possible to find a time to come in, whether for group or individual sessions.

All of our Braden Counseling Centers are licensed by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse to provide Outpatient and Intensive Outpatient Treatment Programs.

Our multidisciplinary staff is qualified by all Illinois Circuit Courts to provide outpatient treatment programs for adolescents and adults including DUI Evaluations, Drug and Alcohol Evaluations, Driver Risk Education Programs, Driver’s License Reinstatement, and Early Intervention Programs.

The clinical staff has licensed and/or certified counselors and includes our: Medical Director, psychologists, psychiatrists, licensed clinical professional counselors, licensed professional counselors, certified alcohol and other drug counselors and substance abuse professional (SAP) counselors.

If you live in and around the Sycamore area and would like to find out more about our counseling services, contact us today so that we can discuss how we can help you and your family. We accept various types of insurance and also offer sliding scale payments for those who qualify.

Our Team also offers counseling services in Genoa, Maple Park, Rochelle, Elgin, Bartlett, Geneva, and Oregon Illinois.