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About Behavioral Health Services
In today's world, individuals and families face a growing number of challenges: troubled relationships, blended families, grief, parenting children and adolescents, drug and alcohol abuse, thoughts of suicide, or domestic violence. For some, serious mental health problems such as depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and others require professional help.
Even the strongest people need help sometimes.
All services are provided by master’s level, licensed therapists and are available in English and Spanish.
Our Services
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Professional Counseling
Master’s level, experienced therapists provide individual, couples, and family counseling services.
Therapy should be viewed as an invitation to reach your full potential and to cope better with the problems of life. Our therapists employ a range of techniques based on experiential relationship building, dialogue, communication and behavior change. These techniques are designed to help you improve your mental health and to help you improve family relationships. The overall goal is to increase your sense of well-being and to help you learn to better manage the discomfort or distress that can occur when facing life’s problems.
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Counseling services for couples include couples therapy, pre-marital preparation counseling, marriage therapy, and divorce mediation.
Family Counseling Service staff employ a range of both traditional and cutting edge therapy techniques to help couples in any stage of relationship development. You can call (630) 844-2662 if you have questions about how relationship counseling can be beneficial to you.
If you have already scheduled an appointment for couples therapy, click here for an intake packet. These questionnaires should be printed out and completed and it’s best if you bring them with you to your first appointment.
Youth Services
Children and adolescents can benefit from therapy to address a variety of presenting problems: out of control behavior, depression, abuse or trauma, difficulty in school, and more.
Family Counseling Service’s child and adolescent therapists are trained and experienced in a variety of intervention techniques, including play therapy, art therapy, behavior modification, and family therapy.
Services are provided in our offices and, through a partnership with Cities in Schools (C.I.S.), in a number of Aurora-area schools.
To schedule an appointment or to get more information, call (630) 844-2662.Older Adult Services
Family Counseling Service’s Older Adult program is for seniors (age 60 and above) who are struggling with loneliness, grief, depression, family relationships, or more.
Staff usually see clients in their homes for regularly scheduled therapy appointments. Services in this program are paid for by a grant and are free to clients.
To schedule an appointment or to get more information, call (630) 844-2662.Parenting
Family Counseling Service offers individual, family and group parenting counseling and education.
In addition, we offer Parenting Wisely, a self-directed parenting education program. If you choose to participate in this program, you will first have an orientation session with a counselor where you will review your current parenting style, your struggles with parenting your children, and where you are introduced to a computer-based parenting education program. After completing the computer modules, you will meet again with the therapist to learn how to practice implementing these new parenting interventions in your own family.
To learn more about the Parenting Wisely program, including research into how effective the program can be, click here.
Parenting Wisely is offered for parents of Young Children, and parents of Adolescents.
Click here to download and print out the assessment forms for Parenting Wisely. These forms should be completed prior to your orientation session; be sure to bring them with you when you see the therapist.
To schedule an appointment or to get more information, call (630) 844-2662.Domestic Violence Services
As families face increasing stress in every day life, incidents of domestic violence occur with more and more frequency. Family Counseling Service’s domestic violence treatment programs, in partnership with the Illinois Department of Human Services’ Division of Prevention, strive to help clients prevent future violence in their relationships.
Services are psycho-educational in nature – they are intended to help participants learn about the causes and behaviors of domestic violence, and to learn positive, non-violent replacement behaviors.
Domestic violence programs are 26 weeks long. Services begin with a 3-week orientation and evaluation period. After the third week, participants begin regular group treatment.
Treatment groups can help clients who are either court-ordered or self-referred. Available groups include:
Men, Anger, Recovery, Support (M.A.R.S.): partner abuse treatment for men
Female Anger Intervention & Recovery (F.A.I.R.): partner abuse treatment for women
Anger Management: help men manage the feelings of anger (who have not been abusive to a partner)
Caring Dads: for men who have had incidents of domestic violence against a child
Nurturing Moms: for women who have had incidents of domestic violence against a child
Teen M.A.R.S.: partner abuse treatment for male teenagers
Teen F.A.I.R.: partner abuse treatment for female teenagers
Group fees vary depending on your income.
To schedule an appointment or to get more information, call (630) 844-2662.
For domestic violence victim services in Aurora, click here for information about Mutual Ground, Inc.
If you were arrested for a DUI and you don't know what to do…
- Don't panic.
- Don’t postpone acting.
- Call us right away at (630) 844-2662 to schedule the court-required drug and alcohol evaluation. The sooner you make an appointment, the sooner you will be ready for court.
We can save you time and money and we can help you get your driving permit.
Anyone arrested for a DUI (Driving Under the Influence) in the state of Illinois must complete an Alcohol and Drug Evaluation Uniform Report (DUI evaluation) and complete a remedial education, intervention or treatment program in order to retain or regain his or her driving privileges.
Family Counseling Service is non-profit licensed by the Illinois Department of Alcohol and Substance Abuse (DASA) to provide the following DUI related services:
- DUI Evaluation
- Drivers Risk Education classes
- Substance Abuse Intervention Counseling Services
- Outpatient Substance Abuse Treatment
Click here to learn more about our DUI Services, including what you will need to bring for your appointment.
Substance Abuse Services
If you or someone you know has or may have a problem with drugs and/or alcohol, our staff can provide a comprehensive assessment that will recommend the most appropriate level of care. This may include outpatient counseling, inpatient rehabilitation, or some other form of treatment.
Our staff are trained and experienced in helping clients recover from addiction and substance abuse. If we cannot provide the level of care you need, we will help you find and get started in services with an agency or other provider that offers the level of care that will benefit you.
Family Counseling Service is licensed by the Illinois Department of Human Services, Division of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse to provide outpatient drug and alcohol evaluation and treatment services.
Family Counseling Service offers Level I Outpatient Substance Abuse counseling. This is a group-based, 16-week treatment program that includes concurrent individual sessions, psychiatric evaluation if needed, and coordination of services between FCS and other treatment providers.
To schedule an appointment or to get more information, call (630) 844-2662.
Psychiatric Services
Some mental health problems cannot be resolved through counseling or therapy alone; there are times when medical intervention is necessary.
Family Counseling Service offers psychiatric medication evaluation and management services. Licensed, board-certified psychiatrists are available to complete a medically-based mental health evaluation, to recommend treatment, and to prescribe and monitor medications as necessary.
Payment for services
- most insurance, including Medicare and Medicaid, accepted
- sliding scale available for uninsured clients
Hours:
- by appointment; evening appointments are available
- by appointment; evening appointments are available
To make an appointment or to get more information, call (630) 844-2662, ext. 220.