Child Guidance and Family Solutions
Chicago, IL Joint Commission

Child Guidance and Family Solutions

Founded

1939

Program Length

5 days

Focus

This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions. You'll receive individualized care catered to your unique situation and diagnosis, learn practical skills for recovery, and make new connections in a restorative environment.

Child Guidance & Family Solutions (CGFS) is a mental health agency in Northeast Ohio. It helps children, teenagers, and families who are dealing with mental health challenges. The agency works to create a community of healthy individuals by providing effective mental health services and promoting overall well-being. CGFS clinicians support people in achieving their full potential through innovative and caring programs. The agency provides a variety of specialized services. These include counseling for anxiety, depression, trauma, and family issues. They also offer crisis help and support for early childhood education and refugee adjustment. Group counseling is available on topics like parenting, dealing with bullying, building self-esteem, developing social skills, and managing emotions. This wide range of services addresses many different needs. CGFS makes getting help convenient by offering services in various locations. Clinicians can meet you in their offices, at a doctor's office, at school, or even in your home or with telehealth sessions. Specifically in schools, therapists provide counseling and prevention programs for students and parents that address suicide, substance use, and parenting skills. They also have special programs in preschools and elementary schools to help young children succeed. A large team of over 150 professionals provides this nationally recognized care.

Child Guidance and Family Solutions
Child Guidance and Family Solutions

Services

Key offerings grouped by category

Type of Care

Substance use treatment Mental health treatment Treatment for co-occurring substance use plus either serious mental health illness in adults/serious emotional disturbance in children

Service Setting (e.g., Outpatient, Residential, Inpatient, etc.)

Outpatient

Facility Type

Outpatient mental health facility

Treatment Approaches

Activity therapy Cognitive behavioral therapy Couples/family therapy Dialectical behavior therapy Integrated Mental and Substance Use Disorder treatment Individual psychotherapy Telemedicine/telehealth therapy Abnormal involuntary movement scale

Facility Operation (e.g., Private, Public)

Private non-profit organization

Payment/Insurance/Funding Accepted

Medicaid

Special Programs/Groups Offered

Young adults Seniors or older adults Clients with co-occurring mental and substance use disorders Clients who have experienced trauma Persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) Persons with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) Children/adolescents with serious emotional disturbance (SED) Persons 18 and older with serious mental illness (SMI)

Assessment/Pre-treatment

Screening for tobacco use

Facility Smoking Policy

Smoking permitted in designated area

Age Groups Accepted

Children/Adolescents Young Adults Adults Seniors

Language Services

Spanish

Facility Vaping Policy

Vaping permitted in designated area

Ancillary Services

Court-ordered outpatient treatment Family psychoeducation Intensive case management Psychosocial rehabilitation services Case management service Suicide prevention services

Contact Information

Address

219 West Chicago Avenue, Suite 200, Chicago, IL, 60654

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