MENTAL HEALTH LINKS (CHICAGOLAND AREA)

SUICIDE PREVENTION AND SUPPORT

No Shame On U, MISSD (The Medication-Induced Suicide Prevention and Education Foundation in Memory of Stewart Dolin) and JCFS Chicago are partnering to provide suicide prevention education and support in the Jewish community and beyond with support from JUF’s Breakthrough Fund. 

If you are in crisis, or know someone who is in crisis, please reach out for help: 

  • Call 24/7 hotline: 988 OR 1-800-273-(TALK) 8255 

  • Text 741741 for a 24/7 crisis text line - a live, trained crisis counselor receives the text and responds quickly

  • Illinois Warm Line: 1-866-359-7953 (Monday-Friday: 8am to 5pm. FREE service to anyone in IL)

Supporting those grieving the loss of a loved one who died by suicide 

We hope this brochure will serve and gently guide individuals and families facing suicide loss, who often need more support, but receive less. We wish to reassure those grieving that they are not alone, and extend compassion and comfort to those who have lost a loved one to suicide. We have also created a companion piece.

Grieving a Loss to Suicide Support Group

A monthly drop-in group for adults in the Jewish community and beyond who are navigating the world after the loss of a loved one to suicide. This group is in partnership with JCFS Chicago, MISSD, and No Shame On U. More Information HERE.

Our colleagues at JFS in Houston authored this bereavement guide addressing the complex needs of family, friends and colleagues who have lost someone to death by suicide or overdose. These materials console, support and offer guidance to those bereaved by a suicide as well as those who are comforting the bereaved.

Criminal Justice System

  • Hinda Institute - For decades, Jewish chaplains and staff of the HINDA INSTITUTE have dedicated themselves to helping individuals and their families navigate the criminal justice system and re-entry to society with faith, community, and dignity. Hinda offers incredible resources, including mental health support.

    • Contact: abigail.rabinowitz@hindahelps.com or 847-334-1770

Crisis

Counseling/Out-patient

  • Open Path Psychotherapy Collective - provides network of mental health professionals for people who are low-income or don't have insurance. Sliding scale appointments between $30 - $70 per session for individuals, and $30 - $80 per session for couples; The exact fee is negotiable.

    • Contact: INFO@OPENPATHCOLLECTIVE.ORG

  • Turning Point Behavioral Health Center - new clients can now walk into Turning Point during our Open Access hours and meet with a therapist or case manager the same day. No appointment necessary. 

    • Location: 8324 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, Illinois 60077

    • Contact: 847-933-0051, ext. 0

  • Anixter Center Chicago’s Recovery Hub - a FREE, judgement-free space to hang out, meet with friends or seek services. 

    • Location: 1751 W Howard St, Suite G, Chicago, IL 60626. 

    • Contact: Kristin Williams at kwilliams@anixter.org. 

  • NAMI Metro Suburban Drop-in Center: the Drop-In Center provides an array of services to individuals with a mental health diagnosis that, through social interactions, enhances their lives and promotes their involvement in the larger community.

  • NAMI Metro Suburban Living Room - the Living Room is a peer run alternative to an emergency department that provides mental health support. It is a calm and safe space where individuals experiencing an increase in symptoms can receive support. The Living Room is free of charge and does not require insurance.

    • Multiple Locations

  • Compass Health Center: is cutting edge in our approach to intensive level psychiatric treatment. Our goal is to help patients overcome debilitating psychiatric symptoms through scientifically proven treatment modalities

    • Contact info: 877-492-0170, info@compasshealthcenter.net

    • Multiple locations and virtual

  • www.cje.net/counseling - CJE Counseling Services is staffed by a team of highly-skilled Licensed Clinical Social Workers (LCSWs) who are specialists in the field of mental health services for seniors. Services are available as home or office visits. West Rogers Park and Deerfield.

  • www.josselyn.org - Northern IL, provides clinical and group services; accepts MediCare, MedicAid and Private insurance

    • Contact: 847-441-5600

    • Multiple Locations

  • www.c4chicago.org Chicago's North Side - provides a range of mental health, substance use and family counseling services; services and crisis line

    • Multiple Locations.

    • Contact Info varies

  • www.dascchicago.com - DASC Depression and Anxiety Specialty Clinic- North Chicago -goal is to provide the most effective, scientifically-proven treatments to people suffering with anxiety disorders and depression. Accepts Insurance: BCBS PPO, Tricare and Medicare

    • Location: 3047 N. Lincoln Ave, Suite 400 Chicago, IL 60657

    • Contact info: 773-494-5505

  • Eating Recovery Center - offers treatment for various eating disorders through Partial Hospitalization Programs in addition to three-day-a-week Intensive Outpatient Programs

    • Multiple Locations and virtual

    • Contact information varies

  • www.family-institute.org - sliding scale gives clients of all income levels access to high-quality care, with fees starting as little as $5. Because clients pay what they can afford, the Clinic can be a valuable resource for those who are unemployed or do not have adequate health insurance

    • Multiple Locations

    • Contact information varies

  • www.urbanbalance.com - insurance friendly counseling for individuals, couples and families in 6 locations in the Chicago area

    • Contact: 888-726-7170 x1 or info@urbanbalance.com

  • www.yellowbrickprogram.com - specialized assessment and treatment for emerging young adults and their families including treatment for addiction, eating disorders and mental health conditions

    • Contact: 866-781-4938

    • Location: 1560 Sherman Ave Suite 400 Evanston, IL

  • www.centerforcontextualchange.org - provide reduced fee and sliding scale; accept BCBS insurance and Medicare; highly trained psychotherapists specializing in trauma, domestic and family violence, child and adult sexual abuse, addiction, compulsion, self injurious behavior, and severe emotional and behavioral disorders.

    • Contact info: 847-676.4447

    • Location: 9239 Gross Point Rd, Skokie, IL

    • Only offering virtual meetings.

  • https://www.cathedralcounseling.org/ -helps people make sense of their lives during difficult times through professional, affordable mental health care. They offer one-to-one, couple and group therapy, and psychiatric services. All counselors are licensed professionals with extensive post-graduate clinical experience. Their sliding-scale fees are based on the client's ability to pay.

    • Contact: (312) 252–9500

    • Location: 50 E. Washington St., Suite 301, Chicago, IL

  • www.thresholds.org - healthcare, housing, and hope for persons with mental illness

    • Location: 4101 N. Ravenswood Ave. Chicago, IL 60613

    • Contact: 773-572-5400

  • www.newfoundationcenter.org - Recovery services, permanent supportive housing, supported employment, and health and wellness programs, all within a community that encourages sharing, independent living, friendship, personal responsibility, and family participation

    • Contact: (847) 386-3060 or email through website

    • Location: 444 W. Frontage Road Northfield, IL

  • urbanwellnesscounseling.com - accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, Magellan and Land of Lincoln; provides psychotherapy services and psychological testing to individuals, couples, and families in all phases of life

    • Multiple Locations

    • Contact: 773-774-4444 x0 or intake@urbanwellnesscounseling.com

  • Family Service Center - provide therapy on a subsidized fee scale — putting help and support within reach of people who live, work, or attend school in Wilmette, Glenview, Northbrook, and Kenilworth.

    • Location: 191 Waukegan Road, Suite 206 Northfield, IL 60093

    • Contact: 847-251-7350

  • Chicago Center for Psychotherapy, LLC - provide individual and couples therapy and treat most issues with adults and young adults. Accepts BCBS PPO, Medicare and Employee Resource Systems, Inc. Provide family therapy, as well as reproductive and sexual health support.

  • skylightcounselingcenter.com - professional counseling services to individuals, families, couples and groups

  • womencarecounseling.com provides individual, group, couple and family counseling for adults and adolescents, as well as sponsoring educational and professional workshops

  • Live Oak - provides individual therapy, couples therapy, groups and workshops; some therapists accept insurance, offers sliding scale

    • Contact: 773.880.1310

    • Location: 1300 W. Belmont, Suite 300 Chicago, IL 60657

  • www.peerservices.org - substance abuse prevention and treatment services;

    • Two Locations and contact info:

      • PEER Services, Inc. Main office: 906 Davis St, Evanston, IL 60201

        • 847-492-1778

      • Peer at Turning Point: 8324 Skokie Blvd., Skokie, IL 60077

  • www.rush.edu/services/psychiatry - Rush University Medical Center

    • Contact: (312) 942-5375

  • Anixter Center

Children/Teen specific

  • Rush University Medical Center

    • Contact: 312-942-5375 or 1-888-352-RUSH (7874)

  • Anixter Center - Substance Abuse Prevention Program- Anixter Center

Seniors

Addiction

Expanding Mental Health Education for Our Community

Learn new ways to help a friend, parent, child or loved one by bringing a Mental Health Education program to your place of worship, organization or school.

  • Recognize the signs that someone may be dealing with a mental health problem or crisis. 

  • Learn how to actively and compassionately listen to someone in distress. 

  • Become aware of your own views and feelings about mental health problems and disorders, and correct misconceptions about mental health challenges. 

  • Learn to offer a distressed person basic "first aid" level information and reassurance about mental health problems, help them seek professional help or connect with appropriate community, peer, and personal supports.