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Braden Counseling Center - North Aurora

Substance Use and Mental Health

Treatment 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.

Outpatient

Primary Level of Care

Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Some centers offer intensive outpatient program (IOP), which falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient service.

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Provider's Policy

Braden Counseling Center accepts major insurance plans plus EAP programs like Perspectives. State and county contracts also accepted. Call to verify benefits and schedule an appointment within 1-3 days.

Located near Mooseheart Child City & School and just off Route 56 in North Aurora, this facility is an outpatient treatment center addressing mental health and substance use disorders (SUD) through licensed, compassionate care. Their programs include counseling for individuals, couples, and families, as well as DUI treatment and aftercare services. They offer flexible scheduling—including evenings and weekends—to help clients maintain progress and balance while receiving professional support.

Evidence-Based and Strength-Focused Care

Braden Counseling Center uses evidence-based therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), motivational interviewing (MI), and strength-based counseling to help clients build emotional awareness, resilience, and healthier coping skills. Each session empowers individuals to understand the roots of their challenges, strengthen relationships, and move toward long-term stability. The center’s compassionate therapists help clients gain new perspectives and tools to manage depression, anxiety, trauma, and life changes effectively.

Comprehensive Support and Specialized Programs

The center also provides DUI evaluations, risk education, and driver’s license reinstatement assistance guided by Certified Reciprocal Alcohol and Drug Counselors (CRADCs). These programs support accountability, legal compliance, and sobriety maintenance. Beyond addiction recovery, Braden’s marriage and family counseling services promote stronger communication and emotional connection among loved ones. With a mission of creating “New Ways for Better Days,” the center helps clients rediscover balance and build fulfilling, sustainable lives.

AT A GLANCE

Center Overview

Location
1105 Ritter Street Suites A & D North Aurora, IL 60542 View Map
Primary Focus
This center treats substance use disorders and mental health conditions....

Treatment 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.

Conditions We Treat
Anger, Anxiety, Bipolar, Depression +5 More
Substance Use We Treat
Alcohol, Co-Occurring Disorders, Drug Addiction, Smoking Cessation
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How to pay

Insurance Accepted

Provider's Policy: Braden Counseling Center accepts major insurance plans plus EAP programs like Perspectives. State and county contracts also accepted. Call to verify benefits and schedule an appointment within 1-3 days.
(800) 428-7260
Private Pay Option

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Care Options

Levels of Care

Substance use and mental health issues can occur simultaneously or as primary conditions. Effective treatment explores how mental health conditions contribute to addiction, and vice-versa. Many rehabs treat substance use disorders and mental health conditions with personalized care plans.
Residential
Not Offered at This Center
Residential programs for substance use and mental health with structured care and 24/7 monitoring. Treatment takes place on-site, with behavioral health professionals often providing care in group, individual, and family settings.
Sober Living
Not Offered at This Center
Transitional housing designed to support individuals recovering from substance use disorders offering a safe, supportive and structured environment for practicing long-term sobriety, while reintegrating back into daily living.
Day Treatment
In a PHP, patients live at home but follow an intensive schedule of treatment. Most programs require you to be on-site for about 40 hours per week.
Intensive Outpatient Program
An intensive outpatient program (IOP) falls between inpatient care and traditional outpatient services, with therapy and skills-building activities designed to support recovery and provide flexibility. IOP is ideal for those needing support but not the 24/7 care of a residential facility.
Outpatient
Outpatient treatment offers flexible therapeutic and medical care without the need to stay overnight in a hospital or inpatient facility. Outpatient care typically offers a range of therapies and medical interventions individuals can attend alongside daily life.
Virtual & In-Home Care
Not Offered at This Center
The delivery of therapeutic services utilizing technology such as video conferencing, online messaging or phone calls, allowing for flexibility, comfort and increased access to care.
Licensed Primary Mental Health
Some primary care providers offer mental health diagnosis and treatment. This can prevent patients from developing more serious conditions.
Co-Occurring Disorders
Substance use and mental health can occur simultaneously as co-occurring disorders. Treatment for co-occurring disorders involves therapy and other personalized interventions to address both conditions.
Treatment

Your Care Options

Specializations

Alcohol

Alcohol

Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.

Depression

Depression

Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.

Drug Addiction

Drug Addiction

Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.

Clients Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence

Who We Treat

Men
Women
Couples
Adolescents

Adolescents

Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.

Children

Children

Treatment for children incorporates the psychiatric care they need and education, often led by on-site teachers to keep children on track with school.

Men and Women

Men and Women

Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.

Girls
Boys

Approaches

Evidence-Based

Evidence-Based

A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.

Holistic

Holistic

A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.

Individual Treatment

Individual Treatment

Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.

Trauma Informed

Therapies

1-on-1 Counseling

1-on-1 Counseling

Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Couples Counseling

Couples Counseling

Partners work to improve their communication patterns, using advice from their therapist to better their relationship and make healthy changes.

Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR)

Eye Movement Therapy (EMDR)

Lateral, guided eye movements help reduce the emotional reactions of retelling and reprocessing trauma, allowing intense feelings to dissipate.

Family Therapy

Family Therapy

Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.

Group Therapy
Motivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing

Based on the idea that motivation to change comes from within, providers use a conversational framework to discover personalized methods for change.

Online Therapy

Online Therapy

Patients can connect with a therapist via videochat, messaging, email, or phone. Remote therapy makes treatment more accessible.

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

Localized magnetic pulses stimulate areas of the brain to increase brain activity and reduce abnormal functions.

Languages

English

Conditions We Treat

Anger

Anger

Although anger itself isn't a disorder, it can get out of hand. If this feeling interferes with your relationships and daily functioning, treatment can help.

Anxiety

Anxiety

Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.

Bipolar

Bipolar

This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.

Depression

Depression

Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.

Grief and Loss

Grief and Loss

Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but severe grief can interfere with your ability to function. You can get treatment for this condition.

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)

OCD is characterized by intrusive and distressing thoughts that drive repetitive behaviors. This pattern disrupts daily life and relationships.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.

Stress

Stress

Stress is a natural reaction to challenges, and it can even help you adapt. However, chronic stress can cause physical and mental health issues.

Trauma

Trauma

Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."

Substances We Treat

Alcohol

Alcohol

Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.

Co-Occurring Disorders

Co-Occurring Disorders

A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.

Drug Addiction

Drug Addiction

Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.

Smoking Cessation

Smoking Cessation

Quitting smoking—i.e., ceasing to smoke—means giving up smoking nicotine and tobacco products. This process has very important health benefits.

Aftercare

Outpatient Treatment
Experience

Care Designed for Your Needs

Special Considerations

Justice Involved
Clients Who Have Experienced Domestic Violence

Smoking and Vaping Policy

Smoking Allowed
Vaping Allowed
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The following therapies are included: group therapy, 1-on-1 counseling and more.
North Aurora, Illinois, United States.
Braden Counseling Center accepts major insurance plans plus EAP programs like Perspectives. State and county contracts also accepted. Call to verify benefits and schedule an appointment within 1-3 days.
Braden Counseling Center - North Aurora provides licensed primary mental health, outpatient and more.
Braden Counseling Center - North Aurora: Treatment Options, Amenities & Photos (North Aurora, Illinois)