DBSA Alliance
DBSA-GC is a chapter of DBSA Alliance, our national organization. DBSA offers peer-based, wellness-oriented support and empowering services and resources available when people need them, where they need them, and how they need to receive them—online 24/7, in local support groups, in audio and video casts, or in printed materials distributed by DBSA, its chapters, and mental health care facilities across America.
Learn more about DBSA Alliance
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Other DBSA Chapters in Illinois
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Arlington Heights (also has Veteran's Support Group)
Resources
The following links are terrific website sources for information/services on mood disorders:
Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago
The Catholic Charities Archdiocese of Chicago has a Westside Domestic Violence program that focuses on serving domestic violence survivors from the westside of Chicago. They provide direct services at the Tolton Peace Center located at 5645 W. Corcoran, Chicago, IL for communities on the westside of Chicago. They also have intake professionals trained to help support any callers who are in crisis. If you are in need, the phone number is 312-655-7106 8:30am - 4:30pm Monday-Friday. Outside of those hours, there is an Illinois 24-hour domestic violence hotline: (877) 863-6338 or TTY hotline: (877) 863-6339.
Community Counseling Centers of Chicago
C4 was founded in 1972 to help people released from psychiatric hospitals into the Uptown and Edgewater communities. Organized as the Edgewater-Uptown Community Mental Health Council, concerned residents received a federal grant to open an outpatient clinic. ​
Hope for the Day (HFTD) is a non-profit movement empowering the conversation on proactive suicide prevention and mental health education.​
Lakeview Center for Psychotherapy
Lakeview Center for Psychotherapy is a cooperative of independent professionals dedicated to providing innovative, thoughtful, and compassionate psychotherapy. They provide psychotherapy, counseling, psychoanalysis, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mind-Body therapies, and EMDR for adults, couples, children and adolescents, families, and groups.
National Alliance on Mental Illness (Illinois)
NAMI Illinois has a variety of education and support programs directed to individuals living with mental illness, family members, friends, professionals, other stake holders, and the community at large to address the mental health needs of Illinois. NAMI Illinois works to inform the public about mental illness by distributing information about mental illness through every means of communication.​
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline
The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, across the United States. The Lifeline is comprised of a national network of over 150 local crisis centers, combining custom local care and resources with national standards and best practices.​
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Simons Therapy is a mental health practice dedicated to providing a space for people of all backgrounds to begin their paths to self-improvement. Their team of Doctoral-level Psychologists believe that empowerment is essential to one’s psychological well being. They are passionate about helping people utilize their strengths to promote their personal growth. They provide therapy in their Denver office as well as throughout the country through HIPAA compliant Telehealth software. Their team has a variety of specialties including eating disorders, depression, anxiety, relationships, life transitions, and addiction. They tailor their approaches to best meet the needs of their clients. Each of their team members has a unique set of skills and approach to therapy. This enables them to match their clients to the Psychologist that will be the best fit for them. They also offer psychological assessment for ADHD and learning disabilities, IQ testing, differential diagnosis, neurotesting, and other issues.