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Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mercy Home West Loop Campus
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About Mercy Home West Loop Campus
Since 1889, the West Loop Campus has served as Mercy Home’s headquarters, providing a safe and stable environment for young men ages 11-24 in Chicago. This urban boys-only campus is located along W Jackson Boulevard and provides a secure and stable living environment for youth facing adversity like abuse or neglect. Basic needs, including shelter, food, and a warm bed, are provided. Residents engage with the community, working in nearby businesses and participating in local projects.
Therapeutic Support and Facilities
The campus provides comprehensive therapeutic support through individual and group therapy, helping young men process their pasts and develop healthy coping mechanisms. Physical activities are supported by their gym, an outdoor basketball court, and a fitness center with a boxing ring, historically used by figures like Muhammad Ali. Academically, the learning center provides tutoring and resources. Life skills are taught in shared kitchenettes, and a campus garden allows residents to grow vegetables, fostering sustainability.
Family-Like Environment
Each residential home on campus is designed to create a nurturing, family-like atmosphere where boys can feel safe and supported. Shared living areas encourage connection, while kitchenettes provide space to learn essential life skills like meal preparation. The Learning Center offers a quiet, well-equipped space for academic support, helping residents stay on track with school. To promote physical health and discipline, youth have access to a full gym, outdoor basketball court, and a historic boxing ring.
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Center Overview
Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
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.
Treatment Focus
At this center, you receive personalized care for mental health conditions. They provide therapy and tailor treatment to your unique needs, diagnoses, and preferences.
Care Options
Treatment
Specializations
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.
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.
Christian
Through surrender and commitment to Christ, patients refocus the efforts and source of their recovery with clinical and spiritual care.
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."
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Family Involvement
Providers involve family in the treatment of their loved one through family therapy, visits, or both–because addiction is a family disease.
Christian
Through surrender and commitment to Christ, patients refocus the efforts and source of their recovery with clinical and spiritual care.
Gender-Specific
Separate treatment for men or women can create strong peer connections and remove barriers related to trauma, shame, and gender-specific nuances.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Life Skills
Teaching life skills like cooking, cleaning, clear communication, and even basic math provides a strong foundation for continued recovery.
Music Therapy
Singing, performing, and even listening to music can be therapeutic. Music therapy sessions are facilitated by certified counselors.
Recreation Therapy
In recreation therapy, recovery can be joyful. Patients practice social skills and work through emotional triggers by engaging in fun activities.
Seeking Safety
Not looking to the past, patients improve their present circumstances. They work toward safety without detailing traumatic events.
Spiritual Care
Tending to spiritual health helps treatment become more effective, allowing patients to better cope with their emotions and rebuild their spiritual wellbeing.
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
Conditions We Treat
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.
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."
Aftercare
Experience
Personal Amenities
Amenities
Special Considerations
Young Adults Program
Programs for young adults bring teens 18+ together to discuss age-specific challenges, vocational and educational progress, and successes in treatment.
Healthy Meals are provided
Great food meets great treatment, with providers serving healthy meals to restore nutrition, wellbeing, and health.
Gender-specific groups
Patients in gender-specific groups gain the opportunity to discuss challenges unique to their gender in a comfortable, safe setting conducive to healing.
Activities
Yoga
Yoga is both a physical and spiritual practice. It includes a flow of movement, breathing techniques, and meditation.
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