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About Recovery Centers of America at St. Charles
Ranked #8 in Illinois on Newsweek’s 2024 list of America’s Best Addiction Centers, RCA at St. Charles delivers clinically proven care with signature compassion. They treat substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions through medically monitored detox and residential treatment. With a peaceful, expansive campus and a focus on therapeutic structure, they help clients step away from daily stress and begin building a foundation for lasting recovery.
RCA applies six core tenets they’ve determined essential for every client to achieve sustained recovery. These include medications to reduce cravings and prevent relapse, daily 12-step meetings for peer support, and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) skills training to manage emotions and cope with challenges. Clients also benefit from family involvement, strong alumni connections after discharge, and care that’s guided by real-time progress tracking to adapt and improve treatment along the way.
Set on 125 scenic acres in the Chicagoland area, RCA at St. Charles offers clients a peaceful escape from the stress of everyday life. Semi-private cottages include full-size beds, individual bathrooms, and flat-screen TVs. Clients enjoy homemade meals in the cafeteria, explore the property’s outdoor areas and pond, and stay active in the state-of-the-art gym and wellness center.
RCA’s alumni association helps clients stay supported and inspired long after treatment ends. They offer ongoing recovery meetings and sober events like movies, sports, and picnics to bring alumni together for fun, fellowship, and connection. Many events allow alumni to invite family and friends, so their support system can play an active role in recovery.
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RCA has multiple ways for families to stay connected, receive support, and take part in their loved one’s recovery journey. Family services include educational webinars, in-person and virtual support groups, and family meetings. Key topics like boundaries, family dynamics, and aftercare empower the family unit to prepare for lasting recovery together.
RCA’s WorkFlex program helps clients continue fulfilling responsibilities with education or work while in rehab. Clients are empowered to keep their primary focus on recovery during inpatient treatment, while having the ability to spend up to 3 hours a day maintaining virtual obligations in a quiet environment with WiFi.
RCA’s Fresh Start Pathway is for clients who have previously been in treatment but need additional support to maintain lasting recovery. Designed to eliminate feelings of shame that may come with a return to use, clients address what may have led to relapse and gain tools and renewed momentum alongside others re-entering treatment.
RCA’s telehealth treatment services make recovery convenient and accessible, especially for clients in rural or underserved areas where finding nearby specialized care can be challenging. They provide telehealth outpatient care via HIPAA-compliant web and video conferencing. Clients still receive the same evidence-based, accredited treatment RCA is known for—just from the comfort of their homes.
Executive treatment programs typically directly support the needs of people who manage businesses and may provide flexible schedules and office space to allow work during treatment.
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
This center treats primary substance use disorders and co-occurring mental health conditions. Your treatment plan addresses each condition at once with personalized, compassionate care for comprehensive healing.
Detox fully and safely removes toxic substances from the body, allowing the next steps in treatment to begin with a clean slate.
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Executive treatment programs typically directly support the needs of people who manage businesses and may provide flexible schedules and office space to allow work during treatment.
Centers with flexible technology policies allow professionals to stay in touch with work and give patients a greater sense of connection and normalcy.
Busy, high-ranking professionals get the personalized treatment they need with greater accommodations for work, privacy, and outside communication.
In a residential rehab program, patients live onsite, with access to daily treatment and 24-hour care. An average stay is 30-90 days.
Detox fully and safely removes toxic substances from the body, allowing the next steps in treatment to begin with a clean slate.
In a residential rehab program, patients live onsite, with access to daily treatment and 24-hour care. An average stay is 30-90 days.
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Providers involve family in the treatment of their loved one through family therapy, visits, or both–because addiction is a family disease.
A non-medicinal, wellness-focused approach that aims to align the mind, body, and spirit for deep and lasting healing.
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Combined with behavioral therapy, prescribed medications can enhance treatment by relieving withdrawal symptoms and focus patients on their recovery.
This approach is based on idea that motivation to change comes from within. Providers use a conversational framework that may help you commit to recovery.
Singing, performing, and even listening to music can be therapeutic. Music therapy sessions are facilitated by certified counselors.
Relapse prevention counselors teach patients to recognize the signs of relapse and reduce their risk.
12-Step groups offer a framework for addiction recovery. Members commit to a higher power, recognize their issues, and support each other in the healing process.
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Codependency is a pattern of emotional dependence and controlling behavior. It's most common among people with addicted loved ones.
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
Stress is a natural reaction to challenges, and it can even help you adapt. However, chronic stress can cause physical and mental health issues.
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Using alcohol as a coping mechanism, or drinking excessively throughout the week, signals an alcohol use disorder.
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Drug addiction is the excessive and repetitive use of substances, despite harmful consequences to a person's life, health, and relationships.
Centers with flexible technology policies allow professionals to stay in touch with work and give patients a greater sense of connection and normalcy.
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