Sertoma Centre’s Community Mental Health and Counseling is a Top Mental Health Provider in the South Suburbs of Chicago. We are passionate about providing the highest quality treatment for you when you need us.
Our Community Mental Health and Counseling programs and services support adults who experience mental illness to work toward personal recovery. Recovery is the idea that people can improve their health and wellness and live a full and meaningful life, all while having a mental illness. Everyone here is at a different place in their recovery, and our programs and services are designed to meet the unique needs and interests of every person served.
A Community Mental Health Center is an array of services. It can include both individual- and group-based services. Some are more about skill-building and psychoeducation, whereas other services are more about therapy and processing. We provide services both at our location in Matteson and out in the community. It’s a package of services from which people can choose to meet their needs.
Staff engage with people in a collaborative partnership focusing on the following principles: establishing a personal definition of recovery, building on strengths, creating a positive future, enhancing quality of life, reintegrating into the community, and increasing a natural support system.
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Psychosocial Rehabilitation
Building Skills and Managing Symptoms
The Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) program supports people in learning more about their mental illnesses and developing coping skills for symptom management to work toward personal growth and recovery, primarily through skill-building groups. PSR is considered to be an intensive and short-term program experience.
“I can focus on my issue after identifying it and use the methods and tools taught to me to combat it.” - a Psychosocial Rehabilitation Consumer
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START Program
Supporting Treatment and Recovery Together
START is a specialized psychosocial rehabilitation program supporting people with an intellectual or developmental disability AND a mental illness. A Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) program supports people in developing the skills to manage their mental illness, socialize with others and decrease reliance on professional supports. PSR groups focus on developing coping techniques for symptom management and increasing personal growth skills through on-site educational groups. PSR also offers community support services that focus on community integration to generalize skills with support from staff within a community setting.
“I have noticed that his negative behaviors at home have decreased, and he is more open and accepting to changes.” - a family member of a START program Consumer
Youth Mental Health Services
Individual Counseling, Family Counseling, and Psychosocial Education
Sertoma offers mental health treatment for youth 5 years and older which includes counseling, family psychoeducation, crisis support, and community support. Our hope is that by intervening early, we can decrease the prevalence of mental illness among youth and prevent mental illnesses from persisting into adulthood.
Crisis Stabilization
Managing Crisis and Links to Services
Our Crisis Stabilization program addresses urgent needs by offering a variety of services aimed at assisting members of the community who are experiencing a mental health crisis but lack the necessary supports.
“We work with several Community Mental Health Centers, and Sertoma is by far, above and beyond, my team’s favorite to work with.” - a Partner agency team member
Residential Case Management and Housing
Support for Stable Community-Based Living
- Residential Case Management: Sertoma provides residential case management for people seeking either to transition into and/or maintain community-based housing. Services include mental health counseling, crisis intervention, psychosocial rehabilitation groups, independent life skills training, community integration, substance-use treatment, and medication management training.
- Permanent Supportive Housing: Sertoma is the property manager and owner of a 16-unit community apartment building for individuals with a disability. We primarily serve individuals with mental illness who require support services to live in an unsupervised apartment setting.
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Counseling Services through Private Insurance
If you are seeking therapy for any of the concerns listed below and have access to funding, you may be interested in Sertoma's Counseling Services through the Private Insurance option. Funding sources include major commercial insurance carriers, Employee Assistance Programs, or self-paying for services.
Outpatient Counseling and therapy supports people who are seeking therapy for various types of concerns and are provided primarily to individuals (children, adolescents, adults) and also to families for the following:
- Anxiety
- Bipolar Disorders
- Depression
- Life transitions
- Grief & loss
- Trauma
- Divorce
- Overwhelmed and unable to resolve issues
- Other mental health concerns
- Substance use
- Problems in relationships
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Outpatient Therapy Services
A Personal Discovery Process
The Outpatient Therapy Program supports people to process their thoughts, feelings and behaviors from the past and in the present in a group or individual setting to gain deeper insight throughout the recovery process. Our Outpatient Therapy Program is considered support to enhance and maintain recovery.
“The staff is very flexible with office hours and my therapist is getting extra training in sexual abuse counseling just to be able to help me.” - an Outpatient Therapy Consumer
Community Support Team
Supporting Community Integration
Sertoma's Community Support Team (CST) supports people in maintaining independence in the community. It is considered an intensive level of care with a variety of wraparound supports in place to manage recovery in the community. People who benefit from CST are often at higher risk for homelessness or long-term care settings.
- The program utilizes a team-based approach to address goals in the areas of managing symptoms, learning to access and use community resources, and identifying and using natural supports
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Intake Summary
To learn more about our programs, services and schedule, contact our intake department and one of our staff members will speak with you about your needs and interests.
For more information, contact our Intake Department at
708-748-1951 x455 or IntakeCMHC@sertomacentre.org
Funding Sources and Insurance Plans
Community Mental Health Services
- Aetna Better Health of Illinois (MMP and MMCP)
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield (MMP and MMCP)
- Beacon Health Strategies (Humana) (MMP and MMCP)
- County Care MMCP
- Meridian Health Plan MMCP
- Meridian Total Health MMP
- Molina Health Care MMCP
We participate in the Illinois medicaid managed care system called Health Choice. We accept all Medicaid managed care plans.*
*We accept private pay on a limited basis for special circumstances. We do not have a sliding scale fee schedule.