Services We Provide

Individual, Couple and Family Therapy: Family Service listens to people in crisis, provides a safe, confidential environment for them to talk, while guiding them to finding creative solutions and healthier coping mechanisms. Clients range from children through the elderly.

In-Home Family Guidance: When it is deemed appropriate, a therapist will visit a client who is too mentally or physically frail to leave the home. Family Service staff help parents create healthy interactive patterns with children and/or their aging parents.

Community Education programs: Money management workshops, school based parenting workshops, caretaker burnout prevention workshops and stress management for adults who are out of work.

Senior Services: Family Service provides consultation and training to local senior centers and to individuals facing the unique challenges brought on by age. Counselors will assist family members, typically sons or daughters who are coping with their parent's changing needs.

*The following senior services are funded through the Northeastern Illinois Area Agency on Aging.

Caregiver Resource Center: Funds are available to assist caregivers of seniors over 60. These services are also available to people over 55 who are raising the children of their relatives.

Services Include:

Respite: Money to help get a break from your care giving chores.

Gap Filling: Money to help fill the financial gap between what your care recipient can afford and what they need.

Legal Assistance: In support of caregivers.

Please contact us at (847) 432-4981 x29 for more information or to apply. Care recipients must reside in Lake County, Illinois.

Caregiver Counseling Center: provides free counseling to any Lake County caregiver. Counseling is available in both one-on-one and group settings. These services are also available to people over 55 who are raising the children of their relatives. Please contact us at (847) 432-4981 x12.

Family Resource Center: Nuestro Center, is our bilingual family resource center located onsite in North Shore Estates in Highwood. We served 713 residents during our fiscal year in 2007. Please visit the Nuestro Center section of this site to learn more.