The Center for Trauma Recovery is a specialty clinic dedicated to supporting people who have been impacted by trauma.
The center — within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Rush — provides psychotherapy and care management services at no cost to patients, with the support of federal and philanthropic funding,
The center’s services are designed to directly address trauma-related mental health concerns and help patients explore important local resources, including transportation, housing, food and medical care. It offers evidence-based treatments that have been proven effective, ensuring you receive the highest standard of care.
The Center for Trauma Recovery offers therapy services to fit patients’ schedules, beyond traditional weekly sessions. Experts at the center offer and recommend accelerated psychotherapy, allowing patients to meet with therapists multiple times per week or even per day for a short period of time. Accelerated therapy can be a path to rapid relief from PTSD symptoms.
Our program and staff know that part of healing is having access to basic and essential resources. Care management support is available to work one-on-one with you and any care partners to understand your goals, hear about what may be getting in the way, and connect you to community resources to help you move forward. You may decide to work with a care manager just once or multiple times over several months — the choice is yours.
Center for Trauma Recovery Doctors and Specialists
Cognitive processing therapy is a type of cognitive behavioral therapy that has proven effective in reducing symptoms of PTSD that have developed after traumatic experiences, including life-threatening events, serious injuries and sexual violence.
CPT is talk therapy that helps patients challenge and modify unhelpful thinking patterns related to their traumatic experiences and present-day challenges in life. Patients often report significant improvement in their relationships, work or school performance, and well-being after completing CPT.
CPT can be completed in as few as 10 sessions, with patients often reporting improvement after three to four sessions.
After finishing your intake forms, you will have the chance to meet with a member of our team who has expertise in trauma and PTSD. With the help of your clinician, you will collaboratively decide if CPT is the right treatment for you and create a treatment scheduled that is flexible with your needs, and as accelerated as possible so you can quickly reap the benefits of treatment.
Accelerated treatment allows you to meet with your therapist as frequently as two times per day for five days. It is a turbocharged approach to healing. It focuses on teaching patients essential skills with frequent sessions to make learning easier. With this accelerated approach, life's interruptions are less likely to slow you down. You can take advantage of completing your treatment quickly, putting you on the fast track to recovery. Researchers at Rush have shown that this accelerated approach to treatment is highly effective and gets directly at the issues that you may be experiencing. Talk to a Center for Trauma Recovery at Rush team member about the accelerated route to healing.
We offer both in-person and telehealth services. You can see your provider at either our clinic at 1645 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite 602, or from your own home via an internet-connected device with video capability.
Great news! Our services are available at no cost to all qualifying patients, thanks to funding from the Cook County Justice Advisory Counsel and other philanthropic support.
If you need help with transport for your in-person appointment, please contact our main clinic phone for more information, as funds may be available to cover the cost of travel.
Many of our patients also elect to participate in telehealth sessions, connecting with their therapist from home via a personal device that can connect to the internet.
