Linden Oaks at Edward Recovery Day is Sept. 14

Linden Oaks at Edward will host Recovery Day on Friday, September 14 with two sessions, 1-5 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. in the Linden Oaks Gym on the campus of Edward Hospital, 801 S. Washington St. in Naperville.

Recovery Day celebrates the successes of those who are in recovery from chemical dependency and serves as a reminder of the commitment to those who still need support.

Claudia Black, MSW, Ph.D., one of the world’s foremost experts on addictions, will be the featured speaker of both sessions. 

Dr. Black’s 1-5 p.m. presentation, “The Interplay of Trauma, Addiction and Relapse,” will focus on the subtle ways trauma lives inside of families and addictions.

In her 6-8 p.m. session “Family Time – Finding Your Smile: Letting Go of the Past and Embracing the Moment,” Dr. Black will emphasize not letting negative beliefs and self-defeating behaviors “take away your smile.”

Dr. Black is internationally recognized for her pioneering and contemporary work with family systems and addictive disorders.  She offers models of intervention and treatment for family violence, multiple addictions, relapse, anger, depression and women’s issues.  Her writings and teachings are the standard in the field of addictions. 

Linden Oaks at Edward is a 108-bed behavioral health hospital on Edward Hospital’s Naperville campus with offices in Plainfield, St. Charles, Woodridge and Yorkville.  Linden Oaks has more than 30 psychiatrists on its medical staff and 350 employees to serve residents of Chicago’s west and southwest suburbs.

Linden Oaks uses a combination of inpatient, partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient and traditional outpatient programs to treat adolescents, adults and older adults for anxiety disorders, chemical dependency, depression, eating disorders, geriatric conditions and self-injury.

The Joint Commission has awarded Linden Oaks the Gold Seal of Approval for commitment to excellence in six disease management programs:  addiction services, bipolar disorders, depression, eating disorders, geriatrics and self-injury. 

Earlier this year, Linden Oaks became the first psychiatric hospital in Illinois and the Midwest to be honored with the American Nurses Association’s (ANA) Award for Outstanding Nursing Quality, which is determined by the ANA’s National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators.

For more information about Linden Oaks, visit www.edward.org/lindenoaks.  For immediate assistance and a free and confidential assessment, call the Linden Oaks 24/7 Help Line at (630) 305-5500.