Helping others learn skills to reduce anxiety.
Hosted by Susan Ryan-Michalak
Counselor, MA, LCPC, NCC, LBSI
Verified Verified
Group meets in Orland Park, IL 60462
I AM PASSIONATE about HELPING others with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, trauma, divorce, and life changing events.
I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, an EMDR TRAINED CLINICIAN AND A LEARNING BEHAVIOR SPECIALIST with a focus on Individuals, Marriage, Family, and Children. In addition, I provide therapy to help others with their current anxiety from their past or present trauma. I was also a Rainbows facilitator helping children with divorce.
This group is appropriate for someone dissolving a domestic partnership or long-term relationship/co-habitation who needs support. Benefits may include: Exploring the psychological origins and multigenerational impact of divorce; Identifying positive vs. maladaptive relationship patterns and communication; Learning positive co-parenting techniques; Receiving support through the logistical adjustment to dissolution including navigating legal, relocation, income adjustment, etc.
Hosted by Manya Bahraini
Counselor, JD, CDR, LCPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60625
My specialties include depression, anxiety, trauma-based disorders, couples therapy, premarital counseling, parenting techniques, child adjustment to parental separation, attachment therapy, collaborative dissolution processes, divorce conflict and eating disorders.
My approach to therapy is grounded in the belief that each individual has the capacity to affect change in his/her life. I also believe in my responsibility to actively engage with my client and facilitate their movement through their issues and feelings. Different theoretical interventions may be more facilitative depending on one's particular needs, one's background, one's view of the world, and one's capacity for insight. As a therapist, I truly consider the individual as a whole and attempt to utilize the most effective tool to facilitate progress towards independent wellness given the particular needs and challenges of my client.
Are you a single mom or dad? Are you going through a lot? Are there so many changes in your life that you are too embarrassed to talk about it? Come and get the help you need and deserve. We will be meeting weekly to help you through this most challenging time. Come take a break from it all, and get the support you need. You are not alone; help is here. This group is for grief, loss. transition, separation and divorce. We are accepting registrations now.
Hosted by Cassie Cipriani
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Palos Heights, IL 60463
, codependency, anger management, sleep issues, divorce, autism, school issues and 504/IEP advocacy.
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Are you feeling more anxious, depressed, overwhelmed, or are just not where you want to be? At S-R&R Counseling, I can create a safe, comfortable, and inviting environment so you can process emotional stressors, and transitions. My team and I work to treat anxiety, depression, anger, and phobias. We help children, adolescents, adults, couples and family. My team also specializes in EMDR , ERP, DBT(in person and virtually) and exposure therapy to treat trauma/PTSD phobias and fear. In addition, sleep and eating addiction. If you are feeling stuck and can't get past a fear, let us help you.
Hosted by Eileen McCarten
Counselor, MS, LCPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Rockford, IL 61108
Connecting to nature through all of your senses can help you connect to yourself. Forest Therapy, also known as Forest Bathing can bring about feelings of peace, helping you to better find your place in this world. Science has proven that Forest Therapy improves mood, lowers cortisol levels, calms anxiety and boosts the immune system. Our walks are slow and less than a mile. They can take 2 - 3 hours with time for safe sharing. Come out and spend quiet time in nature and let nature spend time with you.
Hosted by Alyse A Rynor
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Riverwoods, IL 60015
Or perhaps you are contemplating divorce.
My practice serves women 34+ who are motivated to work toward their personal growth and are ready to commit to a journey of self-exploration. I specialize in the challenging dynamics of coercive control, antagonistic relationships, and narcissistic-style partners, offering education & therapy support in this area; along with women’s self-care modalities.
Are you experiencing problems in your relationship or marriage? Have you wanted to participate in group therapy for couples but could not find one? B.P.R. Therapy, Mediation and Coaching Services now offers couples group therapy via telehealth. Group is limited to 5 couples to ensure a quality therapeutic experience. Call to express your interest in telehealth couples therapy today. The approaches to treatment that are utilized in Experiential and Emotional Focused Therapy. Starting January 2023.
Hosted by B.P.R. Therapy, Mediation & Coaching Svcs PLLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT, CCPT, CFTP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Schaumburg, IL 60173
I'm licensed in both Illinois and Iowa and hold additional certifications; Certified Clinical and Family Trauma Professional, Divorce Mediation and Collaborative Law Coach & Child specialist.
Families, couples and individuals impacted by trauma can find it difficulty to get the help they need. Trauma can impact a families basic ability to communicate and get along, fuel a couples difficulty to feel safe and heard by one another and erode an individuals ability to self regulate. It is common to feel stuck and more often than not, unaddressed or unresolved trauma is the culprit. If you suspect there is trauma at play, holding you and your loved one back from real progress and change, real long lasting change is here. Follow me on IG b.p.r. services. I will be starting a segment called Ask Dr. B for the underserved.
This group is designed to allow teens with an opportunity to process thoughts and feelings connected to their parents divorce. Using Cognitive Behavioral and Expressive Therapy, members will build skills to cope, learn ways to regulate intense emotion and skills for challenging cognitive distortions.
Hosted by Becky Harrison Catalyst Counseling
Counselor, MS, LCPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Champaign, IL 61820
Upcoming Groups: Coping with Parents' for Teens (13 +) Coping with Parents' Divorce for Children (8-13).
We all have a story and each of our stories are unique and complex. Does your story have a chapter full of pain? Are you feeling discouraged, lonely or anxious? Facing a life transition or finding that your relationships are struggling? I am dedicated to assisting you in finding resolution to internal and external conflicts, building and maintaining healthy relationships, learning healthy coping skills and creating an environment that is safe to explore the next desired chapters in your life. I work with adults, teens and children with a variety of presenting issues such as anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, self-esteem and relationship issues.
This is an ongoing group helping adults who are considering or going through divorce to gain perspective on the impact divorce has on children. We will cover topics including:
* understanding divorce from your child's perspective
* loyalty issues and the blame game
* the absent parent
* building two healthy homes
* children and custody
* the business of communication
* mediation
Hosted by Caralyn L. Graham
Counselor, LCPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Northfield, IL 60093
I strongly recommend that clients get relationship counseling before taking steps to divorce.
Marriage and relationship problems can be overwhelming and can leave you feeling fearful for your family and yourself. I have extensive training and experience in marriage/relationship counseling, and specialize in working with individuals and couples who want to improve their relationship circumstances. We shift the narrative in communication to help you better understand the roots of conflict and pain. With insights and tools to effectively manage emotional triggers and reactivity, we create the safety needed to discuss volatile issues like money, children, power/control, infidelity and much more.
Dr. Schreier is a clinical and forensic psychologist. She is an author, speaker, media contributor, & professor. She is board-certified in clinical psychology and a fellow of the American Academy of Clinical Psychology. Web: http://drschreier.com and http://drdaniela.com. Twitter @doctordaniela
Hosted by Daniela Schreier
Psychologist, PsyD, ABPP
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60602
My strength & commitment is in the areas of Relationships & Partner Issues including Separation, Divorce,Child Custody, Loss & Grief.
"Your relationships are my business." -- Hello, I am Dr. Daniela! I am a Board Certified Clinical Psychologist. I work with a clientele of high-functioning individuals and couples of diverse backgrounds and provide services in German, English, and Italian. With a prior background in international PR and business, I specialize in Life, Stress and Relationship Management for Individuals, Couples, and Corporations.
Announcing Group Therapy for divorced women on Tuesdays from 12pm-1pm This group is aimed at offering individuals a nonjudgemental place to discuss topics relating their divorce and will focus on the transition to becoming single.
Hosted by Damen Nicole Wellen
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Group meets in Deerfield, IL 60015
Damen likes to help individuals achieve the self-confidence they may have lost after becoming a parent or through a divorce.
Damen enjoys working with children, adolescents, teenagers, families and adults and has practiced in case management, hospital, school and outpatient therapy settings. As a clinician, Damen is devoted to learning about her clients and helping them work towards their individual goals using professional knowledge and creativity. She is a team player and has extensive experience working with schools and advocating for IEP, 504 plans and specific resources needed to help her clients be successful in the school setting.
This 6 week program based on the internationally acclaimed research of Dr, John Gottman as presented in his book, The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work is open for 8 couples considering engagement. You will be provided with tools to enhance & improve your relationship while learning the research-based foundation from, which the skills are derived. The program is proven to help couples: Improve friendship, fondness, & admiration; Enhance romance & intimacy; Manage conflict constructively: Gain skills to address perpetual & solvable problems; Create shared meaning; Maintain gains throughout a lifetime.
Hosted by Wendi Lev, LCSW, ACSW, CADC-Lev Counseling Chicago
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, ACSW, CADC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60602
Are you facing challenges in relationships, work, self-worth, or navigating a breakup or divorce?.
You can expect expert guidance, fresh perspectives, and solutions that work. To build on your strengths, gain coping skills, boost motivation, and cultivate confidence, you can feel more balanced and focused. Couples can heal from infidelity, improve communication, and understand attachment styles. I promise you a genuine, interactive, enjoyable experience.
This group is designed to allow children an opportunity to process thoughts and feelings connected to their parents divorce. Using creative interventions, children will learn how to express feelings, deal with loyalty binds, disengage from parental conflict, address anger and self-blame, and learn coping strategies.
Hosted by Becky Harrison Catalyst Counseling
Counselor, MS, LCPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Champaign, IL 61820
Upcoming Groups: Coping with Parents' for Teens (13 +) Coping with Parents' Divorce for Children (8-13).
We all have a story and each of our stories are unique and complex. Does your story have a chapter full of pain? Are you feeling discouraged, lonely or anxious? Facing a life transition or finding that your relationships are struggling? I am dedicated to assisting you in finding resolution to internal and external conflicts, building and maintaining healthy relationships, learning healthy coping skills and creating an environment that is safe to explore the next desired chapters in your life. I work with adults, teens and children with a variety of presenting issues such as anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, self-esteem and relationship issues.
Learn and practice mindfulness and body based exercises, meditation and stress reduction techniques. Consistent practice is the key to utilizing these skills in your daily reality.
Hosted by The Center For Marital, Sex and Individual Therapy
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MA, LCPC, AASECT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Oak Brook, IL 60523
Specializing in rapid results (2 to 8 visits on average) for marriage counseling, sex therapy, depression and anxiety for 30 years. Specializing in cases that have failed in previous marital, depression or sex therapy. "Chicago Magazine's" Top 500 physicians referred their own patients for decades. My reputation is built on its commitment and success at offering the most effective and rapid treatments available for marriage counseling, depression and anxiety, erectile dysfunction, loss of sexual desire for males and females, retarded and premature ejaculation, orgasmic difficulties, unconsumated marriage, and anxiety.
Women Navigating Divorce offers support for women who are in the beginning, middle, or end stages of separating from their long-term companion, partner, or spouse. We'll meet in-person to cover topics such as moving into your next chapter with courage and energy, developing options for necessary logistical adjustments, as well as learning healthy behaviors for positive co-parenting.
Hosted by Kate Blaker
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Glenview, IL 60025
This is your journey! You already have ideas, knowledge and strengths you are bringing to our work together. You can already envision a better life for yourself. Maybe something is getting in your way and keeping you from enjoying the loving connection with family members or friends that you hope to have. Maybe your goal is to support your young child and grow in your parenting skills as your child moves through challenging life events. Perhaps an external catalyst is causing you to re-think your current path in life...a work change, a relationship shift. How will you make the healthiest choices for yourself moving forward?
Explore feelings related to divorce and breakups, develop supportive relationships, receive encouragement, and gain new perspectives in a save and confidential environment. This is a therapist-led group that provides a space to explore the nature of relational loss, share experiences and gain insight into your own pattens of behavior. This space allows support with other people going through similar experiences.
Do you wonder if therapy will actually make a difference with your anxiety? Have you been in therapy before but it didn't create lasting change? The word "therapy" can cause a lot of different thoughts for people. I believe therapy is a place to understand the different patterns our minds have created to avoid pain. They often work well, but only in the short term. These patterns have usually been created from an earlier time in our life. However, they are now causing us more problems than solutions as adults. Understanding these parts of ourselves can create change that lasts long term and reduce the hamster wheel of anxiety.
Hosted by Rob Gellman, MS, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Group meets in Chicago, IL 60643
An 8 week virtual supportive recovery group dedicated to helping women heal after experiencing betrayal and infidelity. Through a compassionate and empowering approach, the group focuses on rebuilding self esteem, developing healthy boundaries, and understanding the deeper cause and effect of infidelity. Participants gain insight into emotional and psychological impacts of betrayal while practicing safeguarding techniques to foster trust and security in relationships. With a strong emphasis on personal growth and resilience, Wise Women Healing provides a safe space for women to share their experiences, process their emotions, and reclaim their sense of self-worth.
Hosted by Anastasia M. McCargo
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Western Springs, IL 60558
Everyone has a story. I want to know yours. Are you feeling unfulfilled and unsatisfied in your current relationships? Find yourself doing the same things over and over, hoping somehow things will be different? I specialize in working with individuals and couples experiencing conflict and relationship stress and understand your desire to feel understood and accepted. I offer a compassionate, creative and solution-oriented space to explore the questions and answers that will bring you closer to creating the relationships you desire. Let's write the next chapter together. Reach out today and let's get started.
Creating a life after a divorce brings its own challenges, especially as a parent. Moving Forward Through Divorce works to empower mothers in their journeys after divorce by providing an environment for mothers to connect, find support, and share resources. Facilitated by a licensed therapist, Moving Forward Through Divorce is FREE and open to the community for any mothers that have been divorced, have ended a relationship or are going through the divorce or separation process.
Hosted by Touchstone Therapy Center
Treatment Center, LMFT, LCPC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Vernon Hills, IL 60061
We know that it can be overwhelming to find accessible and supportive care for your whole family. Every family has different needs, but driving everyone all over town trying to meet their healthcare needs cuts down the time we have available for self-care and connecting in the relationships in our lives. At Touchstone Therapy Center, we have a broad scope of therapeutic services available at our "one-stop-shop" for your convenience. We've brought together specialists in counseling, physical, occupational, speech therapies all under one roof to make this care more accessible and integrative than ever. Our priority is to collaboratively enhance, educate, and empower families to reach their potential.
4 to 8 men who meet weekly for discussion, consultation, laughter, encouragement, accountability and talking to someone who gets it (each other).
Relationships in love, family and work (and with myself) shape so much of how we feel. I help people know themselves and what they bring (good and bad) to their relationships, and help build cognitive and other skills needed to form rewarding connections and sort out relationship breakdowns and chronic personal problems. In addition, I help those who have had tried therapy or medication in the past but have not been helped. I work with individuals and couples by listening carefully and responding thoughtfully, genuinely and respectfully to create positive outcomes and to meet important needs.
6-week group therapy for women who are currently or have been in an unhealthy relationship(s). The goal of this group is to identify the patterns and have an understanding of what an unhealthy vs healthy relationship is.
Hosted by Thriving Lives Counseling, LLC
Counselor, MA, LCPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Group meets in Tinley Park, IL 60477
You feel like you're going through the motions but never really getting anywhere. Maybe you're completely stressed out and worried about your future or your family members' futures. Or maybe it's a struggle to set healthy boundaries for yourself and your loved ones. You've likely been debating seeking help for months, if not years. We're so glad you've taken the courageous step of being here. We're confident that together, we can work to equip you with the necessary tools to help you face and overcome these challenges.
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Divorce Support Groups
How does therapy for people affected by a divorce work?
Individuals may feel a number of emotions following a divorce, such as shock, guilt, grief, anger, and fear. Therapists offer a non-judgmental space for individuals to talk about what they’ve experienced and process their emotions. Therapists will help clients develop coping strategies. They can also help a client rebuild their sense of self and self-worth and talk about what a happier future might look like.
What’s the most common type of therapy following a divorce?
There are several types of therapy that may be useful for divorce, including cognitive behavioral, acceptance and commitment, solution-focused brief, and mindfulness-based therapies. Many therapy types are talk-therapy based, which is typically the most popular option for individuals dealing with divorce. Cognitive behavioral therapy is a widely-used talk therapy, however, there’s no specific therapy type that’s designed to help people with divorce, and different types will work depending on the person.
When should an individual seek help due to a divorce?
When the feelings of a divorced individual, or an individual going through the process of divorce, begin to disrupt healthy daily functioning, it may be a good time to look into therapy. If a person finds that they are not performing at work due to problems with anxiety or motivation, if they’re no longer seeing friends due to feelings of shame, or if they’re not properly taking care of themselves as a result of depression, speaking to a professional could help.
How do you encourage someone to go to therapy due to a divorce?
It’s helpful to express concern and love for the individual while framing therapy as a tool for improving their life. Sharing how the individual appears to be suffering, and what effects it has on them or on their children, should be done with compassion and empathy. It may be useful to devise a game plan—breaking the process down into parts, such as finding a therapist, making appointments, and looking into insurance coverage.