I view therapy as the process of investing in your growth as a person, a parent, and a partner. I have worked alongside people who have overcome their pain and suffering by focusing on a plan that centers on their strengths and resources. Our work could include a focus on how to build confidence, increase coping skills, process pain from the past, and learn to tolerate uncertainty about the future. Overall, I truly believe that with support and understanding, you have the ability and resilience to achieve your goals of wellness and health.

It is my belief that through the therapeutic relationship one can grow and make significant changes in their life. I will provide a supportive environment to assist you to increase your self knowledge, work through difficult feelings, overcome long standing patterns, and to find solutions to improve the overall quality of your relationship both with yourself and with others.

Are you experiencing issues specific to being a person of color, woman, LGBTQ, immigrant, emerging adult, or youth? Are you an athlete, or seeking to improve your health & wellness? Are you facing a big transition or overall life dissatisfaction? In therapy, we will address your patterns of thinking and feeling, but also explore societal, cultural, and environmental influences. As an athlete of color who has lived among multiple cultures, I provide an authentic and culturally sensitive approach. I also understand how movement and physical health can improve mental skills as it relates to performance and emotional well being.

I believe my clients are capable of unprecedented healing and growth. Loss, set-backs, abuse, traumas, declines in physical and/or emotional health all cause us to get stuck at times. If you are feeling paralyzed, overwhelmed, are questioning yourself, or you need to find ways to heal, therapy is a safe space to explore your options and find ways forward.

Are you worried, sad, or stressed? Are you concerned about your child or your family? Are you wondering if counseling might help you or your family? If you answered "yes" to any of these questions, then let's explore further to see how I can best serve you and your family. I help young people, emerging adults, and parents learn and use creative problem solving skills to better cope with anxiety, depression, behavioral issues, trauma histories and attachment and relationship challenges.

While I do not do psychotherapy, I enjoy supervising social work colleagues who are pursuing their LSW or LCSW licensure. My style is collaborative, personalized and fun. I find it rewarding to share my experience in the field, and also sharing how to look after one's own happiness and wellness while excelling as a clinician.

Healing begins when we feel heard. Have you ever felt like you were giving all you had to something, such as a relationship, healing, or making change, and yet, it doesn't seem to work out in your favor? Did it leave you feeling defeated, stuck, anxious or depressed? While these feelings are normal, they do not have to be forever!

I view therapy as a collaborative process where we work together to disempower the challenges you are facing. Our conversations will help you clarify your hopes and identify the tools needed to overcome the problems you are up against. I bring sensitivity and curiosity to foster a therapeutic space that feels safe and productive. I work with couples to strengthen communication, build trust, heal hurt, and break undesired habits. I support mothers, families and teens. I view this work as a privilege as I share in your experience of moving towards personal and relational fulfillment.

(I am currently providing online tele-health sessions as of 3/17/20 ). My approach as a therapist is warm, kind, and relatable. Recognizing that therapy can be a difficult step to make I strive to help you navigate through the problems that are causing stress or pain. Whether you are looking for help for yourself or your child I am dedicated to helping explore what is preventing you in moving forward in life. I work with individuals with a variety of issues ranging from anxiety and depression to parenting issues and childhood behavioral problems.

I Welcome being able to help you with the challenges that are causing stress and concerns for you. I work with individuals, couple, and children. I can help you improve your parenting tools to decrease conflict. I can assist with tools to decrease anviety aboiut life challenges and transitions. I counsel individuals and couples going through the challenges of infertility and family planning choices. I am dedicated to offering support and guidance to find hope during this journey . I conduct required psychological assessment for Intended Parents, egg donors, and surrogates.

Are you feeling anxious, sad or unsatisfied in your relationships with people, and stuck in figuring out how to attract the connection you want or how to repair what you have? I believe that all problems are relational- being human is to care about connection! I am here to help you analyze what is going wrong, and find new patterns that can help you manifest your best life. I look at change as something necessary but difficult- we tend to remain the same and follow old patterns until they no longer work for us. That's where I come in- to help you through this difficult time with empathy, non-judgement, and a balanced perspective.

Hello! Hola! I’m Dr. Vanesa Cervantes, and I’m a Family and Child Psychologist. I specialize in working with children, adolescents, and families. I believe that every person has the potential to thrive and overcome challenges they may be currently facing. My treatment approach is collaborative, by working together we can develop healthy coping skills, strengthen your child’s social and emotional health and empower him/her to understand and manage their emotions, behaviors, and social relationships. Through our work together you can expect to also learn effective parenting skills that can strengthen your bond and communication.

Suffering is an experience shared by all humans across all walks of life. How we choose to cope, and the meaning we extract from our experiences, is what differentiates us from one another. I believe all individuals possess the strength, skills, and abilities to grow towards wellness and live fulfilling lives; sometimes all that is missing is the right guidance. We all have a story to tell. Are you looking to re-write yours to be one that is more empowering and allows for a more fulfilling future? Let's work together to create a narrative that is true to your strengths, and focus on the characteristics that make you uniquely you!

We are all longing to feel loved and to belong. Yet, it is often in the arms of our loved ones where we can be hurt the most. Working with individuals, couples, adolescents, and families to deal with the pain that comes with close relationships is at the heart of what I do. Together we can work to help you create new meaning in your life with a stronger voice of authorship, empowering you to find the strength and tools to create a life worth living and relationships worth having. Our goal is to help you heal the root so that you can blossom, turning that pain into purpose.

Smart Love Family Services is a team of experienced therapists providing supportive relationship based psychotherapy. Our approach recognizes that all people are born with an innate potential to be happy, to feel good about themselves, and to experience close relationships. However, many find that they are not as happy as they wish. We help people create the kind of life that they want for themselves. At Smart Love, clients learn to turn away from self-sabotaging behaviors, and turn to self-caretaking and constructive coping choices for a more fulfilling life.

I am a relational therapist who works with individuals, couples, and families. I create a warm and accepting space for you to share your issues and help develop a vision of your desired outcome with a plan for how to achieve it. I help identify what's getting in the way of you having the life you want and provide support as you experiment with making changes as you are ready. I focus on behavioral changes first and move to insight and family of origin work as needed. Feel free to call me to discuss your needs (708) 808-3654.

We at Cira Center for Behavioral Health (CCBH) believe that therapy is based on research & science, both of which are incredibly important, but know that nothing is more important than feeling heard & understood without any judgment. When a strong, supportive relationship is combined with direct feedback and skill building, people change & lives improve. We primarily work with adults who are struggling with significant life changes (divorce, starting a family, moving to a new city, etc), stress, relationship difficulties, anxiety, depression, anger, self-esteem & trauma. We offer individual & group therapy services.

Have you've felt stuck in your life or relationships? Sense you need a new direction? Wondering how to shake the current mood you're living in? My style is to partner with you to create conditions for change. My holistic approach focuses on deeply listening to your concerns, and working to develop new life competencies toward results that matter to you. My ideal client is one who comes with a desire to change the feelings, behaviors, and patterns that contribute to current pain or suffering, and a willingness to work together to meet the challenges you face.

We all feel overwhelmed and stressed at times and need a place to sort through our thoughts and feelings. I aim to provide a calm and safe space for you to process and explore what your are experiencing. I am a warm and compassionate therapist using an eclectic approach, that is tailored to each individual. Focusing on your strengths, we can work together to reach your goals. I believe, I am best suited to provide either talk therapy or art therapy to individual adolescents or adults.

Do you struggle in your relationships with those you care about? Do you find yourself getting really frustrated, even doubting yourself when talking to your family or friends? Struggling to cope can lead to feeling anxious, depressed, or even having panic attacks. When we feel overwhelmed, and frequently second guess what we do and say, it makes all of life's challenges so much harder. I'd like to help.