Therapists in 60532

I enjoy working with clients who are looking to enhance the connections within themselves, their relationships, and their families. I believe growth happens when people have a safe place that encourages them to communicate what is often hard to express in times of distress, conflict, and traumatic life experiences. As a trauma-informed therapist, I work with individuals/couples/families and children, utilizing various relationally focused approaches, including play, to identify and support the challenges they are facing. Together in therapy, I strive to uncover healing methods that continually strengthen each chapter of your life.

Comprehensive Treatment, Convenient Hours, and Responsive Care: As one of patients, you will receive an individually tailored treatment plan informed by both my understanding of your symptoms and your essential input. I offer a safe and confidential environment along with flexible office hours to cater to your ongoing treatment needs.

My name is Casey and I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 10 years of experience working in a variety of community and mental health settings, including working with pregnant and parenting clients, military veterans and families, and clients with chronic illness. I love working with womxn and families on perinatal and maternal mental health as well as clients deciding what building a family looks like to them, clients adjusting to diagnoses of chronic illness, and womxn in all stages of life on health and mental health issues.

Welcome to my profile! I believe that forming a strong and meaningful therapeutic relationship is essential. My role as a therapist is to guide you in maximizing your emotional growth, creating positive change and provide a space for compassion and healing. I treat adolescents, adults and couples. My purpose is to guide you in identifying and challenging emotions, behaviors and beliefs that are no longer serving you. We will set specific, manageable treatment goals and work together as a team to expand personal strength and resiliency.

I understand that it can be difficult to seek help and I strive to create an environment that is safe, where trust has been established so that difficult issues can be discussed. Are you struggling to communicate with a loved one or family member? Have you recently faced significant changes or losses? Is there a thought pattern or behavior that you cannot control? I can offer a place to be heard, to tell your story, to understand how and why you get stuck, and to have the tools you need to move forward in life.

I strongly believe in the importance of providing a safe, authentic, and accepting space for my clients to be able to take the brave steps necessary to obtain the growth and healing they desire. My personal and professional experiences have shaped my desire to support those who have been feeling stuck in a certain area of life, are struggling with life transitions and desiring skills to actively alter their current chapter. I commit to walk alongside my clients amidst their renewed strength, understanding, resilience, and hope.

For neuropsychological evaluations, you may contact Diane at 630-470-7921. If you're looking for counseling/psychotherapy, please call Diane at Great Lakes Psychology Group, and ask to schedule an appointment with Diane Toby.

I seek clients who are open to discovering their story and how it led them to their current circumstance. I am best able to nurture a relationship with a client who is aware of their reason for seeking support and is comfortable with a direct perspective to realizing their goals. My approach to working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families is centered on the philosophy that we are experiencing components of our personal story daily. When we conclude a chapter, it can impact the next chapter. By understanding our experiences and crafting our next steps, we can shape our story.

“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” -African Proverb Often, culture defines how we respond to daily stressors or how we react to different emotions. At times culture is not enough and the typical approaches can be harmful and lead to trauma. In therapy, one is able to redefine culture and create norms that are more helpful and lead to a more fulfilling life. As a minority, I can help you through this process.

I strive to create and nurture an alliance with individuals and families in our work together, and consider myself honored to be a part of my clients' support system in their journey for change. I have experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families in a variety of settings from high-risk crisis situations, to inpatient substance abuse rehabilitation centers, to outpatient mental health therapeutic centers.

Do you feel unsatisfied and unfulfilled? Do you feel unheard and unable to effectively communicate with your partner or others? Are you angry, depressed, anxious, lonely? You are not alone and there is hope for your life to change. My hope is to be a safe guide for you to explore the roots of what limits you and causes you distress, as well as what fuels and energizes you. We will work together to help you create the kind of life you desire and deserve.

As a specialist in the area of OCD and anxiety-related disorders, I am skilled at working with patients who are suffering from all types of anxiety, and I utilize Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and exposure-based interventions to treat OCD and related disorders (such as hair pulling and skin picking) and Body Dysmorphic Disorder. My other areas of specialty include Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Generalized Anxiety Disorder, Social Phobia, Specific Phobia (e.g., fear of spiders, heights). I provide a safe, trusting environment in which kids, teens, and adults can feel comfortable and confident in their abilities to reach their goals.

Dawn Sands is a Licensed Social Worker in Illinois with two years of experience. She has a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work and Psychology from the University of Iowa and a Masters of Social Work from Aurora University. Dawn believes in creating a supportive and caring environment for clients to help them to feel safe in discussing their experiences without judgement. Her approach is to use a person-centered focus to help clients feel empowered to identify their goals for therapy. Dawn’s passion is for her clients to recognize and value their own self-worth.

I take pride in assisting families with children who are experiencing mood disturbances or having behavioral struggles at home and school. I have years of experience engaging with a diverse youth population with a variety of emotional and behavioral problems, including but not limited to autism, ADHD, defiance (ODD), antisocial behavior (CD and homicidality), and suicidality. Often times, families and youth that are struggling are in need of special attention and instruction that I as a professional offer. Therapy can help to decrease problem behaviors and family conflict while strengthening family bonds.

Sheila Corbett, LCPC, partners with clients to help them gain insight to the answers they possess within themselves. She builds rapport and trust through honesty, transparency, and helping clients find the answers they seek. Sheila earned an undergraduate degree in psychology and a M.A. in community agency counseling from St. Xavier University. She works with teens and adults facing challenges such as depression, trauma, PTSD, and more. In therapy, Sheila uses a variety of of modalities to meet client needs, including CBT, DBT, Mindfulness, Motivation Interviewing, and Solution-Focused therapy.

Are you experiencing stress in relationships, struggling at work or school, preoccupied with your past? Have you experienced your fair share of loss and want to work through the grief? We feel pressures from our external world and also experience them from within. This can affect how we feel about ourselves and others.

When facing a stressful life experience or traumatic event that is causing significant emotional distress, you may realize that working through it alone or talking with family and friends isn't enough to bring relief. Calling a professional dedicated to helping you understand and develop healthy coping skills is often the most difficult, but necessary step to finding relief, emotional growth and healing.

I believe in the peaceful resolution of conflict, whether it is internal conflict caused by anxiety, depression, stress or just feeling stuck or external conflict with partners, children, family ,co-workers, or friends. Self-understanding and self-acceptance are key to personal health and creating healthy relationships. Knowing who we are and what we believe is the start. Being able to communicate that to others is essential to bringing peace into our lives.