Therapists in 60661
Most of us could benefit from more connection, better communication and practical day-to-day strategies for our relationships, family and work. Working through transitions in life and want a better playbook? Need parenting advice to create a harmonious home? You simply want or need someone to talk with to sort out life's challenges. You want someone in your corner to be your biggest cheerleader and fiercest challenger. That's where we come in. Warm and Competent. Practical. Relevant. Creative. Challenging and Gentle. Humorous and Kind. We'll work together with intention to get over your hurdles and make an impact that matters.
Most of us could benefit from more connection, better communication and practical day-to-day strategies for our relationships, family and work. Working through transitions in life and want a better playbook? Need parenting advice to create a harmonious home? You simply want or need someone to talk with to sort out life's challenges. You want someone in your corner to be your biggest cheerleader and fiercest challenger. That's where we come in. Warm and Competent. Practical. Relevant. Creative. Challenging and Gentle. Humorous and Kind. We'll work together with intention to get over your hurdles and make an impact that matters.
You could be someone who feels there is one or two things standing in your way of being healthy…or you could be struggling to be seen and heard in your work, home and family relationships. You may find yourself near or in burnout from stress. In my 20 years of studying ways of being, I work with folks to embrace these challenges and improve their self awareness to bring healing to their lives.
You could be someone who feels there is one or two things standing in your way of being healthy…or you could be struggling to be seen and heard in your work, home and family relationships. You may find yourself near or in burnout from stress. In my 20 years of studying ways of being, I work with folks to embrace these challenges and improve their self awareness to bring healing to their lives.
Are you feeling less fulfilled lately, or finding it challenging to make healthy changes? I'm here to support and guide you in creating the life you've always envisioned. I value building strong relationships and meeting you where you are in your journey. My focus is on identifying your strengths and working collaboratively to develop healthy coping strategies and a robust support system. I am particularly passionate about working with adolescents and adults. My therapy approach is tailored and personalized to align with your unique goals and needs in order to empower you to live your best life.
Are you feeling less fulfilled lately, or finding it challenging to make healthy changes? I'm here to support and guide you in creating the life you've always envisioned. I value building strong relationships and meeting you where you are in your journey. My focus is on identifying your strengths and working collaboratively to develop healthy coping strategies and a robust support system. I am particularly passionate about working with adolescents and adults. My therapy approach is tailored and personalized to align with your unique goals and needs in order to empower you to live your best life.
Congratulations on taking the courageous first step toward becoming the best version of yourself! Navigating through life can be challenging and, at times, overwhelming, but reaching out shows your strength and readiness to grow. I specialize in working with children, teens, and adults to overcome behavioral and mental health challenges, embrace personal strengths, strengthen relationships, and confront negative thought patterns.
Congratulations on taking the courageous first step toward becoming the best version of yourself! Navigating through life can be challenging and, at times, overwhelming, but reaching out shows your strength and readiness to grow. I specialize in working with children, teens, and adults to overcome behavioral and mental health challenges, embrace personal strengths, strengthen relationships, and confront negative thought patterns.
Johanna is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who earned her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She has experience working with couples and adults, specializing in depression, anxiety, chronic illness, substance abuse, grief and loss, eating disorders, and trauma informed care. Johanna emphasizes the therapeutic relationship as one of the most important factors in facilitating positive, holistic change. She is dedicated to building a non-judgmental, warm, and genuine environment that promotes trust and safety.
Johanna is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who earned her Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She has experience working with couples and adults, specializing in depression, anxiety, chronic illness, substance abuse, grief and loss, eating disorders, and trauma informed care. Johanna emphasizes the therapeutic relationship as one of the most important factors in facilitating positive, holistic change. She is dedicated to building a non-judgmental, warm, and genuine environment that promotes trust and safety.
As the world moves around us and things feel out of control, you might need help to sort through it all. I am committed to holding space for you to work through the challenges you are facing and to helping you find ways to create a more balanced life. If you are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, needing more from your relationships, or wanting to get to know yourself on a deeper level, you are in the right place. I help clients living with grief and loss, anxiety, and trauma as well as those who are experiencing life transitions.
As the world moves around us and things feel out of control, you might need help to sort through it all. I am committed to holding space for you to work through the challenges you are facing and to helping you find ways to create a more balanced life. If you are feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, needing more from your relationships, or wanting to get to know yourself on a deeper level, you are in the right place. I help clients living with grief and loss, anxiety, and trauma as well as those who are experiencing life transitions.
Are you searching for more from life? Your energy and mood are low, and maybe your capacity is different than it used to be but you don't know why you can't bounce back? You want to feel like yourself again but don't seem to know how to get there and the things you've done in the past aren't working, or you can't muster the energy or time to do them. Maybe you know very deeply you were meant to thrive, not just survive, and you would like to live from a place of authenticity and alignment with your true nature. Perhaps you would like to reconcile internal opposing beliefs and resolve the self questioning and doubt.
Are you searching for more from life? Your energy and mood are low, and maybe your capacity is different than it used to be but you don't know why you can't bounce back? You want to feel like yourself again but don't seem to know how to get there and the things you've done in the past aren't working, or you can't muster the energy or time to do them. Maybe you know very deeply you were meant to thrive, not just survive, and you would like to live from a place of authenticity and alignment with your true nature. Perhaps you would like to reconcile internal opposing beliefs and resolve the self questioning and doubt.
Currently, I am doing all services via HIPPA Secure Tele-health for Tennessee, Illinois, Louisiana and Florida. I currently and excepting new clients. I work with children/adolescents, adults and families. I have helped clients understand and work through their life challenges. I will try to help individuals and families to have emotional insight into their work, personal and family issues.
Currently, I am doing all services via HIPPA Secure Tele-health for Tennessee, Illinois, Louisiana and Florida. I currently and excepting new clients. I work with children/adolescents, adults and families. I have helped clients understand and work through their life challenges. I will try to help individuals and families to have emotional insight into their work, personal and family issues.
From the outside, does it look like you’re doing okay, but inside, anxiety feels constant, your mind won’t stop looping, or habits that once helped you cope now feel hard to control? Let’s be honest, life can feel pretty overwhelming at times. Maybe you’re stuck in cycles of overthinking, intrusive thoughts, compulsions, or using substances to manage stress, only to feel more overwhelmed. If anxiety, OCD, or addiction is interfering with your life, therapy can help. I work with adults navigating anxiety, OCD, and addiction, offering practical, evidence-based tools to reduce symptoms and understand patterns that keep you stuck.
From the outside, does it look like you’re doing okay, but inside, anxiety feels constant, your mind won’t stop looping, or habits that once helped you cope now feel hard to control? Let’s be honest, life can feel pretty overwhelming at times. Maybe you’re stuck in cycles of overthinking, intrusive thoughts, compulsions, or using substances to manage stress, only to feel more overwhelmed. If anxiety, OCD, or addiction is interfering with your life, therapy can help. I work with adults navigating anxiety, OCD, and addiction, offering practical, evidence-based tools to reduce symptoms and understand patterns that keep you stuck.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker whose approach to therapy is relational, collaborative, strengths-based and somatically oriented.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker whose approach to therapy is relational, collaborative, strengths-based and somatically oriented.
It can feel intimidating to reach out for help, which is why I approach therapy in a gentle and compassionate manner. My focus is on individuals and couples who want to address their relational, emotional, and sexual wellbeing. It is my frame of thought that the relationships, both with ourselves and with others, are at the core of emotional health. My clients seek to improve emotional connections and empathy, as well as their experience of sex and sexuality. I am clinically trained to work with a wide range of clients and issues.
It can feel intimidating to reach out for help, which is why I approach therapy in a gentle and compassionate manner. My focus is on individuals and couples who want to address their relational, emotional, and sexual wellbeing. It is my frame of thought that the relationships, both with ourselves and with others, are at the core of emotional health. My clients seek to improve emotional connections and empathy, as well as their experience of sex and sexuality. I am clinically trained to work with a wide range of clients and issues.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in psychotherapy for trauma and stress-related disorders, emotional regulation, anxiety, behavioral conditions and parental support. I have a passion for supporting people through challenging experiences towards growth, healing and change. I believe in the importance of emotional regulation and psychological safety while processing through difficult topics. I also believe that we often are hurt in relationship to others and, as a result, heal in relationship to others.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in psychotherapy for trauma and stress-related disorders, emotional regulation, anxiety, behavioral conditions and parental support. I have a passion for supporting people through challenging experiences towards growth, healing and change. I believe in the importance of emotional regulation and psychological safety while processing through difficult topics. I also believe that we often are hurt in relationship to others and, as a result, heal in relationship to others.
Ruth Tekeste Dicks
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, MS, MEd
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Not accepting new clients
I’m so glad you’re here! It's too easy to be overwhelmed with life’s challenges and everything you feel you “should” be doing. I'll support you in gently facing those truths too difficult to face alone and practicing the power of positive thinking, gratitude, and self-compassion. At your pace and without judgment, we will process your family history and trauma, and you will understand their effects on your relationships and life. We'll explore the connections between your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and triggers so you can make positive changes to heal and move toward peace, balance, and joy.
I’m so glad you’re here! It's too easy to be overwhelmed with life’s challenges and everything you feel you “should” be doing. I'll support you in gently facing those truths too difficult to face alone and practicing the power of positive thinking, gratitude, and self-compassion. At your pace and without judgment, we will process your family history and trauma, and you will understand their effects on your relationships and life. We'll explore the connections between your thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and triggers so you can make positive changes to heal and move toward peace, balance, and joy.
So, you’ve taken the first step to healing, self-insight and wholeness. What a beautiful journey you are in store for. Choosing the right therapist is just as important as making the decision to embark on the journey. The therapeutic journey is one that will be accompanied by many emotions, because of this you deserve to feel both comfortable and safe when navigating through life’s challenges. As the Lead Therapist at SCT Counseling, my first objective is to build rapport (a professional connection) with my clients. My biggest mission is to normalize therapy, making healing more appealing!
So, you’ve taken the first step to healing, self-insight and wholeness. What a beautiful journey you are in store for. Choosing the right therapist is just as important as making the decision to embark on the journey. The therapeutic journey is one that will be accompanied by many emotions, because of this you deserve to feel both comfortable and safe when navigating through life’s challenges. As the Lead Therapist at SCT Counseling, my first objective is to build rapport (a professional connection) with my clients. My biggest mission is to normalize therapy, making healing more appealing!
Clients whom I've worked well with are often experiencing interpersonal struggles, mood disorders, anxiety, physical symptoms, and unhelpful behaviors that stem from earlier trauma. I've also worked with many clients who are struggling with issues such as stress, illness, grief and loss, relationship issues, and life transitions.
My approach to therapy is collaborative, nonjudgemental, client-centered, relational, and respectful. Our work initially will be to develop a safe enough relationship in which to explore your vulnerabilities, strengths, needs, goals, and to improve and develop skills to support your healing and growth.
Clients whom I've worked well with are often experiencing interpersonal struggles, mood disorders, anxiety, physical symptoms, and unhelpful behaviors that stem from earlier trauma. I've also worked with many clients who are struggling with issues such as stress, illness, grief and loss, relationship issues, and life transitions.
My approach to therapy is collaborative, nonjudgemental, client-centered, relational, and respectful. Our work initially will be to develop a safe enough relationship in which to explore your vulnerabilities, strengths, needs, goals, and to improve and develop skills to support your healing and growth.
I work with individuals to process their experiences, heal from past wounds, and reconnect with their inner strength. Life transitions can be challenging, and I provide guidance and support as individuals navigate through these periods of change. Whether it's a career shift, relationship change, or any other significant life event, I help my clients explore their emotions, fears, and aspirations. Together, we develop coping strategies, foster resilience, and discover opportunities for growth and personal transformation. I am passionate about creating an inclusive and culturally sensitive therapeutic environments.
I work with individuals to process their experiences, heal from past wounds, and reconnect with their inner strength. Life transitions can be challenging, and I provide guidance and support as individuals navigate through these periods of change. Whether it's a career shift, relationship change, or any other significant life event, I help my clients explore their emotions, fears, and aspirations. Together, we develop coping strategies, foster resilience, and discover opportunities for growth and personal transformation. I am passionate about creating an inclusive and culturally sensitive therapeutic environments.
I specialize in working with young adults, women, individuals with disabilities, and marginalized/disenfranchised populations. My goal is to help clients discover and build skills to live a satisfying life through strength-based and solution focused interventions without overpathologizing the human experience. Integrating my education and experiences in Forensic Psychology, Art, and Therapeutic Recreation, I'm skilled in providing holistic, inclusive, and affirming psychotherapy.
I specialize in working with young adults, women, individuals with disabilities, and marginalized/disenfranchised populations. My goal is to help clients discover and build skills to live a satisfying life through strength-based and solution focused interventions without overpathologizing the human experience. Integrating my education and experiences in Forensic Psychology, Art, and Therapeutic Recreation, I'm skilled in providing holistic, inclusive, and affirming psychotherapy.
I am committed to creating a safe and nurturing environment where individuals can gain new insights into their experiences and understand how past trauma shapes their present. I work with individuals addressing challenges such as self-esteem, anxiety, and life transitions. I specialize in supporting those navigating identity exploration, trauma, and the complexities of multigenerational and intergenerational trauma. I am particularly passionate about working with individuals in BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities who are coping with trauma.
I am committed to creating a safe and nurturing environment where individuals can gain new insights into their experiences and understand how past trauma shapes their present. I work with individuals addressing challenges such as self-esteem, anxiety, and life transitions. I specialize in supporting those navigating identity exploration, trauma, and the complexities of multigenerational and intergenerational trauma. I am particularly passionate about working with individuals in BIPOC and LGBTQ+ communities who are coping with trauma.
You might be the one others rely on: the helper, the high-achiever, the one who “has it together.” But internally, you feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck between who you are and who you’re expected to be. I work with high-achieving Asian American adults who feel stuck between cultural expectations and personal identity.
In our work together, we’ll identify patterns that keep you feeling stuck, process emotional experiences that may feel difficult to access through words alone, and build practical tools to help you feel more grounded and aligned.
You might be the one others rely on: the helper, the high-achiever, the one who “has it together.” But internally, you feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck between who you are and who you’re expected to be. I work with high-achieving Asian American adults who feel stuck between cultural expectations and personal identity.
In our work together, we’ll identify patterns that keep you feeling stuck, process emotional experiences that may feel difficult to access through words alone, and build practical tools to help you feel more grounded and aligned.
Hello! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 7 years of experience in the field. I specialize in the areas of anxiety, depression, coping skills, stress, and men's issues, and approach the therapeutic process with compassion and empathy, treating everyone with respect and dignity. During sessions, I use a mix of motivational interviewing, compassion and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), among other appropriate techniques. I have learned that no two people are the same and that everyone must be treated individually and holistically. Above all else, I value creating a safe, nonjudgmental and welcoming environment.
Hello! I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 7 years of experience in the field. I specialize in the areas of anxiety, depression, coping skills, stress, and men's issues, and approach the therapeutic process with compassion and empathy, treating everyone with respect and dignity. During sessions, I use a mix of motivational interviewing, compassion and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), among other appropriate techniques. I have learned that no two people are the same and that everyone must be treated individually and holistically. Above all else, I value creating a safe, nonjudgmental and welcoming environment.
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Number of Therapists in 60661
100+
Average cost per session
$175
Therapists in 60661 who prioritize treating:
| 95% | Anxiety |
| 88% | Depression |
| 82% | Relationship Issues |
| 81% | Self Esteem |
| 73% | Stress |
| 68% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 62% | Women's Issues |
Average years in practice
10 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 98% | BlueCross and BlueShield |
| 78% | Aetna |
| 53% | UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH |
How Therapists in 60661 see their clients
| 53% | Online Only | |
| 47% | In Person and Online |
Gender breakdown
| 81% | Female | |
| 16% | Male | |
| 3% | Non-Binary |