Affective Counseling
Counselor
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Affective Counseling provides tailored counseling for adults, children, adolescents, couples and families. Our compassionate and knowledgeable staff realize that you face unique life challenges and it is our goal to understand how you see the world, yourself and others so that we can better help you navigate life’s journey. Building on personal strengths, recognizing and challenging negative thoughts and developing tangible coping skills are some of the interventions our staff utilizes to assist you in reaching your personal goals.
All therapists at Affective Counseling have an emphasis in treating affective (mood) disorders, including Depression, Bipolar Disorder, Dysthymia, and Cyclothymia. In addition to mood disorders, staff members have individual secondary specializations, including anxiety, life transitions, eating disorders, women’s issues and parenting challenges.
Although choosing to begin the counseling process can initially feel overwhelming or intimidating, as time progresses a person comes to understand that counseling is simply having a conversation with a trustworthy professional who is committed to understanding your concerns and helping you reach your goals.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $175
- Couple Sessions $175
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, VisaInsurance
- Aetna
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Molina Healthcare
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Out of Network
Affective Counseling
Counselor
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Illinois / 180.007845 Catherine Ann Ness
Counselor: Catherine Ann Ness
Affective Counseling
Counselor
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Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Mood Disorders
- Anxiety
- Depression
Expertise
- ADHD
- Anger Management
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychosis
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
I also speak
Polish ,
Russian
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
I also speak
Polish ,
Russian
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Art Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Experiential Therapy
- Family / Marital
- Gestalt
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Strength-Based
Affective Counseling
Counselor
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