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Whitney Perdun
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
O Fallon, IL 62269
Hello, I’m Whitney Perdun, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Board Certified Art Therapist working with individuals, families, and couples. I have eight years of experience specializing in anxiety, depression, self esteem, marital/pre-marital, and emotional disturbance issues. I use a mix of approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Family Systems, Grief Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Play Therapy, Art Therapy, and Structural Planning. My goal is to help you build healthy relationships and find balance, understanding, peace, and safety.
Hello, I’m Whitney Perdun, a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Board Certified Art Therapist working with individuals, families, and couples. I have eight years of experience specializing in anxiety, depression, self esteem, marital/pre-marital, and emotional disturbance issues. I use a mix of approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Rational Emotive Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Family Systems, Grief Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Play Therapy, Art Therapy, and Structural Planning. My goal is to help you build healthy relationships and find balance, understanding, peace, and safety.
(872) 713-5161 View (872) 713-5161
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Janice Sheridan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
O Fallon, IL 62269
I believe the therapeutic relationship is very important. I focus on the whole person and encourage and support them to build on their own strengths to change thoughts and actions that cause them pain. I support and guide my clients to achieve healing and personal growth. I am a skilled practitioner who uses compassion and expertise to help my clients make changes. I create a safe environment for this to happen. I am accepting new clients. I work with individuals and families. I specialize in improving communication, problem solving, mood disorders and abuse issues.
I believe the therapeutic relationship is very important. I focus on the whole person and encourage and support them to build on their own strengths to change thoughts and actions that cause them pain. I support and guide my clients to achieve healing and personal growth. I am a skilled practitioner who uses compassion and expertise to help my clients make changes. I create a safe environment for this to happen. I am accepting new clients. I work with individuals and families. I specialize in improving communication, problem solving, mood disorders and abuse issues.
(618) 996-5285 View (618) 996-5285
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Rick Fagan
Counselor, MA, LCPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
O Fallon, IL 62269
Waitlist for new clients
You never have to feel stuck. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, my passion is to help connect people with the hope they deserve in their lives. If you and/or your loved ones are currently facing stressful life changes, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, behavior difficulties, and/or overwhelming anger, please do not hesitate to call me. Together we can develop effective strategies and build the hope that is necessary to help you overcome whatever challenge is at your feet.
You never have to feel stuck. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, my passion is to help connect people with the hope they deserve in their lives. If you and/or your loved ones are currently facing stressful life changes, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, relationship struggles, behavior difficulties, and/or overwhelming anger, please do not hesitate to call me. Together we can develop effective strategies and build the hope that is necessary to help you overcome whatever challenge is at your feet.
(618) 356-4033 View (618) 356-4033
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Morgan Wilson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
O Fallon, IL 62269  (Online Only)
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, or burnout, you’re not alone. These struggles can affect every part of your life, making it hard to stay present and connected with others. You might feel slower, more tired, or irritable without realizing that these are signs of a deeper mood condition. I offer a safe space where you can explore these feelings and begin to understand what’s really going on. You only need to be curious about your emotions to start the journey—together, we’ll work on the rest.
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, depression, or burnout, you’re not alone. These struggles can affect every part of your life, making it hard to stay present and connected with others. You might feel slower, more tired, or irritable without realizing that these are signs of a deeper mood condition. I offer a safe space where you can explore these feelings and begin to understand what’s really going on. You only need to be curious about your emotions to start the journey—together, we’ll work on the rest.
(872) 217-3414 View (872) 217-3414
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Lori A McAllister
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MAPC, LCPC
Verified Verified
O Fallon, IL 62269
Not accepting new clients
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning how to dance in the rain. - Vivian Green........... Sometimes you just need someone to listen and validate your feelings. Sometimes you need someone who's been there done that. Sometimes you just need a place to go to help get you back on track. I'm that someone and I've many life experiences as well as extensive training to help you. Licensed as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with extensive training in childhood complex trauma. Let me help you learn to dance in the rain!
Life is not about waiting for the storms to pass... It's about learning how to dance in the rain. - Vivian Green........... Sometimes you just need someone to listen and validate your feelings. Sometimes you need someone who's been there done that. Sometimes you just need a place to go to help get you back on track. I'm that someone and I've many life experiences as well as extensive training to help you. Licensed as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with extensive training in childhood complex trauma. Let me help you learn to dance in the rain!
(618) 627-7817 View (618) 627-7817
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Amanda Benson
Counselor, MA, LCPC
Verified Verified
Shiloh, IL 62269
Not accepting new clients
"I'm a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who specializes in providing quality behavioral health services to adolescents 16 years old and up and adults. I have an extensive background working with mood dysregulation, anxiety, chronic mental illness, personality struggles, case management services, and depression. After many years of working in community mental health settings, I have transitioned into private practice."
"I'm a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who specializes in providing quality behavioral health services to adolescents 16 years old and up and adults. I have an extensive background working with mood dysregulation, anxiety, chronic mental illness, personality struggles, case management services, and depression. After many years of working in community mental health settings, I have transitioned into private practice."
(618) 690-4295 View (618) 690-4295
Emotionally Focused Therapists

Who is emotionally focused therapy for?

Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is for couples who are emotionally distressed, stuck in an unsatisfying relationship pattern or feeling deeply alienated. They may even believe the relationship is beyond repair. Very often, the partners display intense anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal in the relationship. In addition, EFT is helpful to couples and individuals who have difficulty expressing emotions and those who have trouble regulating emotions.

Why do people need emotionally focused therapy?

People need emotionally focused therapy because the need for others is built into the brain, but the pressures of daily life can erode feelings of love, and couples often do not have the skills to find their way back to the comfort of each other. Instead, they may be stuck in repetitive patterns of anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal. Emotionally focused therapy regards such strong negative feelings as expressions of protest over the loss of connection and turns them into pathways of reconnection.

What happens in emotionally focused therapy?

Over the course of eight to 20 weekly sessions, couples de-escalate their negative emotional reactivity to one another so that they can listen to each other and be responsive to each other’s needs. Then the deep emotional and physical bond is restored, giving partners a sense of comfort and security, which they can use to solve whatever problems come their way. The therapist plays an active role, helping partners understand how anger and withdrawal are actually misguided cries for connection.

What problems does emotionally focused therapy treat?

EFT is designed to help couples stuck in dysfunctional relationship patterns regain closeness and rebuild their relationship. Typically, such couples experience considerable distress, with partners feeling alienated and distrustful of one another, not certain their relationship can survive. EFT is also helpful to individuals experiencing attachment-related fears of loss; it helps them learn to use their fears as a way of eliciting the closeness they desire.