
Gurnee Counseling Center


Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $175
- Couple Sessions $175
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Out of Network

Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Illinois / 180000372
- Certificate from Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
- Attended Cincinnati Christian Univers
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Relationship Issues
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alzheimer's
- Anger Management
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Drug Abuse
- Elderly Persons Disorders
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Stress
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
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Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Family Systems
- Hypnotherapy
- Interpersonal
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
Groups
Awaken - High School Group

Awaken's group mission is to help adolescents cope, strategize, and implement new ways of thinking about topics such as: self advocacy, family interactions, personal responsibility, school-based stress, sexuality, coping strategies, internet safety, peer pressure, depression, and anxiety. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy emphasized. *This group is on a temporary break for the summer while the facilitator is on medical leave.*
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Location
Gurnee Counseling Center
4212 Old Grand Ave
Suite 102
Gurnee, IL 60031
Beyond - Middle School Group

The group focuses to motivate middle school students to be conscious of themselves and their environment while building self-advocacy skills. With an emphasis on social skills, the group aims to build upon individual strengths and identify potential growth areas. The group utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) to help students gain new skills, validate their experience, and gain confidence in tolerating difficult emotions and circumstances going forward. *This group is on a temporary break for the summer while the facilitator is on medical leave.*
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Location
Gurnee Counseling Center
4212 Old Grand Ave
Suite 102
Gurnee, IL 60031
Parent Support and Process Group

The group will focus on Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) skills, specifically mindfulness and distress tolerance. Other topics will include internet safety, substance use/prevention, anxiety, depression, and effective communication within conflict. The group is open to parents of children of any age. Group content will with correlate with adolescent groups so that parents and adolescents are receiving similar information. The hope is this will bring greater understanding and valuable conversation at home. Register by emailing Christine Pope at christinep@gurneecounselingcenter.com
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Types of Therapy
Age
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Location
Gurnee Counseling Center
4212 Old Grand Avenue
Suite 102
Gurnee, IL 60031
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