Trauma and PTSD Therapists in Lake View, Chicago, IL

It is my true honor to walk with my clients in their journeys of growth and healing. In our work together, we’ll build a customized plan that will help you best reach your goals. This plan will include working together in session as well as home practice. I enjoy working with individuals and couples on a wide variety of concerns including trauma , impacts of discrimination, emotion dysregulation, depression, anxiety, panic, adjustment, relationship concerns, as well as various other life challenges. It is important to me to take into consideration my client's contexts, experiences, and identities as they shape our values and world.

Greetings! Whether continuing therapy or trying it for the first time, I work to create a judgement-free, open, and safe environment for you to be authentic and to explore the struggles that bring you in. I believe no issue is insignificant and through the use of empathy, collaboration, and empowerment, we will journey through growth and healing together. I provide support by actively listening to your experiences and offering a space for ambiguity, direct feedback, reflection, and skill development that will allow you to work toward living the kind of life you want and becoming the version of yourself you want to be.

I bring a compassionate, authentic, and genuine approach in working with individuals and couples. My practice is founded upon great empathy and the belief that each client has the potential to lead the meaningful life they envision for themselves. In entering the therapeutic process, treatment will evoke insight, and provide an accepting space to achieve goals developed in a solution-focused and collaborative manner.

If you feel unsuccessful, unproductive, unloved, overwhelmed by your own or other people expectations; stressed at work, home, or feel professionally and socially inadequate; or if you are going through sudden crises, trauma , loss, disruptive transitions such as job loss, divorce, and migration, then these problems could be addressed, transformed, and healed through counseling process. My extensive counseling experience has helped many clients to re-build their self-confidence, regain lost hope, and transcendent barriers. I am confident that together we can transform adversities into potentials and weaknesses into strengths.

I am a passionate clinician dedicated to understanding the needs of my clients and engaging in advocacy on their behalf. I am an attuned listener who strives to fully know each client’s unique story, how it shapes who they are, and the goals they want to achieve. I have worked with both children and adults providing therapy and utilizing comprehensive psychological assessments to guide their work. Throughout my years of practice, I have helped individuals with trauma , depression, anxiety, and neurodevelopmental challenges. I have an emphasis in neuropsychology and mainly provide neuropsychological and psychological assessments.

Low fees with therapy trainees available now! I have a warm and interactive style and prioritize forming a safe relationship with you. I adapt my to address your specific needs and can help you break behavior patterns and improve relationships, self awareness, and self-esteem. I have advanced training in psychoanalytic, couple, group, and dialectical behavior therapy. I have expertise in treating eating disorders, personality disorders, addictive and compulsive behavior, trauma , anxiety, depression, relationship issues, high conflict couples, and grief and traumatic loss. I see adults, adolescents, couples, families and grops

These last few years have been really hard on our Bodies. So many of us feel more disconnected from ourselves. Your Body deserves to take up space - the world needs your voice and your story. My goal is that my clients can find a place to rest in our work together and to be fully authentically themselves. My specializations are in working with teenagers and young adults who may be neurodivergent, exploring gender identity and/or sexual orientation, healing from complex childhood trauma , and/or religious trauma , or looking to heal their relationship with food and their Bodies.

Being a caregiver can be a landmine, and when that landmine gets tripped, it can look much different than just burnout. It can look like always doing and moving and worrying, because of a fear of everything falling apart if you slow down. It can look like feeling disconnected from or mistrusting of your body or emotions. It can look like self-sacrifice being a measure of your worth. It can look like rage, helplessness, and scary intrusive thoughts. And it can certainly feel like it's a YOU problem, when really, you may be responding the best you know how to an unsupportive environment.

I believe that every person possesses all the strengths and tools to achieve their healing goals, allowing them to thrive, and that it is my role to assist them in accessing and utilizing those strengths. In my past experience providing professional services to survivors of gender-based violence I have witnessed how profoundly trauma impacts the lives of those who experience it, as well as the lives of those who love them. I have been amazed at the strength and resilience of survivors and have seen the incredible capacity people have to heal, grow and change.

I believe therapy is a journey for an individual to explore goals and emotions, heal from past experiences, and gain a strength in oneself. My area of expertise includes working with individuals experiencing anxiety, PTSD / trauma , and depression. I also enjoy working with young adults experiencing life transitions and interpersonal issues.

Most of my clients' challenges stem from childhood trauma and negative pattern of thought, which typically leads to depression, anxiety and other trauma based symptoms. Clients are looking for a therapist who validates them and shows empathy, while being direct and honest. I try to ensure a safe-space for my clients, where we work together to prioritize their mental health so they can feel empowered in their life. I create a safe, trusting, and non-judgmental space where clients can share their unique struggles and change any maladaptive thoughts that might be holding them back.

Sometimes life throws us challenges that are too overwhelming to handle alone. As a trauma informed and culturally sensitive therapist, I understand the importance of allowing space and time for healing in a non-judgmental space. As your therapist, my priority is that you feel comfortable as we work through these difficulties together. My approach is collaborative, as your voice is equally important. This is your lived experience, and my role is to help guide and gently empower you towards realizing a better version of yourself.

I work with adolescents and adults who are experiencing significant life transitions, relationship challenges, trauma or PTSD , depression and anxiety, or struggling to deal with shame and low self-esteem. I also work with men’s issues and LGBTQ+ issues. My area of expertise is working with individuals who are overcoming painful emotions such as guilt, shame, or inadequacy that have been holding them back from living their best lives.

Life can give us experiences of fun and excitement. At the same time, there are periods where day-to-day life becomes overwhelming. When these waves of overwhelm arrive, we can experience difficulty identifying ways to deal with our feelings. We may struggle in naming what we are feeling and subsequently experience a sense of impossibility and helplessness. Through my work with individuals and couples, I developed a repertoire of interventions to guide my clients who are struggling with relational issues, depression, anxiety, trauma , and emotional dysregulation.

I believe therapy should be a safe place for you to identify your innate strengths, deepen your sense of self, and find solutions for the things that challenge you in life. When I work with clients, I use a strengths-based and client-centered approach incorporated with empathy, acceptance and compassion. I whole-heartedly believe that sensitivity is power and being vulnerable is a form of strength.