Elders (65+) Therapists in South Loop, Chicago, IL

There are times in life where we all feel overwhelmed. Whether the day to day grind is wearing you down or overwhelming anxiety is making it difficult for you to leave the house, I am here to be on your side. I am a big believer that effective therapy is a collaborative effort between the client and the therapist and that healing is achieved by working together. I take an integrative approach to therapy, where I tailor the therapy to fit the needs of the client. I am also trained in EMDR therapy for trauma treatment and Gottman level 3 certified for couples work.

I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master's in Social Work from New York University with a concentration in Clinical Mental Health. In my clinical training and work, I have experience providing psychosocial services and therapy within both the New York City Public School and Public Hospital systems as well as a residential treatment school at the University of Chicago. I have years of experience working with clients ranging from early childhood to seniors and with a wide range of presenting problems including depression, anxiety, trauma, and psychosis symptoms.

Currently Accepting New Clients! It takes courage to understand the circumstances of our personal journeys. I provide a safe and collaborative environment to help you identify concerns, establish achievable goals, and provide professional assistance towards success. I empower my clients to identify their own strengths, experiences, and interpersonal relationships to help guide them to positive change.

I am very dedicated to my clients. I work in a reflective and empathetic style, and offer collaborative input toward their personal growth and self-compassion. I strive to build a welcoming partnership with them over time, in which they can feel safe to verbalize and explore their true feelings within a supportive and trusting clinical alliance. By gradually deepening their own awareness of themselves via this process, my clients are often able to overcome emotional obstacles, have more satisfying relationships, feel a greater sense of freedom and curiosity, and more fully engage in ways they find fulfilling.

For over 19 years, Branch has provided culturally relevant clinical mental health services to individuals, families and communities on Chicago's south side. Collectively, Branch staff has more than 50 years of clinical and administrative experience. We serve more than 1500 individuals and families each year at our Beverly and South Loop locations.

I am Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has spent my entire career working to understand why mental health is just as important as our physical and spiritual health. I enjoy working directly with a wide range of client populations, ages 14 -65+ years old. I am particularly interested in working with clients struggling with post- traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and societal related stressors. I offer a safe, non-judgmental environment to help client’s process underlying feelings, emotions, and thoughts in order to minimize stress, mobilize coping skills, and access social resources.

It's difficult to take the plunge to come to therapy and open up to a person you don't know. I have worked with people from their 20's to 70's overcome what they feared are unsurmountable obstacles to having fulfilling relationships, meaningful jobs, and healthy self-esteem. I have a PhD in therapeutic social work, a BFA in art and I am a certified Psychoanalyst which means I am eager to engage in both once a week treatment to four times a week in depth work with IT and office workers, academics ,students, artists, political organizers and stay at home parents. I take a nonjudgmental anti racist affirming approach

Many of us find ourselves at points in life when we need the aid of another person to help understand and challenge us. I welcome individuals and couples who are interested in seeing whether psychoanalytically-oriented treatment is a good fit for them.

Are you feeling down, or experiencing negative thoughts? Do you struggle to find a sense of calm? Therapy can help. Are you dealing with relationship difficulties, struggles to balance career and personal life, grief, loss or trauma, adapting to health problems, or searching for personal meaning in life? Sorting out and talking through these issues, along with developing adaptive coping strategies can make a positive difference. As the therapeutic process develops, you may also explore your personal history in relation to current stressors, and develop a greater sense of self understanding and discover ways you want to tweak some "old ways of doing things."

You have the innate ability to usher change into your life! We experience things in life that often leave us feeling like we have been knocked down or knocked out. Whether its trauma from our childhood or a relationship in adulthood, whether we battle with anxiety, depression, PTSD, lonliness, stress, low self esteem and self worth, life transitions, or the death or non death process of grief and loss, we have all had life experiences that shape how we relate to the world.

I'm passionate about helping my clients navigate life's journey, be it depression, anxiety, life transitions, ambiguous loss, strained relationships or employment struggles. I specialize in substance abuse and grief. I work with dual-diagnosis clients and understand the genetic component of addiction and how individuals may self-medicate for unresolved issues in their lives. In addition, I'm trained as a Grief Counselor and work with clients experiencing grief and loss, allowing clients a space to grieve.

Your life is as it is because of the story you tell. No matter what happens on the outside it’s what happens on the inside that counts. But society wants us to keep looking out there for happiness and meaning, making us unwitting slaves. The first step is to create a sanctuary of silent solitude where your inner life has a chance to breath and unfold its reality. Having someone to talk to from inside that sacred space makes the journey real, gives it dignity and value. I watch for the connections that already exist between your soul and the life you are creating, in the archetypes that arise. Together we map your soul's landscape.

Imagine what life would be like if you weren't bothered by OCD. NOCD is here to help you regain peace of mind. NOCD is a digital health company that’s focused on effectively treating people with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. Inside the NOCD mobile app, you can work with one of our licensed mental health therapists with specialty training in OCD. When your therapist isn’t available, access support communities and therapeutic tools - so that you are never alone. NOCD’s protocol has been proven to reduce OCD severity by 40% in less than 10 weeks.

I believe that embracing change is what helps people to be and feel free. However, as we all experienced it in the past many months, change sometimes comes unannounced. Let me be your compassionate companion on your journey and help you feel ready to navigate the challenges and changes that arise in your life. I utilize an integrative, humanistic approach as well as culturally responsive/affirming, person centered and CBT. Therapy with me includes authenticity, genuineness, and transparency. In my clinical experience, I have worked with individuals and groups in areas such as depression, anxiety disorders, grief, self-harm, trauma.

Starting therapy shows great courage and hope. I will collaborate with you to explore and reduce overwhelming feelings of worry and sadness while helping you better manage relationships in your life. I am guided by the belief that human relationships can be healing and aim to develop an authentic connection with my patients.

I am an active, cognitive behavioral therapist who forms strong therapeutic partnerships, laced with humor, gentleness, thoughtful confrontation and the belief that individuals have the right,responsibility and capacity to decide how they want to live. I am both supportive and challenging. I help individuals examine their belief systems, identify strengths, work through barriers to growth and develop specific strategies for modifying their behavior. While I believe that the client is ultimately responsible for life choices, I am actively involved as a consultant, supporter, strategist and trusted advisor.

Accepting new clients, couples and individuals! If you are here on Psychology Today, you may be experiencing out of control feelings like depression, anxiety, ruminations, or obsessive thoughts. When emotional changes, occur, it’s nice to have a trusted professional to help you understand yourself, your optimum choices, and your ability to create new choices for yourself that feel best for you. If you are feeling uncertain or have a desire to create change for yourself but do not yet see the path, you can direct that change with a little help.

Self-exploration can be an intimidating task. I have the honor of accompanying my clients on such journeys, and collaborate with clients to develop a fuller understanding of themselves. I provide an honest, respectful and non-judgmental space for such reflection, in which we can sort through the elements of life that are difficult, whether that is a result of anxiety, depression, trauma, questions of gender or sexuality, grief, body issues, life transitions, illness or other difficulties. Through such work, I hope to foster authentic growth, change and lasting relief for my clients.

My areas of specialization are working with individuals/couples/relationships who are in the LGBTQ+ community who have experienced violence, such as sexual violence, childhood sexual abuse, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, family system-based violence, spiritual abuse, and community-based violence. I work with many different relationship structures from cisgender heterosexual monogamous couples and folx with more expansive relationship structures. My areas of specialization in working with relationship clients are high-conflict relationships, sexual dysfunction/dysregulation, infidelity, trust, safety, and stability.