Black and African American Therapists in Chicago, IL
Congratulations on taking the courageous first step toward becoming the best version of yourself! Navigating through life can be challenging and, at times, overwhelming, but reaching out shows your strength and readiness to grow. I specialize in working with children, teens, and adults to overcome behavioral and mental health challenges, embrace personal strengths, strengthen relationships, and confront negative thought patterns.
Congratulations on taking the courageous first step toward becoming the best version of yourself! Navigating through life can be challenging and, at times, overwhelming, but reaching out shows your strength and readiness to grow. I specialize in working with children, teens, and adults to overcome behavioral and mental health challenges, embrace personal strengths, strengthen relationships, and confront negative thought patterns.
Phoenix Rising Counseling & Guidance, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LCPC, LPC, AMFT
Verified Verified
7 Endorsed
Chicago, IL 60605
Phoenix Rising Counseling and Guidance, LLC is a holistic practice built on the premise of helping individuals like you to recognize your strengths and potential and rise up from the ashes that have negatively impacted your life. We strive to combine the treatment of mental health with mindfulness and spirituality. We believe that everyone has the tools and the innate ability to change their external world by working through the blockages, thought perceptions and cloud of their internal world.
Phoenix Rising Counseling and Guidance, LLC is a holistic practice built on the premise of helping individuals like you to recognize your strengths and potential and rise up from the ashes that have negatively impacted your life. We strive to combine the treatment of mental health with mindfulness and spirituality. We believe that everyone has the tools and the innate ability to change their external world by working through the blockages, thought perceptions and cloud of their internal world.
Offering a client-focused practice style that emphasizes the well-being and autonomy of patients in the areas of anxiety, depression and trauma. Offering Individual, group, and couples sessions, members of the BIPOC and Queer communities. Specializing in sport-focused performance interventions and life transition. As a therapist and mental health professional, I am dedicated to cultivating an inclusive and welcoming space for clients as I work with treating issues related to trauma, sports performance anxiety, crisis care, and family dysfunction that encompasses healing in the mind, body, and spirit.
Offering a client-focused practice style that emphasizes the well-being and autonomy of patients in the areas of anxiety, depression and trauma. Offering Individual, group, and couples sessions, members of the BIPOC and Queer communities. Specializing in sport-focused performance interventions and life transition. As a therapist and mental health professional, I am dedicated to cultivating an inclusive and welcoming space for clients as I work with treating issues related to trauma, sports performance anxiety, crisis care, and family dysfunction that encompasses healing in the mind, body, and spirit.
Life has a way of throwing things at us and making us feel like we are not enough, like we do not belong, our best isn't good enough. Whether you are an adult or a child, emotions and thoughts like these can impact life and the ability to live the lives we all desire. I would love to assist you or your child on this journey. I specialize in working with children ages 4-17, their parents or caregivers and young adults. I take a holistic approach to treatment and factor in all of the many systems and environments that may be impacting you or your child.
Life has a way of throwing things at us and making us feel like we are not enough, like we do not belong, our best isn't good enough. Whether you are an adult or a child, emotions and thoughts like these can impact life and the ability to live the lives we all desire. I would love to assist you or your child on this journey. I specialize in working with children ages 4-17, their parents or caregivers and young adults. I take a holistic approach to treatment and factor in all of the many systems and environments that may be impacting you or your child.
Michael Glover Alexander
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
Michael Alexander is a licensed Clinical Social Worker in Chicago, Illinois. Have you experienced anxiety, loss, feeling marginalized, trauma, and/or feelings of depression that have impacted your life? My approach and practice promotes self-awareness, self-love, and creating a safe environment for clients to be their full authentic selves in session. I utilize CBT, trauma-informed, relational, and strength-based therapy techniques in session. My specialization is working with adolescents, and adults (men and women, LGBTQI) with a focus on addressing relationships, and familial trauma through a culturally informed lens.
Michael Alexander is a licensed Clinical Social Worker in Chicago, Illinois. Have you experienced anxiety, loss, feeling marginalized, trauma, and/or feelings of depression that have impacted your life? My approach and practice promotes self-awareness, self-love, and creating a safe environment for clients to be their full authentic selves in session. I utilize CBT, trauma-informed, relational, and strength-based therapy techniques in session. My specialization is working with adolescents, and adults (men and women, LGBTQI) with a focus on addressing relationships, and familial trauma through a culturally informed lens.
"Strive for Success and Live your best life" Everyone encounters obstacles in life but it important to learn how to build resiliency within yourself so that you can reach positive life goals and not allow negative circumstances to dictate your success. I am a Licensed Clinical Professional counselor experienced in assisting children, adolescents,teens and adults in reaching positive life goals. I have extensive experience working with traumatized children with mental health diagnoses. However within my career span I have experience doing martial and family counseling. As well as working with adults with and without mental health diagnoses.
"Strive for Success and Live your best life" Everyone encounters obstacles in life but it important to learn how to build resiliency within yourself so that you can reach positive life goals and not allow negative circumstances to dictate your success. I am a Licensed Clinical Professional counselor experienced in assisting children, adolescents,teens and adults in reaching positive life goals. I have extensive experience working with traumatized children with mental health diagnoses. However within my career span I have experience doing martial and family counseling. As well as working with adults with and without mental health diagnoses.
Theodore E Stripling
Counselor, LCPC, NCC
Verified Verified
Chicago, IL 60661
Waitlist for new clients
I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and school counselor, working in private practice since 2022. I bring 10 years of experience with children and adolescents in schools and work with adults and families too. I aim to help clients explore themselves and how they relate to their environment, being work, home, or social areas. My role is to help you explore core aspects of yourself and how to get what you need from your world. Please checkout my website to learn more about my counseling approach: www.present-mind.org.
I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and school counselor, working in private practice since 2022. I bring 10 years of experience with children and adolescents in schools and work with adults and families too. I aim to help clients explore themselves and how they relate to their environment, being work, home, or social areas. My role is to help you explore core aspects of yourself and how to get what you need from your world. Please checkout my website to learn more about my counseling approach: www.present-mind.org.
Claudia Roberts
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MS, ALMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Online Only
My specialization lies in working with BIPOC communities, extending a warm and inclusive place for those who often find themselves overlooked in the mental health space. I am committed to providing culturally competent and empathetic therapy, recognizing the unique challenges faced by marginalized populations and bringing them into the therapy room as tools to foster discussion. My ideal clients are young adults, adolescents, and couples in transitional periods of life and those seeking a safe space to navigate stress and explore identity. My couples work focuses on restoring connection and coping with relational stress.
My specialization lies in working with BIPOC communities, extending a warm and inclusive place for those who often find themselves overlooked in the mental health space. I am committed to providing culturally competent and empathetic therapy, recognizing the unique challenges faced by marginalized populations and bringing them into the therapy room as tools to foster discussion. My ideal clients are young adults, adolescents, and couples in transitional periods of life and those seeking a safe space to navigate stress and explore identity. My couples work focuses on restoring connection and coping with relational stress.
I have provided therapeutic services for over 20 years to a multitude of clients. I work with individuals from all ethnic and sexual orientation backgrounds experiencing a variety of concerns including but not limited to depression, anxiety, life transitions, self-esteem, and relational issues. My therapeutic approach utilizes components of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy. I am dedicated to assisting individuals on their journeys to more fulfilled lives.
I have provided therapeutic services for over 20 years to a multitude of clients. I work with individuals from all ethnic and sexual orientation backgrounds experiencing a variety of concerns including but not limited to depression, anxiety, life transitions, self-esteem, and relational issues. My therapeutic approach utilizes components of cognitive behavior therapy (CBT) and psychodynamic therapy. I am dedicated to assisting individuals on their journeys to more fulfilled lives.
Yes! You are ready, and I am here to help! It is not always easy to seek help in a world in which you often feel unsafe, unseen, unprotected, and at times perceived as a threat. Far too often, you are met with unrealistic expectations on how you're "supposed" to feel and express emotions and what it means "to be a man." I have been able to transform the lives of teenagers and adults who've had significant difficulty managing stress, regulating their emotions, navigating social situations, and processing loss and grief.
Yes! You are ready, and I am here to help! It is not always easy to seek help in a world in which you often feel unsafe, unseen, unprotected, and at times perceived as a threat. Far too often, you are met with unrealistic expectations on how you're "supposed" to feel and express emotions and what it means "to be a man." I have been able to transform the lives of teenagers and adults who've had significant difficulty managing stress, regulating their emotions, navigating social situations, and processing loss and grief.
Ariel Chauniece McGrew
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Chicago, IL 60614
Hey there! Are you dealing with feelings of guilt, negative self-talk, doubt, or worthlessness? You don't have to handle these challenges on your own. My aim is to assist you in navigating your emotional struggles using various theoretical approaches, such as cognitive behavior therapy, existential therapy, and solution-focused therapy. I believe that therapy shouldn't be one-size-fits-all; that's why I customize my approach to suit your personality and specific needs. I am dedicated to creating a warm, nonjudgmental, and supportive environment to ensure that each session is both helpful and enjoyable for you.
Hey there! Are you dealing with feelings of guilt, negative self-talk, doubt, or worthlessness? You don't have to handle these challenges on your own. My aim is to assist you in navigating your emotional struggles using various theoretical approaches, such as cognitive behavior therapy, existential therapy, and solution-focused therapy. I believe that therapy shouldn't be one-size-fits-all; that's why I customize my approach to suit your personality and specific needs. I am dedicated to creating a warm, nonjudgmental, and supportive environment to ensure that each session is both helpful and enjoyable for you.
Meet Our Black and African American Therapists
You feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders—work, family, relationships—it's all too much. You’re exhausted from trying to keep everything together, pouring into others but feeling empty yourself. You’ve tried everything—pushing through, ignoring the pain, convincing yourself you’re fine. But deep down, you know something needs to change.
I see how hard you’re trying. You don’t have to do this alone.
You're ready for relief. Ready to feel lighter, freer, and in control. Ready for deep relationships that don’t drain you. Most of all, you’re ready to finally learn what it means to feel worthy, just as you are.
You feel like the weight of the world is on your shoulders—work, family, relationships—it's all too much. You’re exhausted from trying to keep everything together, pouring into others but feeling empty yourself. You’ve tried everything—pushing through, ignoring the pain, convincing yourself you’re fine. But deep down, you know something needs to change.
I see how hard you’re trying. You don’t have to do this alone.
You're ready for relief. Ready to feel lighter, freer, and in control. Ready for deep relationships that don’t drain you. Most of all, you’re ready to finally learn what it means to feel worthy, just as you are.
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of what to do next? Maybe anxiety, depression, or a major life change has made it hard to move forward. Maybe past traumatic experiences keep showing up in ways that feel impossible to shake—affecting relationships, self-worth, or daily life. Or maybe things just feel off, like no matter how much effort goes in, something still feels unsettled.
If relationships are feeling strained, whether with a partner or family, the same arguments might keep happening, trust may feel broken, or disconnection might make it hard to feel seen and understood. It doesn’t have to stay this way.
Feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure of what to do next? Maybe anxiety, depression, or a major life change has made it hard to move forward. Maybe past traumatic experiences keep showing up in ways that feel impossible to shake—affecting relationships, self-worth, or daily life. Or maybe things just feel off, like no matter how much effort goes in, something still feels unsettled.
If relationships are feeling strained, whether with a partner or family, the same arguments might keep happening, trust may feel broken, or disconnection might make it hard to feel seen and understood. It doesn’t have to stay this way.
Briana Mitchell
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, MA, CADC, LPC
Verified Verified
9 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
Supported by compassionate guidance, your well-being takes center stage in our therapy sessions. With me as your therapist, you will be provided a safe space to freely express yourself, knowing you’re met with genuine empathy and unwavering support. In our sessions, you can expect a high level of care, confidentiality and the development of a collaborative relationship where we can work together to identify goals, and craft personalized strategies for growth and healing. Drawing from a blend of therapeutic modalities, I tailor my approach to suit your unique needs.
Supported by compassionate guidance, your well-being takes center stage in our therapy sessions. With me as your therapist, you will be provided a safe space to freely express yourself, knowing you’re met with genuine empathy and unwavering support. In our sessions, you can expect a high level of care, confidentiality and the development of a collaborative relationship where we can work together to identify goals, and craft personalized strategies for growth and healing. Drawing from a blend of therapeutic modalities, I tailor my approach to suit your unique needs.
Life can become complicated to handle when we experience loss, abrupt changes, trauma or conflict with family and friends. If you’ve experienced events that have led to an increase in worry, caused your esteem to plummet, or you find it difficult to manage feelings of sadness or irritability, then therapy can be a great step towards transformative healing. Perhaps you’re looking for a culturally-responsive therapist for yourself or your teen who understands the connection between the changes in one’s mood and the challenge of navigating various (and sometimes oppressive) social and family contexts.
Life can become complicated to handle when we experience loss, abrupt changes, trauma or conflict with family and friends. If you’ve experienced events that have led to an increase in worry, caused your esteem to plummet, or you find it difficult to manage feelings of sadness or irritability, then therapy can be a great step towards transformative healing. Perhaps you’re looking for a culturally-responsive therapist for yourself or your teen who understands the connection between the changes in one’s mood and the challenge of navigating various (and sometimes oppressive) social and family contexts.
Do you want to learn how to manage your life in more effective ways? When circumstances or past experiences feel outside of your control they can impact your emotional distress, mood, lack of boundaries and confidence. This in turn impacts your overall functioning, coping mechanisms and motivation for change. Professional support is a foundational and useful tool to develop management of factors that may be better controlled, adapting to factors outside of our control and developing an ability to recognize the difference. Let’s partner & explore strategies that support accomplishing your goals and building the life you desire!
Do you want to learn how to manage your life in more effective ways? When circumstances or past experiences feel outside of your control they can impact your emotional distress, mood, lack of boundaries and confidence. This in turn impacts your overall functioning, coping mechanisms and motivation for change. Professional support is a foundational and useful tool to develop management of factors that may be better controlled, adapting to factors outside of our control and developing an ability to recognize the difference. Let’s partner & explore strategies that support accomplishing your goals and building the life you desire!
Hi, my name is Dr. Nikki Ruffin. I am a licensed clinical professional counselor and certified drug and alcohol counselor in the state of Illinois a licensed professional clinical counselor in the state of California and a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Indiana.
Hi, my name is Dr. Nikki Ruffin. I am a licensed clinical professional counselor and certified drug and alcohol counselor in the state of Illinois a licensed professional clinical counselor in the state of California and a licensed mental health counselor in the state of Indiana.
Evolve and Transcend Wellness Center
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW
Verified Verified
Online Only
Welcome to Evolve and Transcend Wellness. We provide behavioral health/psychotherapy services to individuals, families, and couples. At Evolve and Transcend Wellness, we use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy to focus on meeting your individual needs. We are accepting self-pay clients at this time, and we believe in affordable rates. We believe in results, and you will notice an improvement in your mental health symptoms after the 1st session. We offer telehealth and in person by appointment only. Feel free to contact me will questions or concerns.
Welcome to Evolve and Transcend Wellness. We provide behavioral health/psychotherapy services to individuals, families, and couples. At Evolve and Transcend Wellness, we use Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy to focus on meeting your individual needs. We are accepting self-pay clients at this time, and we believe in affordable rates. We believe in results, and you will notice an improvement in your mental health symptoms after the 1st session. We offer telehealth and in person by appointment only. Feel free to contact me will questions or concerns.
Life’s journey sometimes takes us on an unwanted detour or a journey where we lose direction. It is this passion that I strive to assist those on the path to healing from the hurts of life and finding direction on the journey. Processing of information and experiences is just one portion of the healing process. As individuals we all experience life stressors at some point in our lives. It’s when those same stressors/traumas cause our lives to unravel that I am here to help you get life back in order and on track.
Life’s journey sometimes takes us on an unwanted detour or a journey where we lose direction. It is this passion that I strive to assist those on the path to healing from the hurts of life and finding direction on the journey. Processing of information and experiences is just one portion of the healing process. As individuals we all experience life stressors at some point in our lives. It’s when those same stressors/traumas cause our lives to unravel that I am here to help you get life back in order and on track.
Tolaya Geredine
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MA, LCPC
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Online Only
You've been hearing buzz words in your orbit around attachment and inner child work, but uncertain where to start. You feel ready to unlearn and re-work some of the ways you show up in the world & in your relationships, but ready to go beyond the reels and dig into the real!
Perhaps you've already made some connections between your current thoughts and behaviors, but need that extra support to get you where you want to be. Maybe you haven't made connections yet, but you're ready to!
You are a successful woman of color from the outside looking in. You are ready to feel that way internally!
You've been hearing buzz words in your orbit around attachment and inner child work, but uncertain where to start. You feel ready to unlearn and re-work some of the ways you show up in the world & in your relationships, but ready to go beyond the reels and dig into the real!
Perhaps you've already made some connections between your current thoughts and behaviors, but need that extra support to get you where you want to be. Maybe you haven't made connections yet, but you're ready to!
You are a successful woman of color from the outside looking in. You are ready to feel that way internally!
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