Family Therapy in Chicago, IL
I specialize in supporting women through a women’s empowerment framework, as well as working with other psychotherapists who prefer somatic interventions over traditional talk therapy. My areas of focus include anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, self-esteem, identity concerns, Latinx and first-generation acculturation conflicts, intergenerational trauma, and vicarious trauma. I currently offer teletherapy only and welcome you to reach out via email to schedule a brief phone consultation to explore if we’re a good fit.
I specialize in supporting women through a women’s empowerment framework, as well as working with other psychotherapists who prefer somatic interventions over traditional talk therapy. My areas of focus include anxiety, depression, relationship challenges, self-esteem, identity concerns, Latinx and first-generation acculturation conflicts, intergenerational trauma, and vicarious trauma. I currently offer teletherapy only and welcome you to reach out via email to schedule a brief phone consultation to explore if we’re a good fit.
Everyone has a story, they just need a safe place to share it. My goal is to empower people and provide that safe space for them to process and find their hope restored. I am passionate about equipping individuals to make intentional decisions to improve overall wellness. I use an individualized and collaborative approach in therapy. For those who choose to incorporate faith, we will honor that by seeking truth, wisdom, and discernment from the Holy Spirit through Prayer and Scripture.
Everyone has a story, they just need a safe place to share it. My goal is to empower people and provide that safe space for them to process and find their hope restored. I am passionate about equipping individuals to make intentional decisions to improve overall wellness. I use an individualized and collaborative approach in therapy. For those who choose to incorporate faith, we will honor that by seeking truth, wisdom, and discernment from the Holy Spirit through Prayer and Scripture.
As your therapist I will partner with you to alleviate your distress and help you gain insight about the obstacles you are facing. Our time together will provide you with a safe place to reconnect with yourself and your life. Utilizing a variety of techniques, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mood management, increasing self-worth, mindfulness and meditation, empowerment, and work/ life balance, we will make steps towards helping you address aspects of your life where you’d like to see change.
As your therapist I will partner with you to alleviate your distress and help you gain insight about the obstacles you are facing. Our time together will provide you with a safe place to reconnect with yourself and your life. Utilizing a variety of techniques, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, mood management, increasing self-worth, mindfulness and meditation, empowerment, and work/ life balance, we will make steps towards helping you address aspects of your life where you’d like to see change.
As seen on Univision, Telemundo, and La Ley Radio. Currently accepting clients for psychological and mental health evaluations for immigration cases. If you are petitioning for a U Visa, VAWA, Asylum, or Hardship (Perdon), please contact me to conduct the required mental health evaluation. Receive a comprehensive report that includes a biopsychosocial biography, clinical assessments, and treatment recommendations as well as other information pertaining to your particular case. Interviews done online.
As seen on Univision, Telemundo, and La Ley Radio. Currently accepting clients for psychological and mental health evaluations for immigration cases. If you are petitioning for a U Visa, VAWA, Asylum, or Hardship (Perdon), please contact me to conduct the required mental health evaluation. Receive a comprehensive report that includes a biopsychosocial biography, clinical assessments, and treatment recommendations as well as other information pertaining to your particular case. Interviews done online.
I am trained in Internal Family Systems.
We all want to live happy and productive lives and we all have strengths that help us do this. Strengths lie in our relationships and inside of us. Sometimes blocks keep us from being able to use our strengths. I'm not currently accepting new clients, but at Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling, we have many excellent therapists who are available to help access strengths and lift blocks.
I am trained in Internal Family Systems.
We all want to live happy and productive lives and we all have strengths that help us do this. Strengths lie in our relationships and inside of us. Sometimes blocks keep us from being able to use our strengths. I'm not currently accepting new clients, but at Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling, we have many excellent therapists who are available to help access strengths and lift blocks.
Life can feel heavy at times, and having a safe space to reflect and find your next steps can make a big difference. I work with teens and adults navigating anxiety, depression, cultural stressors, relationship challenges, workplace issues, and life transitions. I also provide an affirming space for LGBTQIA+ clients and approach therapy with a cultural humility lens honoring each person’s unique experiences and identity.
Life can feel heavy at times, and having a safe space to reflect and find your next steps can make a big difference. I work with teens and adults navigating anxiety, depression, cultural stressors, relationship challenges, workplace issues, and life transitions. I also provide an affirming space for LGBTQIA+ clients and approach therapy with a cultural humility lens honoring each person’s unique experiences and identity.
As a therapist, I work to provide a space for my clients to be heard and supported while they work towards success in their daily life, particularly those within male and Asian-American communities. My specialty areas include navigating life transitions, managing anxiety and depression, understanding self and others, and exploring immigrant/second-generation identities. In sessions, I strive to create a collaborative environment where clients and I can engage in meaningful conversations that foster positive growth. My past clients have often described their counseling experience with me as encouraging, enriching, and empowering.
As a therapist, I work to provide a space for my clients to be heard and supported while they work towards success in their daily life, particularly those within male and Asian-American communities. My specialty areas include navigating life transitions, managing anxiety and depression, understanding self and others, and exploring immigrant/second-generation identities. In sessions, I strive to create a collaborative environment where clients and I can engage in meaningful conversations that foster positive growth. My past clients have often described their counseling experience with me as encouraging, enriching, and empowering.
We are living through one of the most challenging times in known history, especially if you are a minority. As a queer woman, I understand how scary the world can feel right now. It feels like everyday we are losing more rights. Rights to our bodies. Rights to love who we choose. Rights to feel safe in our communities. It is so overwhelming and scary and can make finding help even harder because of fears that they might not understand your experience. I am here to validate your experience and existence and help you find ways to still find joy, even in dark times.
We are living through one of the most challenging times in known history, especially if you are a minority. As a queer woman, I understand how scary the world can feel right now. It feels like everyday we are losing more rights. Rights to our bodies. Rights to love who we choose. Rights to feel safe in our communities. It is so overwhelming and scary and can make finding help even harder because of fears that they might not understand your experience. I am here to validate your experience and existence and help you find ways to still find joy, even in dark times.
If you have have been struggling with boundaries; people pleasing; cultural/ family expectations; intergenerational trauma; self-advocacy and finding your voice; anxiety, identity confusion, and burnout; and navigating marginalized identities in dominant spaces, you're not alone.
I offer therapy that’s warm, relational, and culturally attuned. Together, we’ll gently explore your inner world, tune into what feels true for you, and build the confidence to live a life that reflects your needs—not just others’ expectations.
If you have have been struggling with boundaries; people pleasing; cultural/ family expectations; intergenerational trauma; self-advocacy and finding your voice; anxiety, identity confusion, and burnout; and navigating marginalized identities in dominant spaces, you're not alone.
I offer therapy that’s warm, relational, and culturally attuned. Together, we’ll gently explore your inner world, tune into what feels true for you, and build the confidence to live a life that reflects your needs—not just others’ expectations.
I specialize in working with couples and families navigating identity, trauma, intimacy, and connection.
Therapy with me is collaborative, curious, and nonjudgmental. You’re the expert of your life, and I bring clinical insight and cultural sensitivity to support you. We’ll explore patterns, heal past harm, and create space for intimacy and joy. My trauma-informed, liberation-based approach welcomes every part of who you are.
I specialize in working with couples and families navigating identity, trauma, intimacy, and connection.
Therapy with me is collaborative, curious, and nonjudgmental. You’re the expert of your life, and I bring clinical insight and cultural sensitivity to support you. We’ll explore patterns, heal past harm, and create space for intimacy and joy. My trauma-informed, liberation-based approach welcomes every part of who you are.
I often draw on therapeutic approaches, like CBT, internal family parts, and EMDR to help clients stabilize their anxiety and self-regulate.
You are stressed out with your personal life, relationships, and/or work and feel like you haven't tapped into your true human potential. My name is Kirk Johnson and I'm a Licensed Counselor/Therapist. My clients typically start therapy to improve their stress/anxiety management, interpersonal relationships, identity exploration, self-confidence, and their trauma response. Often times, clients need to go deeper to find meaning in their past and present experiences and the stories they tell themselves. These crucial conversations can help stabilize big feelings, and build inner strength.
I often draw on therapeutic approaches, like CBT, internal family parts, and EMDR to help clients stabilize their anxiety and self-regulate.
You are stressed out with your personal life, relationships, and/or work and feel like you haven't tapped into your true human potential. My name is Kirk Johnson and I'm a Licensed Counselor/Therapist. My clients typically start therapy to improve their stress/anxiety management, interpersonal relationships, identity exploration, self-confidence, and their trauma response. Often times, clients need to go deeper to find meaning in their past and present experiences and the stories they tell themselves. These crucial conversations can help stabilize big feelings, and build inner strength.
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a background in Massage Therapy, I also believe reconnecting our minds and bodies allows for a richer understanding of ourselves.
I believe life and relationships are full of challenging, yet rewarding transitions. These transitions provide us with valuable opportunities to understand ourselves more deeply, and to strengthen our relationships. By recognizing our patterns of behavior and understanding why we have them, we are then able to decide if, and how, we want to change those patterns. I strive to help couples and individuals reach this place of understanding by drawing on their strengths and fostering compassion.
As a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with a background in Massage Therapy, I also believe reconnecting our minds and bodies allows for a richer understanding of ourselves.
I believe life and relationships are full of challenging, yet rewarding transitions. These transitions provide us with valuable opportunities to understand ourselves more deeply, and to strengthen our relationships. By recognizing our patterns of behavior and understanding why we have them, we are then able to decide if, and how, we want to change those patterns. I strive to help couples and individuals reach this place of understanding by drawing on their strengths and fostering compassion.
Lauren Zerbst
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CST
3 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
Asking for help can be a vulnerable and scary experience, but the results are often worth it. I am devoted to manifesting growth and stability with all my clients. I am an active, enthusiastic clinician who gives thoughtful feedback after listening carefully to the problem. I am an AASECT certified sex therapist specializing in working with people and populations wishing to explore their sexual identity, sexual functioning, communication, relationship styles, breaking up better, and different ways of living and loving in today's world. She offers evidence-based and out of the box ways of navigating life and relationships.
Asking for help can be a vulnerable and scary experience, but the results are often worth it. I am devoted to manifesting growth and stability with all my clients. I am an active, enthusiastic clinician who gives thoughtful feedback after listening carefully to the problem. I am an AASECT certified sex therapist specializing in working with people and populations wishing to explore their sexual identity, sexual functioning, communication, relationship styles, breaking up better, and different ways of living and loving in today's world. She offers evidence-based and out of the box ways of navigating life and relationships.
I am a pre-licensed Social Worker committed to treating individuals, couples, and families.
Do you feel “stuck” in cycles of unwanted patterns and feel unsure of how to get out? Perhaps you’re dealing with relationship conflicts, difficult life transitions, or consistently putting yourself last. My intention as a therapist is to walk alongside and empower my clients with the tools, insight, and compassion to help heal the mind, body, and spirit. If you are experiencing a variety of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, OCD, autism, ADHD, eating disorders and LGBTQI+ issues, I am here to offer you a compassionate and private therapeutic experience.
I am a pre-licensed Social Worker committed to treating individuals, couples, and families.
Do you feel “stuck” in cycles of unwanted patterns and feel unsure of how to get out? Perhaps you’re dealing with relationship conflicts, difficult life transitions, or consistently putting yourself last. My intention as a therapist is to walk alongside and empower my clients with the tools, insight, and compassion to help heal the mind, body, and spirit. If you are experiencing a variety of concerns including anxiety, depression, trauma/PTSD, OCD, autism, ADHD, eating disorders and LGBTQI+ issues, I am here to offer you a compassionate and private therapeutic experience.
Some areas of interest include but are not limited to infidelity, intimacy, financial stress, motivation, confidence, and family of origin dynamics.
I am a therapist who tends to be more direct in sessions. I am an active participant in my sessions, which can be seen through challenging my clients, helping them learn new tools, and actively participating in the conversation through questions and feedback. I love to work with both couples and individuals. Whether you are going through a life transition, dealing with anxiety, job dissatisfaction, or relationship struggles, I work through a strength-based approach and hope to empower my clients to help them make a change in their lives.
Some areas of interest include but are not limited to infidelity, intimacy, financial stress, motivation, confidence, and family of origin dynamics.
I am a therapist who tends to be more direct in sessions. I am an active participant in my sessions, which can be seen through challenging my clients, helping them learn new tools, and actively participating in the conversation through questions and feedback. I love to work with both couples and individuals. Whether you are going through a life transition, dealing with anxiety, job dissatisfaction, or relationship struggles, I work through a strength-based approach and hope to empower my clients to help them make a change in their lives.
Sometimes it is time to just stop. Stop believing that voice in your head that is so demanding, so critical, so unkind. Stop running, stop fighting, stop avoiding, stop numbing. Sometimes it is time to start. Start waking up, start feeling more alive, start coming home, start loving yourself and others more deeply than ever before. Becoming more present in this constantly beeping and flickering culture of ours is the major personal challenge of the 21st century. Feelings of joy and contentment take place now, not in the future or the past. Experiencing your feelings fully is the key to opening the door to a more satisfying life.
Sometimes it is time to just stop. Stop believing that voice in your head that is so demanding, so critical, so unkind. Stop running, stop fighting, stop avoiding, stop numbing. Sometimes it is time to start. Start waking up, start feeling more alive, start coming home, start loving yourself and others more deeply than ever before. Becoming more present in this constantly beeping and flickering culture of ours is the major personal challenge of the 21st century. Feelings of joy and contentment take place now, not in the future or the past. Experiencing your feelings fully is the key to opening the door to a more satisfying life.
This can play out in your health, your relationships, your family, your job.
My approach focuses on empowering individuals to develop meaningful relationships and interactions in their lives. I offer a safe and non-judgmental space to explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Through our work together, you'll gain a understanding of yourself and your place in the world. You can book me through my website.
This can play out in your health, your relationships, your family, your job.
My approach focuses on empowering individuals to develop meaningful relationships and interactions in their lives. I offer a safe and non-judgmental space to explore your thoughts, feelings, and experiences. Through our work together, you'll gain a understanding of yourself and your place in the world. You can book me through my website.
We all long for rich, rewarding lives, satisfying work, caring relationships and good feelings about ourselves. Sometimes difficult life circumstances, self-defeating thoughts and destructive behaviors can keep us stuck in frustration and unhappiness.
With years of successful experience helping people thrive and create flourishing lives, I can help you gain valuable knowledge to develop creative, practical skills to accomplish your goals and live in joyful, authentic happiness with open-hearted courage and confidence.
We all long for rich, rewarding lives, satisfying work, caring relationships and good feelings about ourselves. Sometimes difficult life circumstances, self-defeating thoughts and destructive behaviors can keep us stuck in frustration and unhappiness.
With years of successful experience helping people thrive and create flourishing lives, I can help you gain valuable knowledge to develop creative, practical skills to accomplish your goals and live in joyful, authentic happiness with open-hearted courage and confidence.
I invite you to call our agency, Northeast Family Services, to schedule an appointment today to begin our work together.
The past few years have been difficult, and children, adolescents, and young adults have especially been struggling to cope. Now more than ever, it is important that we support their mental and emotional health and assist them with building the necessary skills to cope with stressors. If you have noticed a change in your child, whether that be emotionally or behaviorally, and are looking for a therapist to work with you and your child, look no further! I am currently accepting clients ages 6 and up to assist with navigating emotional and behavioral issues that may be occurring.
I invite you to call our agency, Northeast Family Services, to schedule an appointment today to begin our work together.
The past few years have been difficult, and children, adolescents, and young adults have especially been struggling to cope. Now more than ever, it is important that we support their mental and emotional health and assist them with building the necessary skills to cope with stressors. If you have noticed a change in your child, whether that be emotionally or behaviorally, and are looking for a therapist to work with you and your child, look no further! I am currently accepting clients ages 6 and up to assist with navigating emotional and behavioral issues that may be occurring.
I am most passionate about working with Black and Brown couples & families who have experienced relational trauma, those who are navigating communication issues, couples who are working through infidelity, and traditional mental health.
As a couples therapist I create a calm and non-judgmental environment for clients to connect (or reconnect) in ways they have been unable to on their own. Most people are often surprised that they have vulnerable, emotional, and confident sides of themselves. I have found that when people are able to tap into these skill sets, change is almost inevitable. My favorite thing about being a therapist is helping couples see the impact that vulnerability can have on improving their relationship. I believe that every relationship hits bumps and struggles, but, with help, everyone is capable of change.
I am most passionate about working with Black and Brown couples & families who have experienced relational trauma, those who are navigating communication issues, couples who are working through infidelity, and traditional mental health.
As a couples therapist I create a calm and non-judgmental environment for clients to connect (or reconnect) in ways they have been unable to on their own. Most people are often surprised that they have vulnerable, emotional, and confident sides of themselves. I have found that when people are able to tap into these skill sets, change is almost inevitable. My favorite thing about being a therapist is helping couples see the impact that vulnerability can have on improving their relationship. I believe that every relationship hits bumps and struggles, but, with help, everyone is capable of change.
