Suicidal Ideation Therapists in Chicago, IL
Thoughtful, self-aware, and often hard on yourself, you may feel stuck in patterns of anxiety, emotional overwhelm, depression, or relationship struggles that seem hard to shift. Beneath it all is a longing for deeper self-trust, emotional freedom, and stronger, healthier relationships. Therapy offers more than symptom relief-it provides a path to true healing through an intentional, in-depth, insight-oriented relationship where you feel seen, understood, and supported.
Thoughtful, self-aware, and often hard on yourself, you may feel stuck in patterns of anxiety, emotional overwhelm, depression, or relationship struggles that seem hard to shift. Beneath it all is a longing for deeper self-trust, emotional freedom, and stronger, healthier relationships. Therapy offers more than symptom relief-it provides a path to true healing through an intentional, in-depth, insight-oriented relationship where you feel seen, understood, and supported.
I have many years of experience treating adolescents and adults struggling with depression, anxiety, personality disorders, suicidal ideations, self harm, and troubles with adjustments & life transitions.
It is inevitable that life is challenging and often times, we feel stuck and need reminders that we are not alone. As a psychotherapist, I understand that each client has a unique story of their own and that each client deserves tailored and individualized care. We will start by establishing what goals you would like to achieve in therapy and will then create a treatment plan collaboratively. I tend to pull from your strengths and values, and will work with you to unpack unhelpful thinking patterns and maladaptive behaviors and will explore alternative coping skills that will be more sustainable for you in the long run.
I have many years of experience treating adolescents and adults struggling with depression, anxiety, personality disorders, suicidal ideations, self harm, and troubles with adjustments & life transitions.
It is inevitable that life is challenging and often times, we feel stuck and need reminders that we are not alone. As a psychotherapist, I understand that each client has a unique story of their own and that each client deserves tailored and individualized care. We will start by establishing what goals you would like to achieve in therapy and will then create a treatment plan collaboratively. I tend to pull from your strengths and values, and will work with you to unpack unhelpful thinking patterns and maladaptive behaviors and will explore alternative coping skills that will be more sustainable for you in the long run.
Hola. As a bilingual relational therapist, my work revolves around supporting individuals in romantic relationships, diverse families, and people at all stages of life. The journey of managing, maintaining, and understanding our mental health in relation to others can indeed be challenging, overwhelming, and even daunting.
Hola. As a bilingual relational therapist, my work revolves around supporting individuals in romantic relationships, diverse families, and people at all stages of life. The journey of managing, maintaining, and understanding our mental health in relation to others can indeed be challenging, overwhelming, and even daunting.
I enjoy working with individuals, couples, and families, on a variety of topics and issues, such as consensual/ethical non-monogamous relationships, persons struggling with sexual/sexuality and gender issues, personality disorders, suicidal ideation and addictions.
My work is heavily influenced from a psychodynamic perspective, as well as systems, and solution-focused. In our work together, we will investigate patterns from your childhood and the role they play now, and make sense of your relationships. Together we will explore how you see and experience the world around you.
I enjoy working with individuals, couples, and families, on a variety of topics and issues, such as consensual/ethical non-monogamous relationships, persons struggling with sexual/sexuality and gender issues, personality disorders, suicidal ideation and addictions.
My work is heavily influenced from a psychodynamic perspective, as well as systems, and solution-focused. In our work together, we will investigate patterns from your childhood and the role they play now, and make sense of your relationships. Together we will explore how you see and experience the world around you.
I have extensive experience using art therapy to treat anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and PTSD.
I am passionate about providing individualized support and care to those existing outside of the boxes into which society expects us to fit and conform. I practice non-judgmental and compassionate talk therapy in which I respect you as the ultimate expert and authority on your own life. In addition, I utilize art therapy as an alternative method of processing thoughts, feelings and emotions. For issues that are difficult to talk through with words alone, art therapy can be a useful approach for getting deeper into feelings and building insight.
I have extensive experience using art therapy to treat anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, and PTSD.
I am passionate about providing individualized support and care to those existing outside of the boxes into which society expects us to fit and conform. I practice non-judgmental and compassionate talk therapy in which I respect you as the ultimate expert and authority on your own life. In addition, I utilize art therapy as an alternative method of processing thoughts, feelings and emotions. For issues that are difficult to talk through with words alone, art therapy can be a useful approach for getting deeper into feelings and building insight.
I specialize in working with veterans and first responders who carry the invisible weight of service. Many of my clients are high-functioning and dependable, yet quietly struggling with anxiety, irritability, sleep difficulties, or relationship strain. You may look like you have it all together on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, on edge, or disconnected on the inside.
In our work together, we focus on practical tools to manage stress, improve communication, and help you regain a sense of control and balance. My approach is structured, collaborative, and grounded in real-life strategies that fit your world — not just theory.
I specialize in working with veterans and first responders who carry the invisible weight of service. Many of my clients are high-functioning and dependable, yet quietly struggling with anxiety, irritability, sleep difficulties, or relationship strain. You may look like you have it all together on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, on edge, or disconnected on the inside.
In our work together, we focus on practical tools to manage stress, improve communication, and help you regain a sense of control and balance. My approach is structured, collaborative, and grounded in real-life strategies that fit your world — not just theory.
Psychotherapy is an invitation to meet yourself: not just your thoughts, but your feelings, your patterns, and the ways you’ve learned to relate to the world. Many people come carrying pain that feels unnameable, weighed down by patterns that keep repeating, or wondering why connection always feels just out of reach. Whatever brought you here, you deserve a space where your experience is truly seen, held, and met with curiosity and care.
Psychotherapy is an invitation to meet yourself: not just your thoughts, but your feelings, your patterns, and the ways you’ve learned to relate to the world. Many people come carrying pain that feels unnameable, weighed down by patterns that keep repeating, or wondering why connection always feels just out of reach. Whatever brought you here, you deserve a space where your experience is truly seen, held, and met with curiosity and care.
I am an experienced Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor dedicated to client centered care from a compassionate and strength-based point of view. I excel at building positive therapeutic rapports with children, adolescents, adults, and families presenting with trauma, depression, anxiety, self-harming, mood lability, and impulsivity. I am invested in positive client outcomes, creative solutions, and effective communication. I have specific success working with trauma survivors who are looking to explore and learn about their past narratives to better navigate current thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
I am an experienced Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor dedicated to client centered care from a compassionate and strength-based point of view. I excel at building positive therapeutic rapports with children, adolescents, adults, and families presenting with trauma, depression, anxiety, self-harming, mood lability, and impulsivity. I am invested in positive client outcomes, creative solutions, and effective communication. I have specific success working with trauma survivors who are looking to explore and learn about their past narratives to better navigate current thoughts, emotions, and behaviors.
I work with teens, young adults, and adults, specializing in Borderline Personality Disorder, complex trauma, and management of high-risk, self-harming, and suicidal behaviors.
I am the Founder and Director of Midwest DBT, LLC, where my team and I provide full-fidelity comprehensive DBT, DBT skills training, supportive psychotherapy, and clinical supervision and consultation.
I work with teens, young adults, and adults, specializing in Borderline Personality Disorder, complex trauma, and management of high-risk, self-harming, and suicidal behaviors.
I am the Founder and Director of Midwest DBT, LLC, where my team and I provide full-fidelity comprehensive DBT, DBT skills training, supportive psychotherapy, and clinical supervision and consultation.
I have extensive experience in crisis mental health and helping clients with depression and anxiety, including those experiencing suicidal thoughts.
I take an intersectional, anti-oppressive approach to my work, and as a queer, feminist, neurodiversity-affirming, and sex-positive therapist, I believe therapy should honor your unique identities and experiences. Therapy should be the space where you can be your full, complicated self and work through life's challenges to move toward the life you want to live. I’m here to give you that space and help you find the strategies you need to make that life happen.
I have extensive experience in crisis mental health and helping clients with depression and anxiety, including those experiencing suicidal thoughts.
I take an intersectional, anti-oppressive approach to my work, and as a queer, feminist, neurodiversity-affirming, and sex-positive therapist, I believe therapy should honor your unique identities and experiences. Therapy should be the space where you can be your full, complicated self and work through life's challenges to move toward the life you want to live. I’m here to give you that space and help you find the strategies you need to make that life happen.
"Strive to achieve all you want. Find happiness in everything you do" Are you having difficulties accomplishing this? My goal is to help you achieve this, to become unstuck and to help you move forward. I believe a strong therapeutic relationship is essential to achieve this. During this process, I will help guide and support you through your strengths and to build upon it. I have had experience working with multitude of issues with clients ranging from anxiety, depression, severe mental illness to divorce, LGBT, family & romantic relationship issues as well as adjustment and or life transition issues.
"Strive to achieve all you want. Find happiness in everything you do" Are you having difficulties accomplishing this? My goal is to help you achieve this, to become unstuck and to help you move forward. I believe a strong therapeutic relationship is essential to achieve this. During this process, I will help guide and support you through your strengths and to build upon it. I have had experience working with multitude of issues with clients ranging from anxiety, depression, severe mental illness to divorce, LGBT, family & romantic relationship issues as well as adjustment and or life transition issues.
A psychotherapist at New Insights Behavioral Health, Dr. Rodríguez specializes in long-term treatment of complex developmental trauma, chronic/severe depression, ADHD, dissociation, OCD, C-PTSD, panic attacks, and cannabis and alcohol use disorders. She's particularly well-suited for individuals with childhood abuse/neglect, early attachment injuries, prolonged grief, chronic interpersonal problems, and high-acuity emotional suffering that requires depth, structure, and goal-oriented clinical attention. Her strengths include diagnostic and assessment skills as well as cultural and social awareness. She serves individuals 17+.
A psychotherapist at New Insights Behavioral Health, Dr. Rodríguez specializes in long-term treatment of complex developmental trauma, chronic/severe depression, ADHD, dissociation, OCD, C-PTSD, panic attacks, and cannabis and alcohol use disorders. She's particularly well-suited for individuals with childhood abuse/neglect, early attachment injuries, prolonged grief, chronic interpersonal problems, and high-acuity emotional suffering that requires depth, structure, and goal-oriented clinical attention. Her strengths include diagnostic and assessment skills as well as cultural and social awareness. She serves individuals 17+.
I am a compassionate psychotherapist with a focus on emotion dysregulation and mood disorders. I hold a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Chicago. Specializing in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and mindfulness-based DBT-informed therapy, I have gained extensive experience through an internship at The Family Institute's DBT program and a DBT Fellowship at Great Lakes Therapy Center. There, I also served as a Staff Therapist and Mindfulness Services Coordinator. My approach is deeply influenced by my personal journey with meditation, and I enjoy teaching and practicing meditation with clients.
I am a compassionate psychotherapist with a focus on emotion dysregulation and mood disorders. I hold a Master’s in Social Work from the University of Chicago. Specializing in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and mindfulness-based DBT-informed therapy, I have gained extensive experience through an internship at The Family Institute's DBT program and a DBT Fellowship at Great Lakes Therapy Center. There, I also served as a Staff Therapist and Mindfulness Services Coordinator. My approach is deeply influenced by my personal journey with meditation, and I enjoy teaching and practicing meditation with clients.
Pervasive sadness, paralyzing anxiety, suicidal thoughts, the heaviness on your shoulders are not arbitrary burdens, they are misunderstood messengers summoning you on a healing journey.
In our work, we will first focus on establishing a sense of stability and safety. From the first session, we'll build a trusting relationship that offers a much-needed space for your concerns. As therapy continues, the underlying patterns that fuel the problems you bring to treatment will begin to emerge more clearly.
Pervasive sadness, paralyzing anxiety, suicidal thoughts, the heaviness on your shoulders are not arbitrary burdens, they are misunderstood messengers summoning you on a healing journey.
In our work, we will first focus on establishing a sense of stability and safety. From the first session, we'll build a trusting relationship that offers a much-needed space for your concerns. As therapy continues, the underlying patterns that fuel the problems you bring to treatment will begin to emerge more clearly.
Hi, I'm Lauren Hersch, founder of Fractal House, a relational, autonomy-centered mental health project rooted in the belief that meaningful healing happens through connection, curiosity, creativity, and care — not coercion or control.
We work with individuals navigating complex and high-intensity experiences including suicidality, trauma, extreme states, and experiences often labeled psychotic or bipolar. We welcome people who may feel unseen, pathologized, or out of place within more traditional mental health settings.
Our approach is warm, collaborative, flexible, and deeply human.
Hi, I'm Lauren Hersch, founder of Fractal House, a relational, autonomy-centered mental health project rooted in the belief that meaningful healing happens through connection, curiosity, creativity, and care — not coercion or control.
We work with individuals navigating complex and high-intensity experiences including suicidality, trauma, extreme states, and experiences often labeled psychotic or bipolar. We welcome people who may feel unseen, pathologized, or out of place within more traditional mental health settings.
Our approach is warm, collaborative, flexible, and deeply human.
I have deeply enjoyed working with a wide-range of people with differing identities and cultural backgrounds. I am passionate about helping people envision and strive towards becoming better versions of themselves. I also love helping folks navigate executive functioning concerns with links to their symptoms of ADHD, anxiety, and depression.
I am able to provide comprehensive DBT services through Midwest DBT and work with a consultation team of amazing clinicians who are all experts who also specialize in DBT. This is called our DBT team and helps us foster a community of therapists serving our community of clients together.
I have deeply enjoyed working with a wide-range of people with differing identities and cultural backgrounds. I am passionate about helping people envision and strive towards becoming better versions of themselves. I also love helping folks navigate executive functioning concerns with links to their symptoms of ADHD, anxiety, and depression.
I am able to provide comprehensive DBT services through Midwest DBT and work with a consultation team of amazing clinicians who are all experts who also specialize in DBT. This is called our DBT team and helps us foster a community of therapists serving our community of clients together.
You might feel like you’re drowning, overwhelmed by troubling thoughts. Or you might be struggling with the sense that no one really “gets” you. You might want to connect, but you don’t know how. Maybe you feel like you don’t know who you are or what’s important to you. This could lead you to feeling frustrated, alone or possibly even hurt. You deserve a space to explore and express yourself, feeling fully seen and accepted for who you are and who you are becoming. I know what it’s like to feel hopeless and like life will never get better. I know it can feel like the whole world is stacked against you and no one wants to help.
You might feel like you’re drowning, overwhelmed by troubling thoughts. Or you might be struggling with the sense that no one really “gets” you. You might want to connect, but you don’t know how. Maybe you feel like you don’t know who you are or what’s important to you. This could lead you to feeling frustrated, alone or possibly even hurt. You deserve a space to explore and express yourself, feeling fully seen and accepted for who you are and who you are becoming. I know what it’s like to feel hopeless and like life will never get better. I know it can feel like the whole world is stacked against you and no one wants to help.
Life can sometimes feel overwhelming or uncertain, and therapy offers a place to pause, breathe, and reconnect with yourself. I see counseling as a partnership—a space where you don’t have to carry everything alone. Together, we’ll work gently to understand the patterns shaping your thoughts and feelings, calm your nervous system, and build a sense of safety inside and out. From there, we can open the door to deeper healing, self-discovery, and growth.
For me, healing isn’t just about easing pain—it’s about helping you live in a way that feels true, fulfilling, and aligned with who you are. Every person I meet brings their own story
Life can sometimes feel overwhelming or uncertain, and therapy offers a place to pause, breathe, and reconnect with yourself. I see counseling as a partnership—a space where you don’t have to carry everything alone. Together, we’ll work gently to understand the patterns shaping your thoughts and feelings, calm your nervous system, and build a sense of safety inside and out. From there, we can open the door to deeper healing, self-discovery, and growth.
For me, healing isn’t just about easing pain—it’s about helping you live in a way that feels true, fulfilling, and aligned with who you are. Every person I meet brings their own story
What are you curious about? Are you wondering how you might be able to better manage feelings of anxiety, loneliness, depression, or numbness? Are there things that have happened in your life that you’re struggling to make sense of? Are you hoping to build a life that feels more purposeful, meaningful, and satisfying?
What are you curious about? Are you wondering how you might be able to better manage feelings of anxiety, loneliness, depression, or numbness? Are there things that have happened in your life that you’re struggling to make sense of? Are you hoping to build a life that feels more purposeful, meaningful, and satisfying?
I am an art therapist, certified Brainspotting (neuroexperiential) consultant, death doula, yoga teacher. I describe my practice as 'interdisciplinary Care for every Grandchild's neurophysiological liberation & ecological purpose’, because every life is somebody’s grandchild, living as part of our shared, ecological wellbeing. Every life is born to dream, build, transition and grow together. You, like every grandchild, get to remember, discover, love and make peace with your gifts and essence: your great responsibilities as a lineage keeper. You are here on purpose, for a purpose. Your life matters immensely.
I am an art therapist, certified Brainspotting (neuroexperiential) consultant, death doula, yoga teacher. I describe my practice as 'interdisciplinary Care for every Grandchild's neurophysiological liberation & ecological purpose’, because every life is somebody’s grandchild, living as part of our shared, ecological wellbeing. Every life is born to dream, build, transition and grow together. You, like every grandchild, get to remember, discover, love and make peace with your gifts and essence: your great responsibilities as a lineage keeper. You are here on purpose, for a purpose. Your life matters immensely.
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Suicidal Ideation Therapists
How does therapy for suicidal ideation work?
Stress, depression, anxiety, or upsetting circumstances can give rise to suicidal thinking. Therapy can address the events at the core of an individual’s suffering. Understanding why a person may be suicidal can help the therapist and the patient discover alternative methods of coping. A person with suicidal ideation may be mired in catastrophic thinking, and treatment like cognitive behavioral therapy is a good choice for breaking such patterns. In addition, treatment such as acceptance and commitment therapy can help a person manage their distress through better emotion regulation.
Which therapies are best for suicidal ideation?
Specific approaches used by professionals include cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, psychodynamic, acceptance and commitment therapies, among others. Cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies are two widely used therapies that can help individuals with painful thoughts and past traumas. These therapies help an individual tolerate distress, regulate emotions, and not act on dangerous urges.
Are there specific medications to be combined with therapy?
The use of medication for suicidal thoughts must be aligned with the underlying cause; conditions such as depression, anxiety, and psychosis may be at the root of suicidal ideation. A psychiatrist may prescribe medications for symptoms, which may include antipsychotics such as aripiprazole or antidepressants such as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors.
How often and how long are therapy sessions for suicidal ideation?
As with any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual. Patients may see improvement within 15 to 20 sessions, at an average of 50 minutes per session, while others may opt for 20 to 30 sessions over, perhaps, a six-month period. Still other patients, especially those with co-occurring conditions like major depression and anxiety, may need to continue sessions for up to 12 to 18 months. In some cases, residential treatment may be recommended for an individual who is judged to be at high risk of self-harm.