Transpersonal Therapists in Chicago, IL
For over 25 years, I have been offering spiritual companioning & guidance to spiritual seekers. I often serve as: a) a guide during difficult life transitions, b) supporting the integration of spiritual life with life in the world of work & relationships c) helping people find more love, joy, and spontaneity in life d) clarification of your highest purpose and alignment with that purpose e) deepening of your sense of spiritual awareness, f) a path to awakening to embodied non-dual consciousness. If you are seeking awakening to greater spiritual aliveness, I can support you in your journey.
For over 25 years, I have been offering spiritual companioning & guidance to spiritual seekers. I often serve as: a) a guide during difficult life transitions, b) supporting the integration of spiritual life with life in the world of work & relationships c) helping people find more love, joy, and spontaneity in life d) clarification of your highest purpose and alignment with that purpose e) deepening of your sense of spiritual awareness, f) a path to awakening to embodied non-dual consciousness. If you are seeking awakening to greater spiritual aliveness, I can support you in your journey.
I'm an AASECT certified sex therapist and specialize in intimacy issues and relationships. I have ADHD myself and many of my clients happen to be neurodivergent as well, so that's become a secondary specialty.
I'm naturally a systems thinker, so I'll look at how all areas of your world and your perspective are impacting you. I'm trained as a meditation instructor as well as a health coach, so I bring a mind-body-spirit approach. It's all one system!
I'm an AASECT certified sex therapist and specialize in intimacy issues and relationships. I have ADHD myself and many of my clients happen to be neurodivergent as well, so that's become a secondary specialty.
I'm naturally a systems thinker, so I'll look at how all areas of your world and your perspective are impacting you. I'm trained as a meditation instructor as well as a health coach, so I bring a mind-body-spirit approach. It's all one system!
Holding a Master's in mindfulness-based transpersonal counseling, I am passionate about guiding others on their unique journey of healing and self-discovery through a heart-centered, present-feeling approach.
As a heart-centered somatic therapist, I recognize the individuality of each client's experience. My intention is to support you in understanding yourself more deeply through a holistic mind, body, and spirit approach. Life is challenging yet beautiful, and I believe in creating a safe space for you to express yourself authentically, free from judgement.
Holding a Master's in mindfulness-based transpersonal counseling, I am passionate about guiding others on their unique journey of healing and self-discovery through a heart-centered, present-feeling approach.
As a heart-centered somatic therapist, I recognize the individuality of each client's experience. My intention is to support you in understanding yourself more deeply through a holistic mind, body, and spirit approach. Life is challenging yet beautiful, and I believe in creating a safe space for you to express yourself authentically, free from judgement.
Oftentimes, the heaviness of daily life can make us feel stuck and trapped in the same patterns that are no longer working. When you’re feeling overwhelmed, I believe in tuning in to innate creativity for solutions. Every individual possesses the tools for creative expression. When big existential questions and decisions arise, I am here to help facilitate the exploration and imagining of infinite possibilities, with the aim of finding clarity around what authentically serves you.
Oftentimes, the heaviness of daily life can make us feel stuck and trapped in the same patterns that are no longer working. When you’re feeling overwhelmed, I believe in tuning in to innate creativity for solutions. Every individual possesses the tools for creative expression. When big existential questions and decisions arise, I am here to help facilitate the exploration and imagining of infinite possibilities, with the aim of finding clarity around what authentically serves you.
Anita Astley is the founder and CEO of "Building Healthy Relationships" LLC and published author of “Unfuck Your Life and Relationships" (Simon & Schuster). She is a licensed individual, couples, and family therapist with over 25 years of experience in helping people navigate life's challenges including basic communication issues to depression, anxiety, emotional and physical intimacy issues, separation and divorce, conflict resolution, and infidelity to name a few. Ms.Astley is "solution focused" and believes there is a "solution" to every problem and arriving there successfully is possible through professional guidance & support.
Anita Astley is the founder and CEO of "Building Healthy Relationships" LLC and published author of “Unfuck Your Life and Relationships" (Simon & Schuster). She is a licensed individual, couples, and family therapist with over 25 years of experience in helping people navigate life's challenges including basic communication issues to depression, anxiety, emotional and physical intimacy issues, separation and divorce, conflict resolution, and infidelity to name a few. Ms.Astley is "solution focused" and believes there is a "solution" to every problem and arriving there successfully is possible through professional guidance & support.
You may be living with the effects of trauma—whether from childhood woundings, sexual or physical abuse, intergenerational trauma, or exposure to overwhelming life-threatening events. Many men and women experience anxiety, emotional shutdown, anger, or a constant sense of being on high alert. Beyond symptom relief, you may be seeking meaning, connection, and a more profound understanding of wholeness in your life and relationships.
You may be living with the effects of trauma—whether from childhood woundings, sexual or physical abuse, intergenerational trauma, or exposure to overwhelming life-threatening events. Many men and women experience anxiety, emotional shutdown, anger, or a constant sense of being on high alert. Beyond symptom relief, you may be seeking meaning, connection, and a more profound understanding of wholeness in your life and relationships.
Dr. Kia Watkins, Psy.D. is a pre-licensed clinician at New Insights Behavioral Health Services providing individual therapy to adults ages 18–65+. She works with individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma-related symptoms, grief and bereavement, life-stage and identity transitions, and relationship concerns.
Dr. Kia Watkins, Psy.D. is a pre-licensed clinician at New Insights Behavioral Health Services providing individual therapy to adults ages 18–65+. She works with individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma-related symptoms, grief and bereavement, life-stage and identity transitions, and relationship concerns.
I am an artist who, after discovering world religion, meditation, and Carl G Jung, got a degree at Naropa University in Boulder Colorado in Transpersonal Psychology.
With over two decades of experience working with diverse populations in the Chicagoland area specializing in MDD, GAD, PTSD, and OCD.
I am an artist who, after discovering world religion, meditation, and Carl G Jung, got a degree at Naropa University in Boulder Colorado in Transpersonal Psychology.
With over two decades of experience working with diverse populations in the Chicagoland area specializing in MDD, GAD, PTSD, and OCD.
Trauma, loss, struggles with identity and belonging, overwhelming emotions, sensitivities, and not feeling confident may interfere with feeling fully alive. Longing to feel more belonging, ease, and being and becoming fully you? Its possible. Youre not alone. All of you is welcome - seen and unseen.
Trauma, loss, struggles with identity and belonging, overwhelming emotions, sensitivities, and not feeling confident may interfere with feeling fully alive. Longing to feel more belonging, ease, and being and becoming fully you? Its possible. Youre not alone. All of you is welcome - seen and unseen.
Book a free consultation with me now by clicking on my website! Are you feeling stuck in negative thoughts, intense emotions, or behavioral patterns that don't serve your best interest? Are you hoping to build more meaning and joy in your life? You may feel hesitant about reaching out for help, especially with pressure from all directions to "have it all together". I'm here to join you on this journey to discover healing and build a balanced life.
Book a free consultation with me now by clicking on my website! Are you feeling stuck in negative thoughts, intense emotions, or behavioral patterns that don't serve your best interest? Are you hoping to build more meaning and joy in your life? You may feel hesitant about reaching out for help, especially with pressure from all directions to "have it all together". I'm here to join you on this journey to discover healing and build a balanced life.
We work together to identify and support who you are at your core. I help you determine what you want from your relationships, family and career and then create a plan to make it happen. Of course, there may be some challenges along the way but I don't believe life has to be endless suffering. Schedule a session and we can figure out the path together. All you need already exists within you!
We work together to identify and support who you are at your core. I help you determine what you want from your relationships, family and career and then create a plan to make it happen. Of course, there may be some challenges along the way but I don't believe life has to be endless suffering. Schedule a session and we can figure out the path together. All you need already exists within you!
You look successful on the outside, yet inside you feel depleted, restless, unhappy, or silently questioning what’s next. Burnout, anxiety, relationship strain, family pressure, or career dissatisfaction may be signaling it’s time to pause and realign. As a psychologist, hypnotherapist, and life coach, I help adults thoughtfully examine their inner world so they can reconnect with purpose, clarity, and ease. I often work with business owners, high-demand professionals, parents, and single women exploring whether motherhood on their own is possible and right for them.
You look successful on the outside, yet inside you feel depleted, restless, unhappy, or silently questioning what’s next. Burnout, anxiety, relationship strain, family pressure, or career dissatisfaction may be signaling it’s time to pause and realign. As a psychologist, hypnotherapist, and life coach, I help adults thoughtfully examine their inner world so they can reconnect with purpose, clarity, and ease. I often work with business owners, high-demand professionals, parents, and single women exploring whether motherhood on their own is possible and right for them.
Grief, loss, and trauma can have a profound and lasting impact on you or people you love. You may feel isolated from others and overwhelmed as you try to go about day-to-day tasks; you may struggle to feel safe, express your emotions, or understand how to make meaning from all that has happened. Other people might be telling you to “get over” it, as if grief has a deadline you haven’t met. Traumatic events from your past may bring up feelings of inadequacy, anxiety, or shame, which can prevent you from doing the things you want to do, affect your relationships, and make it hard to communicate or set healthy boundaries with others.
Grief, loss, and trauma can have a profound and lasting impact on you or people you love. You may feel isolated from others and overwhelmed as you try to go about day-to-day tasks; you may struggle to feel safe, express your emotions, or understand how to make meaning from all that has happened. Other people might be telling you to “get over” it, as if grief has a deadline you haven’t met. Traumatic events from your past may bring up feelings of inadequacy, anxiety, or shame, which can prevent you from doing the things you want to do, affect your relationships, and make it hard to communicate or set healthy boundaries with others.
Are you seeking emotional support during your fertility or family-planning journey? Prenatal psychotherapy offers a compassionate space to explore the emotional and psychological aspects of preconception, pregnancy, and birth preparation. Together, we explore doubt, stress, fear, and family-of-origin patterns while using mind–body-informed and experiential therapeutic practices. Sessions go beyond reflection by integrating skills-based approaches that support emotional regulation, conscious choice, and meaningful, lasting change as you prepare for parenthood. Clients come to me who desire a more interactive approach to therapy.
Are you seeking emotional support during your fertility or family-planning journey? Prenatal psychotherapy offers a compassionate space to explore the emotional and psychological aspects of preconception, pregnancy, and birth preparation. Together, we explore doubt, stress, fear, and family-of-origin patterns while using mind–body-informed and experiential therapeutic practices. Sessions go beyond reflection by integrating skills-based approaches that support emotional regulation, conscious choice, and meaningful, lasting change as you prepare for parenthood. Clients come to me who desire a more interactive approach to therapy.
Have you had an unexpected loss, death, or life changing experience and feel faced with your own mortality and purpose? Trauma does that. Loss does that. It makes you question who you are, why you are here, and what impact you have had on those you love or the world around you. Your emotions, physical body, spiritual connections, purposes, and relationships all make you - you! I believe you are the guide in your healing. You don't need me to tell you what to do. You seek to trust and listen to yourself, honoring your experience, your truth, and that of those you love.
Have you had an unexpected loss, death, or life changing experience and feel faced with your own mortality and purpose? Trauma does that. Loss does that. It makes you question who you are, why you are here, and what impact you have had on those you love or the world around you. Your emotions, physical body, spiritual connections, purposes, and relationships all make you - you! I believe you are the guide in your healing. You don't need me to tell you what to do. You seek to trust and listen to yourself, honoring your experience, your truth, and that of those you love.
Jordan is an LGBTQ and Autistic identified therapist with experience supporting individuals from diverse cultural and spiritual backgrounds. Through individual, partner, and family therapy, Jordan specializes in helping clients navigate treatment-resistant depression, trauma recovery, neurodiversity, and chronic illness. With a compassionate, biopsychosocial-spiritual approach, Jordan creates a safe space for clients to explore their sexual/gender and cultural identities, build resilience, and embrace their full, authentic selves.
Jordan is an LGBTQ and Autistic identified therapist with experience supporting individuals from diverse cultural and spiritual backgrounds. Through individual, partner, and family therapy, Jordan specializes in helping clients navigate treatment-resistant depression, trauma recovery, neurodiversity, and chronic illness. With a compassionate, biopsychosocial-spiritual approach, Jordan creates a safe space for clients to explore their sexual/gender and cultural identities, build resilience, and embrace their full, authentic selves.
The longest journey that a man must take in his lifetime is the 18 inches from his head to his heart." This is the essence of Head/Heart Therapy. Utilizing various therapeutic methods, each client is treated as a unique individual to facilitate healing. Head/Heart Therapy is a private therapy practice where clients can experience non-judgmental, open, and authentic therapy. We value working with unique people from diverse backgrounds, life styles, and points of view.
The longest journey that a man must take in his lifetime is the 18 inches from his head to his heart." This is the essence of Head/Heart Therapy. Utilizing various therapeutic methods, each client is treated as a unique individual to facilitate healing. Head/Heart Therapy is a private therapy practice where clients can experience non-judgmental, open, and authentic therapy. We value working with unique people from diverse backgrounds, life styles, and points of view.
Difficulty managing stress and anxiety is often overwhelming and may lead to health issues, unsatisfactory decision making, conflict in relationships, and an overall poor quality of life. Anxiety, poor stress coping, depression, anger and other difficulties can be rooted in a myriad of complex biological, physiological, and situational causes. Together we can explore the root of your presenting difficulty as a platform for progressive growth. My goal is to assist you in developing your own self-awareness and from there, guide you in organizing your thoughts, actions, and goals towards a healthier and happier way of life.
Difficulty managing stress and anxiety is often overwhelming and may lead to health issues, unsatisfactory decision making, conflict in relationships, and an overall poor quality of life. Anxiety, poor stress coping, depression, anger and other difficulties can be rooted in a myriad of complex biological, physiological, and situational causes. Together we can explore the root of your presenting difficulty as a platform for progressive growth. My goal is to assist you in developing your own self-awareness and from there, guide you in organizing your thoughts, actions, and goals towards a healthier and happier way of life.
Daniel supports individuals, families, and groups of all ages to heal the wounds carried from early life, ancestry, and beyond. He works with trauma conditioning in all forms and offers a safe, compassionate space to uncover the roots of your distress. He provides effective resources to calm the mind, engage the natural intelligence of the body, and become your own greatest healer. His own personal healing journey combined with wisdom through years of experience and training help shape his life's work to support healing at the deepest level.
Daniel supports individuals, families, and groups of all ages to heal the wounds carried from early life, ancestry, and beyond. He works with trauma conditioning in all forms and offers a safe, compassionate space to uncover the roots of your distress. He provides effective resources to calm the mind, engage the natural intelligence of the body, and become your own greatest healer. His own personal healing journey combined with wisdom through years of experience and training help shape his life's work to support healing at the deepest level.
Keith Varnel Wallace
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, BA, MDiv, LCSW
5 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
I have a passion for holistic wellness of mind, body and Spirit in the lives of others. My therapeutic endeavors are focused on individuals, couples, children, adolescents, and families who are presently suffering from substance abuse, depression, anxiety disorders, trauma, grief, self esteem, sexual orientation issues and a wide array of life circumstances. As a seasoned psychotherapist, I blend compassion, intellectual insights, current research, and psychological awareness to create sacred spaces in which empowerment and hope may flourish. I welcome working with diverse clients in a colloaborative relationship in achieving ones goals.
I have a passion for holistic wellness of mind, body and Spirit in the lives of others. My therapeutic endeavors are focused on individuals, couples, children, adolescents, and families who are presently suffering from substance abuse, depression, anxiety disorders, trauma, grief, self esteem, sexual orientation issues and a wide array of life circumstances. As a seasoned psychotherapist, I blend compassion, intellectual insights, current research, and psychological awareness to create sacred spaces in which empowerment and hope may flourish. I welcome working with diverse clients in a colloaborative relationship in achieving ones goals.
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Transpersonal Therapists
How does transpersonal therapy work?
Transpersonal therapy focuses on a patient’s spirituality and meaning in life. Transpersonal therapists might borrow from Eastern traditions as well as Western psychology. They may incorporate techniques including meditation, visualization, hypnotherapy, dream analysis, and or breathwork to produce altered states of consciousness. The therapist helps the patient to access their consciousness and spirituality to work through difficult mental states.
How long does transpersonal therapy last?
Because the goal is to understand a person as a whole, including their spirituality, treatment can range from months to a year or beyond. While patients learn the philosophy behind transpersonal therapy during treatment, they can also practice its principles throughout life after therapy sessions have ended.
Is transpersonal therapy effective?
Patients have found success with transpersonal therapy; this method is useful in improving anxiety, depression, self-esteem, identity, fears, relationship problems, and other concerns. Improvements in problem areas can continue even after transpersonal therapy ends, as individuals can utilize the tools they’ve learned during treatment sessions.
What are the limitations of transpersonal therapy?
There is some research on the effectiveness of transpersonal therapy, but empirical support for this therapy approach is sparse. It does not have the robust evidence base of other forms of therapy, such as cognitive behavioral therapy or acceptance and commitment therapy.