Psychodynamic Therapists in Country Club Hills, IL
Joi Haynes
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
2 Endorsed
Online Only
Waitlist for new clients
One of my favorite quotes comes from Toni Morrison’s Beloved: “You are your best thing.” It’s a reminder that everything you need for growth and self-discovery is already within you. I’m here to support women of color on that journey. My goal is to create a space where real change and healing can happen; by building up self-acceptance, unlearning continuously running on fumes, or combating thoughts that you aren't enough. My approach is always rooted in self-acceptance and empowerment. This is your story. You are the expert in your own life—I’m here to support you, ask meaningful questions, and help you tap into your strengths.
One of my favorite quotes comes from Toni Morrison’s Beloved: “You are your best thing.” It’s a reminder that everything you need for growth and self-discovery is already within you. I’m here to support women of color on that journey. My goal is to create a space where real change and healing can happen; by building up self-acceptance, unlearning continuously running on fumes, or combating thoughts that you aren't enough. My approach is always rooted in self-acceptance and empowerment. This is your story. You are the expert in your own life—I’m here to support you, ask meaningful questions, and help you tap into your strengths.
We are a group practice that brings together clinicians from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. People often come to therapy feeling overwhelmed by the demands of work, home life, or relationships. When everyday pressures exceed their ability to cope, they may feel stuck, exhausted, or disconnected. Many of our clients face challenges in school, struggle to complete tasks, experience conflict at work, or find it hard to enjoy activities they once loved.
At the core of our work is a belief in the resilience of the human spirit. Therapy is a journey of self-discovery—an opportunity to understand yourself better & create meaning
We are a group practice that brings together clinicians from diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds. People often come to therapy feeling overwhelmed by the demands of work, home life, or relationships. When everyday pressures exceed their ability to cope, they may feel stuck, exhausted, or disconnected. Many of our clients face challenges in school, struggle to complete tasks, experience conflict at work, or find it hard to enjoy activities they once loved.
At the core of our work is a belief in the resilience of the human spirit. Therapy is a journey of self-discovery—an opportunity to understand yourself better & create meaning
Healing with Purpose Therapy Services LLC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC
1 Endorsed
Serves Area
I'm here to relieve the pressures of life, comb through uncertainties, and challenges. You are worth more than just "surviving" life but to "live" life! Therefore, I am here to meet individuals where they are and to take them to productive and meaningful places in their lives. As a team, we can tackle the issues/challenges and implement steps to a healthier and happier you! As a licensed mental health counselor as well as a qualified mental health counselor I can help develop skills to enhance a better self.
I'm here to relieve the pressures of life, comb through uncertainties, and challenges. You are worth more than just "surviving" life but to "live" life! Therefore, I am here to meet individuals where they are and to take them to productive and meaningful places in their lives. As a team, we can tackle the issues/challenges and implement steps to a healthier and happier you! As a licensed mental health counselor as well as a qualified mental health counselor I can help develop skills to enhance a better self.
I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP) with 15 years of experience in the mental health field, providing talk therapy services. I work with children, adolescents, and adults struggling with anxiety, depression, intellectual/developmental disorders, learning disabilities, OCD, psychotic disorders, behavior disorders, and more. I completed my Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Tougaloo and my Master's degree and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (LCP) with 15 years of experience in the mental health field, providing talk therapy services. I work with children, adolescents, and adults struggling with anxiety, depression, intellectual/developmental disorders, learning disabilities, OCD, psychotic disorders, behavior disorders, and more. I completed my Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Tougaloo and my Master's degree and Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology.
My approach is one that includes transparency and honesty. I encourage practicing self-care and believe it is one of best ways to start and continue mental health hygiene. Together we will explore what it means to honor self and your feelings, set healthy boundaries, create realistic goals and recognize patterns of behavior. My clients describe me as a great listener and someone who is objective. I am open to hearing how you see yourself best! I specialize in working with people who desire a direct approach and are motivated to change behaviors they feel no longer serve them or align with the direction they are headed.
My approach is one that includes transparency and honesty. I encourage practicing self-care and believe it is one of best ways to start and continue mental health hygiene. Together we will explore what it means to honor self and your feelings, set healthy boundaries, create realistic goals and recognize patterns of behavior. My clients describe me as a great listener and someone who is objective. I am open to hearing how you see yourself best! I specialize in working with people who desire a direct approach and are motivated to change behaviors they feel no longer serve them or align with the direction they are headed.
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My psychodynamic approach will allow us to directly address your inner challenges and conflicts that have been causing suffering in your life in the context of a safe, supportive, and accepting therapeutic relationship.
I am committed to providing a warm, collaborative, and empathetic space for each person to comfortably explore their thoughts and feelings to gain insight into their behaviors, patterns, and relational concerns. My approach is client-centered, as I believe you are the expert of your own life in the therapeutic process.
My psychodynamic approach will allow us to directly address your inner challenges and conflicts that have been causing suffering in your life in the context of a safe, supportive, and accepting therapeutic relationship.
I am committed to providing a warm, collaborative, and empathetic space for each person to comfortably explore their thoughts and feelings to gain insight into their behaviors, patterns, and relational concerns. My approach is client-centered, as I believe you are the expert of your own life in the therapeutic process.
Terrilee (Terri) Ann Dalton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW, CADC
2 Endorsed
Chicago, IL 60640
I believe in empowering people to reach their full potential by providing services that are strengths-based, practical, holistic, and focused on promoting long lasting change. I work using a style of fostering trust and authenticity,starting where people want and ending when people feel their life and issues have changed and their happiness enhanced. I believe the relationship in counseling is the core issue in treatment. This is particularly important in working with children and adolescents where no work could be done without building a warm, honest, and caring connection. I believe healing comes through the mind, body, spirit connection.
I believe in empowering people to reach their full potential by providing services that are strengths-based, practical, holistic, and focused on promoting long lasting change. I work using a style of fostering trust and authenticity,starting where people want and ending when people feel their life and issues have changed and their happiness enhanced. I believe the relationship in counseling is the core issue in treatment. This is particularly important in working with children and adolescents where no work could be done without building a warm, honest, and caring connection. I believe healing comes through the mind, body, spirit connection.
I also draw from several therapeutic approaches in order to provide the tools and perspectives that will best serve the individuals I am working with, including the psychodynamic and family systems modalities.
I have been in private practice for 14 years, during which I have worked with adolescents and adults sorting through a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship issues and spiritual struggles related to mental health.
I also draw from several therapeutic approaches in order to provide the tools and perspectives that will best serve the individuals I am working with, including the psychodynamic and family systems modalities.
I have been in private practice for 14 years, during which I have worked with adolescents and adults sorting through a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship issues and spiritual struggles related to mental health.
I approach therapy with a style that is direct, encouraging, and compassionate. As a culturally sensitive therapist, I am committed to creating a space that is inclusive, respectful, and affirming. I believe in meeting each individual where they are and tailoring the therapeutic process to their unique needs and experiences. I also value the role of humor in therapy and thoughtfully incorporate it into sessions to help strengthen the therapeutic relationship and foster connection.
I approach therapy with a style that is direct, encouraging, and compassionate. As a culturally sensitive therapist, I am committed to creating a space that is inclusive, respectful, and affirming. I believe in meeting each individual where they are and tailoring the therapeutic process to their unique needs and experiences. I also value the role of humor in therapy and thoughtfully incorporate it into sessions to help strengthen the therapeutic relationship and foster connection.
I am a clinical psychologist working with children, adolescents and adults for more than thirty years. I strive to provide a safe and supportive environment to help facilitate emotional growth and to help people address the significant areas of their lives that are not going well. I believe that a collaborative relationship is most important for a successful therapeutic experience. I help people explore their emotional life in order to achieve more vital, satisfying and productive relationships with others, as well as with their own self. I try to help everyone according to their unique needs and strengths.
I am a clinical psychologist working with children, adolescents and adults for more than thirty years. I strive to provide a safe and supportive environment to help facilitate emotional growth and to help people address the significant areas of their lives that are not going well. I believe that a collaborative relationship is most important for a successful therapeutic experience. I help people explore their emotional life in order to achieve more vital, satisfying and productive relationships with others, as well as with their own self. I try to help everyone according to their unique needs and strengths.
Drawing from psychodynamic therapy, EMDR, and DBT, I help clients understand the roots of their struggles while also building skills to manage emotions, relationships, and daily stress effectively.
You may feel emotionally exhausted—carrying stress, trauma, or family expectations that never seem to ease. Maybe you’ve spent years staying strong for others while feeling disconnected from yourself. Therapy can be a place to slow down, understand why certain patterns keep showing up, and finally begin to feel more grounded and supported. I provide a warm, culturally responsive space where your experiences are understood within the context of your identity, history, and relationships—not reduced to symptoms.
Drawing from psychodynamic therapy, EMDR, and DBT, I help clients understand the roots of their struggles while also building skills to manage emotions, relationships, and daily stress effectively.
You may feel emotionally exhausted—carrying stress, trauma, or family expectations that never seem to ease. Maybe you’ve spent years staying strong for others while feeling disconnected from yourself. Therapy can be a place to slow down, understand why certain patterns keep showing up, and finally begin to feel more grounded and supported. I provide a warm, culturally responsive space where your experiences are understood within the context of your identity, history, and relationships—not reduced to symptoms.
Therapy allows an opportunity for growth and reconnection to the core of who we are. I hold the belief that people have the capacity to improve the course of their lives. My role as a therapist is to help guide you in discovering your strengths, build stress resilience, improve relationships, heal from trauma and gain insight for change. My expertise includes working with adults in addressing anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma and relationship concerns, including recovery from narcissistic abuse.
Therapy allows an opportunity for growth and reconnection to the core of who we are. I hold the belief that people have the capacity to improve the course of their lives. My role as a therapist is to help guide you in discovering your strengths, build stress resilience, improve relationships, heal from trauma and gain insight for change. My expertise includes working with adults in addressing anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma and relationship concerns, including recovery from narcissistic abuse.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, life transitions, and self-esteem challenges. My therapy style is client-centered, rooted in empathy, understanding, and genuine collaboration. I strive to create a warm, nurturing space where you feel safe to share openly. I draw from evidence-based practices like cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness, tailoring each session to your unique needs and goals. Together, we’ll build tools to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.
I work with adults navigating anxiety, life transitions, and self-esteem challenges. My therapy style is client-centered, rooted in empathy, understanding, and genuine collaboration. I strive to create a warm, nurturing space where you feel safe to share openly. I draw from evidence-based practices like cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness, tailoring each session to your unique needs and goals. Together, we’ll build tools to help you move forward with clarity and confidence.
Hello, my name is Bernadetta Zawiejska. With a heartfelt commitment to nurturing healthy relationships and fostering family well-being, I guide couples, families, children, and individuals through their emotional and relational challenges, helping them find connection and healing. My training in Family Systems Therapy enables me to effectively work with diverse clients through a culturally competent, trauma-informed perspective. My priority is to build trust and create a safe, welcoming space where you feel comfortable expressing yourself. I meet you where you are and honor your unique experiences.
Hello, my name is Bernadetta Zawiejska. With a heartfelt commitment to nurturing healthy relationships and fostering family well-being, I guide couples, families, children, and individuals through their emotional and relational challenges, helping them find connection and healing. My training in Family Systems Therapy enables me to effectively work with diverse clients through a culturally competent, trauma-informed perspective. My priority is to build trust and create a safe, welcoming space where you feel comfortable expressing yourself. I meet you where you are and honor your unique experiences.
My approach is informed by ACT, relational, and psychodynamic perspectives.
You don’t have to hold yourself to impossible standards. I work with overwhelmed, self-critical, high-achieving young adults navigating anxiety, perfectionism, relationships, and life transitions. I offer a supportive, nonjudgmental space where you can slow down, feel understood, and begin to make sense of what you’re going through.
My approach is informed by ACT, relational, and psychodynamic perspectives.
You don’t have to hold yourself to impossible standards. I work with overwhelmed, self-critical, high-achieving young adults navigating anxiety, perfectionism, relationships, and life transitions. I offer a supportive, nonjudgmental space where you can slow down, feel understood, and begin to make sense of what you’re going through.
How We Treat One Another Matters: For better and for worse, across our whole lives, we operate in relationships. Our views of our "self" and how we relate to others develop from how we have been treated in relationships. Our capacities to love, to learn, to become our best, all emerge optimally within healthy relationships. Likewise, wounds of heart and soul emerge from ways we have been treated and/or choices we have made which have hurt us, sometimes very deeply. Persons who have experienced relational trauma and/or overwhelming life stressors are ideal candidates for clinical services at Gateway.
How We Treat One Another Matters: For better and for worse, across our whole lives, we operate in relationships. Our views of our "self" and how we relate to others develop from how we have been treated in relationships. Our capacities to love, to learn, to become our best, all emerge optimally within healthy relationships. Likewise, wounds of heart and soul emerge from ways we have been treated and/or choices we have made which have hurt us, sometimes very deeply. Persons who have experienced relational trauma and/or overwhelming life stressors are ideal candidates for clinical services at Gateway.
I am a Psychodynamic therapist.
You don’t have to wait for the “perfect moment” to begin healing—this moment is enough. If you’ve been feeling anxious, overwhelmed, depressed, emotionally drained, or stuck, these are signals that something within you is ready for change. So many people carry heavy burdens quietly while navigating relationships, life transitions, and deep emotions pain. You were never meant be alone.
I support clients navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, unresolved trauma, and starting anew. Together, we’ll explore the roots of what you’re experiencing, untangle patterns that no longer serve you and write the next chapter. Let's begin.
I am a Psychodynamic therapist.
You don’t have to wait for the “perfect moment” to begin healing—this moment is enough. If you’ve been feeling anxious, overwhelmed, depressed, emotionally drained, or stuck, these are signals that something within you is ready for change. So many people carry heavy burdens quietly while navigating relationships, life transitions, and deep emotions pain. You were never meant be alone.
I support clients navigating anxiety, relationship challenges, unresolved trauma, and starting anew. Together, we’ll explore the roots of what you’re experiencing, untangle patterns that no longer serve you and write the next chapter. Let's begin.
I typically use psychodynamic listening, with a combination of mindfulness based and exposure response prevention Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and some psycho-education about helpful practices to use between sessions, to keep the proverbial therapeutic ball rolling outside of sessions.
“The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness." - Abraham Maslow
I typically use psychodynamic listening, with a combination of mindfulness based and exposure response prevention Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and some psycho-education about helpful practices to use between sessions, to keep the proverbial therapeutic ball rolling outside of sessions.
“The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness." - Abraham Maslow
My therapeutic style integrates techniques from CBT, mindfulness, psychodynamic, and person-centered frameworks, allowing for flexibility and responsiveness to each client's unique needs.
As a bilingual (English/Spanish) therapist, I am committed to providing affirming, culturally responsive care to individuals from diverse backgrounds. I specialize in working with couples, families, adolescents, and adults navigating complex relationship concerns, life transitions, trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, and identity development. I am a proud advocate for LGBTQIA+ and marginalized communities and strive to create a therapeutic environment where every person feels respected, valued, and safe to explore their authentic self.
My practice welcomes queer, transgender, non-binary, questioning, and gender-diverse indi
My therapeutic style integrates techniques from CBT, mindfulness, psychodynamic, and person-centered frameworks, allowing for flexibility and responsiveness to each client's unique needs.
As a bilingual (English/Spanish) therapist, I am committed to providing affirming, culturally responsive care to individuals from diverse backgrounds. I specialize in working with couples, families, adolescents, and adults navigating complex relationship concerns, life transitions, trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, and identity development. I am a proud advocate for LGBTQIA+ and marginalized communities and strive to create a therapeutic environment where every person feels respected, valued, and safe to explore their authentic self.
My practice welcomes queer, transgender, non-binary, questioning, and gender-diverse indi
My approach is trauma-informed, psychodynamic, and mindfulness-based, blending insight with tangible tools clients can use in daily life.
My work is grounded in the understanding that our experiences shape how we see ourselves and relate to others. In therapy, we’ll explore those patterns with curiosity and compassion, discovering new ways to connect and grow.
I provide therapy for adolescents and individuals navigating anxiety, depression, the impact of trauma, and life transitions. I'm also interested in supporting mothers seeking balance and reconnection with their identity and sense of self.
My approach is trauma-informed, psychodynamic, and mindfulness-based, blending insight with tangible tools clients can use in daily life.
My work is grounded in the understanding that our experiences shape how we see ourselves and relate to others. In therapy, we’ll explore those patterns with curiosity and compassion, discovering new ways to connect and grow.
I provide therapy for adolescents and individuals navigating anxiety, depression, the impact of trauma, and life transitions. I'm also interested in supporting mothers seeking balance and reconnection with their identity and sense of self.
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Psychodynamic Therapists
Is psychodynamic therapy evidence-based?
Studies have found psychodynamic therapy to be effective in treating conditions like social anxiety, eating disorders, chronic pain, some personality disorders, and depression; indeed, some studies have found it to be just as effective as CBT or medication. What’s more, several studies have found that the benefits of psychodynamic therapy tend to endure—even grow—long after treatment has ended.
How long does psychodynamic therapy last?
Unlike CBT and other more structured forms of therapy, psychodynamic therapy tends to be open-ended and may not be limited to a set number of sessions. It is common for clients to be in therapy for a year or longer and to see their therapist one to three times a week, though the exact schedule and timeline may vary depending on a client’s challenges and progress. However, brief psychodynamic therapy is available, which tends to be more goal-oriented and typically unfolds over 16 to 30 sessions.
Does psychodynamic therapy work?
Research finds that psychodynamic therapy can help someone manage or reduce symptoms of diagnosable mental health conditions like depression or anxiety. The modality may also offer a range of benefits that are harder to measure but just as valuable—such as increased self-worth or healthier relationships. While no therapy type will work for everyone, research and anecdotal evidence suggest that psychodynamic therapy can be highly effective.
What are the limitations of psychodynamic therapy?
Some meta-analyses have concluded that there is little evidence to suggest that psychodynamic therapy can effectively treat certain mental health conditions such as PTSD, OCD, or psychosis, though it is sometimes used to do so. More broadly, the open-ended, free-association structure of psychodynamic therapy may be frustrating for clients who prefer a more structured, time-limited, or goal-oriented approach.