LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Flossmoor, IL
Our perspective is that everyone's life has a story, and therapy is a way to identify and change that story to fit with your goals and values. Seeking therapy can be difficult, and we enjoy supporting people in finding their narrative and re-writing it the way they desire to fit their needs. As strength-based and client-centered therapists, we believe that meeting people where they are enables them to feel at ease and supported in the process. Helping others identify their innate strengths and using them is a large part of my philosophy. We are an anti racist practice and pride ourselves on being able to serve BIPOC populations.
Our perspective is that everyone's life has a story, and therapy is a way to identify and change that story to fit with your goals and values. Seeking therapy can be difficult, and we enjoy supporting people in finding their narrative and re-writing it the way they desire to fit their needs. As strength-based and client-centered therapists, we believe that meeting people where they are enables them to feel at ease and supported in the process. Helping others identify their innate strengths and using them is a large part of my philosophy. We are an anti racist practice and pride ourselves on being able to serve BIPOC populations.
Pam is a graduate of Governors State University With a Masters in Community Counseling, Pamela has a diverse background in working with people in Mental Health and also holds a full time position with as a Therapist and group facilitator at Ingalls Hospital. Pam specializes in working with adolescents, teens, adults and couples providing evidence based treatment to help assist with challenges you may face. She understands that like adults children, teen and adolescents have many challenges in life. She also is Gottman trained to assist couples with challenges in their relationships and marriages,
Pam is a graduate of Governors State University With a Masters in Community Counseling, Pamela has a diverse background in working with people in Mental Health and also holds a full time position with as a Therapist and group facilitator at Ingalls Hospital. Pam specializes in working with adolescents, teens, adults and couples providing evidence based treatment to help assist with challenges you may face. She understands that like adults children, teen and adolescents have many challenges in life. She also is Gottman trained to assist couples with challenges in their relationships and marriages,
Immediate virtual and in-person openings are available for evenings, mornings, and Saturdays. Sunrise Counseling is committed to meeting a variety of client needs, with specializations in anxiety, depression, couples counseling, substance use counseling, and more. We pride ourselves on meeting our clients where they are and building strong relationships.
We welcome individuals of all genders, sexual orientations, and identities, and our counselors bring diverse lived and professional experiences to create a safe, affirming, and supportive space for everyone seeking therapy.
Immediate virtual and in-person openings are available for evenings, mornings, and Saturdays. Sunrise Counseling is committed to meeting a variety of client needs, with specializations in anxiety, depression, couples counseling, substance use counseling, and more. We pride ourselves on meeting our clients where they are and building strong relationships.
We welcome individuals of all genders, sexual orientations, and identities, and our counselors bring diverse lived and professional experiences to create a safe, affirming, and supportive space for everyone seeking therapy.
Are you feeling stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed by life’s transitions or past trauma? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to keep carrying it all by yourself. We help individuals and couples heal from the inside out—emotionally, relationally, and spiritually—so they can reconnect with their purpose, rebuild trust, and live with greater peace and clarity. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, grief, relationship strain, trauma, or low self-worth, we offer a compassionate, faith-integrated space where you can feel safe, seen, and supported. Healing and change is possible. And together, we can start that journey—one step at a time.
Are you feeling stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed by life’s transitions or past trauma? You’re not alone—and you don’t have to keep carrying it all by yourself. We help individuals and couples heal from the inside out—emotionally, relationally, and spiritually—so they can reconnect with their purpose, rebuild trust, and live with greater peace and clarity. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, grief, relationship strain, trauma, or low self-worth, we offer a compassionate, faith-integrated space where you can feel safe, seen, and supported. Healing and change is possible. And together, we can start that journey—one step at a time.
You can expect trauma-informed, culturally responsive care that affirms queer clients and people of color.
My ideal client is the motivated and eager client. Perhaps you've intellectualized all of the things you have experienced and you are ready to do something about it!
I help people do a deep dive through their self awareness, ranging from childhood (micro & macro) trauma to where unresolved emotions or experiences may live in your body. If you are ready for a deep dive within, we may be aligned. I am EMDR trained and practice from a wholistic framework that welcomes a whole body experience for healing and self-connection.
You can expect trauma-informed, culturally responsive care that affirms queer clients and people of color.
My ideal client is the motivated and eager client. Perhaps you've intellectualized all of the things you have experienced and you are ready to do something about it!
I help people do a deep dive through their self awareness, ranging from childhood (micro & macro) trauma to where unresolved emotions or experiences may live in your body. If you are ready for a deep dive within, we may be aligned. I am EMDR trained and practice from a wholistic framework that welcomes a whole body experience for healing and self-connection.
It's been a while since you've had an opportunity to take an intentional pause. There has been so much chaotic noise in the background of your day to day life that has made accessing yourself feel...difficult. In this current political and social climate you may have found yourself in the whirling dervish of doubt. That doubt may have led to you questioning your values, your beliefs, or your community. If you are in the midst of this know that is not uncommon; especially if you have intersecting identities. This discovery process can lead to oppositional emotional experiences; in our work I create room for that in between space.
It's been a while since you've had an opportunity to take an intentional pause. There has been so much chaotic noise in the background of your day to day life that has made accessing yourself feel...difficult. In this current political and social climate you may have found yourself in the whirling dervish of doubt. That doubt may have led to you questioning your values, your beliefs, or your community. If you are in the midst of this know that is not uncommon; especially if you have intersecting identities. This discovery process can lead to oppositional emotional experiences; in our work I create room for that in between space.
Comprehensive Services of Illinois
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, SAP, CADC, CPLC, CWLC
Flossmoor, IL 60422
Welcome to Comprehensive Services of Illinois! CSI staff members are looking forward to servicing you. They are phenomenal, providing comprehensive, high quality, accessible, affordable and effective services to children, adolescent and adults. Professional services are tailored to individual, couple and family need. Their goals are to assist, empower, and respond to your needs. While demonstrating the Comprehensive Services of Illinois philosophy: commitment, compassion, confidentiality, dignity, empathy, empowerment, excellence, genuineness, purpose, respect, support and understanding. Call today to schedule an appointment.
Welcome to Comprehensive Services of Illinois! CSI staff members are looking forward to servicing you. They are phenomenal, providing comprehensive, high quality, accessible, affordable and effective services to children, adolescent and adults. Professional services are tailored to individual, couple and family need. Their goals are to assist, empower, and respond to your needs. While demonstrating the Comprehensive Services of Illinois philosophy: commitment, compassion, confidentiality, dignity, empathy, empowerment, excellence, genuineness, purpose, respect, support and understanding. Call today to schedule an appointment.
My life’s work and craft are focused on the importance of nurturing feelings of belonging and life satisfaction in my clients. I believe everyone deserves to live a healthy and balanced life. I work collaboratively with client to achieve balance, find enjoyment, and achieve their life goals. If you are feeling underappreciated, overworked, and unsure how to create positive change in your life, let me work with you.
My life’s work and craft are focused on the importance of nurturing feelings of belonging and life satisfaction in my clients. I believe everyone deserves to live a healthy and balanced life. I work collaboratively with client to achieve balance, find enjoyment, and achieve their life goals. If you are feeling underappreciated, overworked, and unsure how to create positive change in your life, let me work with you.
Healing Out Loud LLC was created from the belief that too often people are coping with life’s stressors and struggles in silence until that silence begins to impact their mental health. You don’t have to carry everything alone. My goal is to help stop the cycle of suffering in silence by offering a space where your story, experiences, and voice truly matter.
Healing Out Loud LLC was created from the belief that too often people are coping with life’s stressors and struggles in silence until that silence begins to impact their mental health. You don’t have to carry everything alone. My goal is to help stop the cycle of suffering in silence by offering a space where your story, experiences, and voice truly matter.
Are you navigating a season of change — caring for others, redefining your role, or feeling the weight of transition in your relationships?
I work with thoughtful teens, adults, and couples who are moving through life transitions and seeking steadiness, clarity, and connection. Many of my clients are balancing multiple roles — caring for aging parents, raising children, navigating relationship shifts, or adjusting to loss. Others are teens or young adults trying to understand themselves in the midst of identity changes and emotional overwhelm.
Are you navigating a season of change — caring for others, redefining your role, or feeling the weight of transition in your relationships?
I work with thoughtful teens, adults, and couples who are moving through life transitions and seeking steadiness, clarity, and connection. Many of my clients are balancing multiple roles — caring for aging parents, raising children, navigating relationship shifts, or adjusting to loss. Others are teens or young adults trying to understand themselves in the midst of identity changes and emotional overwhelm.
I help high-achieving women step onto the other side of trauma, boundary issues and relationship strain. Relationship strain, toxic habits, and mother wounds often go unprocessed causing a significant amount of stress, overwhelm, and feelings of depression that travels and seeps into other areas of their lives. Are you a woman who has found themselves in the midst of having to navigate unprocessed trauma or grief from having to survive toxic romantic partners or relationships? Have you done an audit on your life and discovered that there are themes driving you to repeat the same habits and cycles? It may be time to heal those areas.
I help high-achieving women step onto the other side of trauma, boundary issues and relationship strain. Relationship strain, toxic habits, and mother wounds often go unprocessed causing a significant amount of stress, overwhelm, and feelings of depression that travels and seeps into other areas of their lives. Are you a woman who has found themselves in the midst of having to navigate unprocessed trauma or grief from having to survive toxic romantic partners or relationships? Have you done an audit on your life and discovered that there are themes driving you to repeat the same habits and cycles? It may be time to heal those areas.
As a therapist, my experience includes working with mental illness, depression, transitioning through different stages of life, anxiety, grief/loss, difficulties in school, ADHD, adjusting to memory impairment, Traumatic Brain Injury, LGBTQ+ and trauma.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and obtained my Master’s degree from University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Different therapy techniques such as cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, client-centered and psychoeducation are utilized to help work towards goals for therapy. Therapy is a learning process about how to address concerns and to help the client grow.
As a therapist, my experience includes working with mental illness, depression, transitioning through different stages of life, anxiety, grief/loss, difficulties in school, ADHD, adjusting to memory impairment, Traumatic Brain Injury, LGBTQ+ and trauma.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and obtained my Master’s degree from University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Different therapy techniques such as cognitive behavioral, solution-focused, client-centered and psychoeducation are utilized to help work towards goals for therapy. Therapy is a learning process about how to address concerns and to help the client grow.
I offer a place where your voice will be heard. A compassionate and confidential atmosphere to discuss personal concerns. I specialize in therapeutic assistance to anyone, from all backgrounds, ages, and walks of life (families, individuals, children and teens) who are encountering adjustment problems or experiencing psychological emotional distress, such as loss, grief, sexual trauma and crisis, depression, anxiety and PTSD.
I offer a place where your voice will be heard. A compassionate and confidential atmosphere to discuss personal concerns. I specialize in therapeutic assistance to anyone, from all backgrounds, ages, and walks of life (families, individuals, children and teens) who are encountering adjustment problems or experiencing psychological emotional distress, such as loss, grief, sexual trauma and crisis, depression, anxiety and PTSD.
Our team of therapists offer a variety of expertise, including anxiety, depression, PTSD, addiction and substance use, eating disorders, LGBTQ+ issues, faith, sexuality, boundary setting, identity exploration, and more.
Sessions are offered at reduced rates to meet your needs through our numerous programs for people who are uninsured and under insured. We strive to be as generous as possible and invite clients to take advantage of multiple programs should they qualify.
Our team of therapists offer a variety of expertise, including anxiety, depression, PTSD, addiction and substance use, eating disorders, LGBTQ+ issues, faith, sexuality, boundary setting, identity exploration, and more.
Sessions are offered at reduced rates to meet your needs through our numerous programs for people who are uninsured and under insured. We strive to be as generous as possible and invite clients to take advantage of multiple programs should they qualify.
I specialize in providing care to members of the LGBTQ+ community and those questioning their identities.
I work with clients from diverse backgrounds including gender, race, age, socioeconomic status, and faith/spirituality. I work to provide customized and culturally appropriate treatment approaches based on collaboration and integrity. I acknowledge the barriers inherent in seeking out and receiving mental health care and work to utilize my expertise to create an accessible standard of care. I approach therapy from the standpoint of exploring social contexts and the impact of social messages on individual mental health and collective relationships.
I specialize in providing care to members of the LGBTQ+ community and those questioning their identities.
I work with clients from diverse backgrounds including gender, race, age, socioeconomic status, and faith/spirituality. I work to provide customized and culturally appropriate treatment approaches based on collaboration and integrity. I acknowledge the barriers inherent in seeking out and receiving mental health care and work to utilize my expertise to create an accessible standard of care. I approach therapy from the standpoint of exploring social contexts and the impact of social messages on individual mental health and collective relationships.
Have you been struggling with feelings of sadness, anxiety or panic attacks? Or are you tired of people using you or struggling to get motivated? I provide compassionate care while providing the tools and information to help you heal. Other challenges like drugs/alcohol, bipolar disorder; or if you're not sure what the problem is but need help and support, I will work with you to help you live a better, healthier life. My extensive experience also includes helping children, teens and adults impacted by foster care, have been adopted, are birth parents, or who are adoptive/ foster parents.
Have you been struggling with feelings of sadness, anxiety or panic attacks? Or are you tired of people using you or struggling to get motivated? I provide compassionate care while providing the tools and information to help you heal. Other challenges like drugs/alcohol, bipolar disorder; or if you're not sure what the problem is but need help and support, I will work with you to help you live a better, healthier life. My extensive experience also includes helping children, teens and adults impacted by foster care, have been adopted, are birth parents, or who are adoptive/ foster parents.
I see psychotherapy as a collaborative process. From this perspective, I have developed an individualized approach in which the relationship provides a safe place where feelings and behavior can be explored. Often, current struggles have developed over time so that connections can be made to past experiences. With this understanding a person can begin to make changes which lead to greater satisfaction and happiness. I bring a solid eclectic knowledge base to the process, drawing on individual dynamics, relationship dynamics, and an understanding of human development throughout the life cycle.
I work with individuals, couples, and adolescents (including their families).
I see psychotherapy as a collaborative process. From this perspective, I have developed an individualized approach in which the relationship provides a safe place where feelings and behavior can be explored. Often, current struggles have developed over time so that connections can be made to past experiences. With this understanding a person can begin to make changes which lead to greater satisfaction and happiness. I bring a solid eclectic knowledge base to the process, drawing on individual dynamics, relationship dynamics, and an understanding of human development throughout the life cycle.
I work with individuals, couples, and adolescents (including their families).
The things that we experience and go through in life can create different lens in which we see ourselves. Like a pair of glasses, each one is different and can have a different impact on the story we tell about who we are. Sometimes with the things we experience can create a lens of low sense of self, anxiety, depression, or even trauma responses. It's important to have someone you trust who can aid in walking you through those different experiences to be able to dismantle the thoughts and the emotions, from the experiences to lead you to living a happier and more fulfilling life.
The things that we experience and go through in life can create different lens in which we see ourselves. Like a pair of glasses, each one is different and can have a different impact on the story we tell about who we are. Sometimes with the things we experience can create a lens of low sense of self, anxiety, depression, or even trauma responses. It's important to have someone you trust who can aid in walking you through those different experiences to be able to dismantle the thoughts and the emotions, from the experiences to lead you to living a happier and more fulfilling life.
I assist clients with addressing various presenting issues such as, anxiety, stress, ADHD, LGBTQA+, depression, adjustment/ transition, school issues, self-esteem, divorce, grief/loss, and relationships issues.
I use various therapeutic techniques and interventions such as, person-centered therapy, play therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), Emotion Focused Therapy and humor. I have also completed level 1 of the Gottman’s Therapy for Couples Counseling.
I assist clients with addressing various presenting issues such as, anxiety, stress, ADHD, LGBTQA+, depression, adjustment/ transition, school issues, self-esteem, divorce, grief/loss, and relationships issues.
I use various therapeutic techniques and interventions such as, person-centered therapy, play therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy (REBT), Emotion Focused Therapy and humor. I have also completed level 1 of the Gottman’s Therapy for Couples Counseling.
You feel lost. Entirely alone in your struggles, like no one can understand what you’re going through. You desperately wish you had a better handle on things and feel like a failure for your shortcomings. But this problem isn’t unique. The experience is so common that there are memes about it. Everyone struggles; it’s perfectly normal. Of course, knowing that doesn’t make those thoughts and feelings go away. But that’s where we come in.
You feel lost. Entirely alone in your struggles, like no one can understand what you’re going through. You desperately wish you had a better handle on things and feel like a failure for your shortcomings. But this problem isn’t unique. The experience is so common that there are memes about it. Everyone struggles; it’s perfectly normal. Of course, knowing that doesn’t make those thoughts and feelings go away. But that’s where we come in.
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LGBTQ+ Therapists
Do LGBTQ-affirmative therapists receive special training?
Yes. Many therapists who practice LGBTQ-affirmative therapy have completed specialized training, either during their degree program or as continuing education, to learn the core principles of affirmative therapy and how to best support their LGBTQ clients; some have received certifications in LGBTQ-affirmative therapy. Prospective clients should inquire as to a clinician’s background and training to ensure a good fit.
Why might I want to see an LGBTQ-affirming or LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
Queer and gender-non-conforming individuals frequently experience bias and marginalization in day-to-day life. Working with a therapist who understands these unique challenges, as well as accepts and affirms their identity, can help LGBTQ clients feel safe and supported during therapy—allowing them to better navigate their relationships, mental health, and anything else that they wish to explore during therapy. It is important to note that many therapists can be effective in their work with LGBTQ+ individuals, even in the absence of specific training or background knowledge. The most important component in therapy is the alliance between therapist and client, and this alliance can exist between individuals with very different backgrounds.
How can I find an LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
You may wish to inquire about a therapist’s expertise with your specific challenges or concerns—depression, for example, or relationship strife—as well as their past experiences treating LGBTQ+ clients. Prospective clients may also ask whether a therapist has obtained additional training and/or certification in LGBTQ-affirmative techniques.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience with LGBTQ issues?
Prospective clients should feel empowered to directly ask therapists whether they have received training or been certified in LGBTQ-affirming therapy; competent therapists will be happy to explain their educational background and preferred approach(es) to help a client find the best match for them. Clients may also wish to ask how a therapist has treated clients with their particular challenges in the past and what they expect treatment to look like.
Are all the therapists listed in the LGBTQ directory themselves members of the LGBTQ community?
While therapists may choose to disclose their sexual orientation or gender identity in their profiles, the LGBTQ directory features not only those who have shared this information but also those who assert specialized training or experience in providing support to queer individuals, couples or families.