Family Systems Therapists in Northbrook, IL

I work with children, adolescents, adults and families on the north shore of Chicago. I specialize in supporting people dealing with anxiety, depression, social issues, low self-esteem, life transitions and complex family systems. I have experience working with both individuals and families and have particular expertise in understanding family dynamics. My approach is eclectic, with a psychodynamic focus. Throughout my professional life, I've worked privately, clinically and in schools, most recently at Erikson Institute in Chicago.

I am a seasoned Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 34 years of clinical experience in various settings, including a mental health center, a college, a psychiatric hospital, a family service agency and private practice. I provided individual, couples and family therapy in these settings. I offer clients a supportive environment, enabling them to overcome a wide variety of challenges in their relationships and life situations. My therapeutic approach is tailored to the unique needs of each individual, blending psychodynamic, attachment and family systems treatment. I have extensive experience with clients of all ages and various backgrounds. Brief treatment is available. Medicare provider.

I believe that change occurs through a compassionate and trusting therapeutic relationship. I recognize the importance of exploring negative patterns that pose as barriers in achieving balanced and fulfilling lives. I aim to have clients feel appropriately challenged and nurtured, as I believe clients enter therapy to address emotional burdens and break cycles of internal struggling. This allows us to develop strategies to build meaningful relationships moving forward. For me, there is nothing more rewarding than witnessing the transformation when clients feel empowered to navigate difficult emotions and tackle their problems.

I am a licensed clinical social worker with experience working with children, adolescents, young adults, adults, and families. I specialize in treating children and adolescents with anxiety, depression, school-related issues, and other behavioral challenges. I utilize a strengths-based relational therapy approach while incorporating other treatment modalities such as behaviorism, play therapy, art therapy and family systems therapies. This integrative approach allows my clients to make sense of their reality while also developing plans and coping tools that will help them achieve and maintain their goals.

Ashley is a relationship-centered therapist, who also draws upon family systems theory in her work. Ashley believes that the therapeutic relationship must foster a sense of warmth, authenticity, and acceptance, enabling clients to bring their full selves to the work, creating deeper awareness and a more connected, lived experience. Ashley's varied life experience has taught her that integration is essential on our journey toward wholeness. In this way, she creates safe space for people to bring the many aspects of their own selves - social, emotional, spiritual, and sexual - to the therapy process.

As a clinical social worker, I see myself as a coach, working to reduce anxiety by identifying the patterns that have created problems and stress in your life and formulating a plan for change. I believe change is possible at any age or stage of life. As a certified Parenting Effectiveness Instructor, I can support parents in improving communication with their children, reducing power struggles and managing their own anxiety to become more confident and effective.

I have been a social worker for 20 years. I enjoy working with individuals ages 4 to 104. I am experienced with counseling adolescents struggling with anxiety, depression, school refusal, peer relationships, self esteem, and emotional dysregulation. I attempt to approach all adolescents and parents within a family systems model. I also have training in marital counseling and enjoy helping couples reconnect again after feeling disconnected for various reasons. My practice is strengths and relationship based and incorporates mindfulness, CBT, DBT and ACT when appropriate.

Do you feel that anxiety, stress and panic are taking a toll on you body and the mind? My approach to therapy is to create a safe space where you can explore and heal the difficult and painful issues that are showing up in your life. Together we will move beyond problem-solving into releasing the mistaken beliefs and core unresolved issues behind your symptoms. My body-centered and mindfulness approach allows me to work directly with your nervous system to address symptoms like anxiety, racing thoughts, and irrational fears as well as feeling stuck, depressed and unavailable or unresponsive to life and relationships.

I utilize an eclectic approach to treatment. I primarily treat depression, anxiety, and trauma. I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral and Dialectal Behavioral Therapies. I graduated from the University of Michigan with a Master's in Social Work. I additionally underwent an intensive training program to help children, adolescents, and young adults heal from sexual assault. I managed an Adolescent Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Program. During this time, I developed several community and school-based adolescent groups. I conduct forensic evaluations for child sexual and physical abuse.

Anushah hopes to create a safe space wherein her clients thrive and grow. Anushah has worked with clients who experience stress and trauma, alongside concerns with emotional regulation, loss, and transitions. Anushah leads session with an empathic ear and seeks to understand a client's hardships through an intersectional lens. She takes a strength-based and person-centered approach in her work, which allows her to cater to the specific needs of each client. At the same time, Anushah also deeply values the family systems approach in her work and takes on a cross-cultural understanding when working with different family structures.

At Here & Now, our goal is to help each client discover the joy of feeling comfortable in their skin and knowing their purpose in life. Our specialists thoughtfully and compassionately tailor a wellness hub of solutions to each client’s unique needs. Your Wellness Hub of professionals will incorporate evidence-based practices. Your Hub may involve Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapy, Talk therapy, Psychiatry, Neuro-biofeedback, Art therapy, Movement, Breath, Trauma Release and Somatic work. We also offer support for overcoming substance abuse issues.

Chances are, you have happened upon this website because you are looking for something to be different: a feeling, a relationship, a thought, a mood... Together, we will determine what needs to change by looking outside ourselves (exploring roles, rules, connection, boundaries, communication, and support) and by looking within ouselves (exploring thoughts, feelings, coping skills, internal dialogue, and how we've made meaning out of different experiences). Through the process of learning, accepting and changing, something inherently will be different...and you will feel different.

I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 25 years of experience helping people with a variety of presenting problems. Are anxiety, depression, health or relationship issues making you feel "stuck" and keeping you from living the life you want right now? I work collaboratively with my clients building on already existing strengths to help reach the goals of behavioral and emotional growth. My approach is integrative, and I find using cognitive/behavioral and family/systems thinking to be most effective in helping my clients.

I have worked with children, adults and families for more than 25 years. Using an integrative perspective, I apply a range of techniques, including those based in attachment, family systems, and cognitive behavioral theories. Prior to establishing my private practice, I worked in a variety of settings from inner-city neighborhoods of Washington DC, Baltimore and Chicago, to small towns in North Africa.Throughout my career, I have sought to demystify mental health and psychotherapy by actively involving my clients in the intake and therapy process.

Mari Richko is the owner /founder of Center for Authentic Living in Park Ridge IL. a holistic hub for mental health and wellness. She has worked in the holistic health field for 25 years and applies her background in Body Focused Psychotherapy to her work with clients. She is known for treating eating disorders, depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, spiritual transformation and transitions. She incorporates mindfulness, body mind acupressure, shiatsu, nervous system work, IFS( Internal Family Systems), and Traditional Chinese Medicine to facilitate a conscious connection with our inner experience, a place of curiosity and healing.

Am I normal? Have I lost control of my own mind? What if the world finds out? Many people enter therapy with some version of these questions. Perhaps you feel socially inept and terrified of judgement or rejection. Or you feel at odds with your body and unable to quit food rituals surrounded by secrecy and shame. Or after losing touch with reality, you question whether anyone can possibly relate to the world in which you live. The human mind is wonderfully creative and adaptive. Your symptoms are valid responses to internal and environmental circumstances. In therapy, we can hold and heal your experience together.

I believe everyone has the potential for growth and development, but it is not easy! People face trauma, anxiety, depression, family issues, and other issues that are difficult to handle on their own. It can also be difficult to reach out to others and/or professionals to seek support. This is why I am here for you! I am an approachable, genuine, and warm clinician to make the transition to therapy and the therapy process as easy as possible. I provide children, teens, young adults, and adults a positive, safe and comfortable environment. I provide as much care, support and healing to reach and maintain my clients’ needs.

I am accepting new patients at Comprehensive Gastrointestinal Health (CGH) in Northbrook, IL, and in private practice in Missouri and Illinois via telehealth. At CGH, I practice gut-directed hypnotherapy for IBS, Esophageal disorders, and other disorders of the mind-gut axis. In private practice, I see individuals, couples, and families looking to improve their mental health and overall well-being.

Since 2007, I have had experiences working with emerging teens, adolescents, young adults and guardians in a variety of settings who have exhibited difficulties associated with Depression, Anxiety, suicidal ideation, self harm, Autism, ADHD, interpersonal conflict, low self-esteem, trauma and grief, to name a few. I want clients to know my office is a judgement-free zone and I will always be an ally in their corner. I encourage clients to identify personalized goals to evaluate therapy outcomes. I then teach and support implementation of strategies so actions align with those goals and change is experienced in a meaningful way.