Psychoanalytic Therapists in Oak Lawn, IL
My approach is to assist clients in developing various ways of dealing with mental/emotional stressors and embrace life transitions. I've specialized in issues pertaining to autism, obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit disorder, and divorce. I've become interested in addressing concerns particular to the greater number of men now seeking therapy.
My approach is to assist clients in developing various ways of dealing with mental/emotional stressors and embrace life transitions. I've specialized in issues pertaining to autism, obsessive compulsive disorder, attention deficit disorder, and divorce. I've become interested in addressing concerns particular to the greater number of men now seeking therapy.
Have you been feeling down? Managing life at times can be complex for the strongest individuals. Are you experiencing difficulties in your marriage or relationship? Are you adjusting to a new life experience? You don’t have to let anxiety, depression, trauma, work-related stress, relationships, or anything else keep you from moving toward your goals and the life you want. I understand these feelings and offer a non-judgmental safe environment. I specialize in: depression, anxiety, self esteem issues, coping skills , anger management/ court orders, and empowerment to help people heal inside and restore balance to your life.
Have you been feeling down? Managing life at times can be complex for the strongest individuals. Are you experiencing difficulties in your marriage or relationship? Are you adjusting to a new life experience? You don’t have to let anxiety, depression, trauma, work-related stress, relationships, or anything else keep you from moving toward your goals and the life you want. I understand these feelings and offer a non-judgmental safe environment. I specialize in: depression, anxiety, self esteem issues, coping skills , anger management/ court orders, and empowerment to help people heal inside and restore balance to your life.
Over the past 10 years I've worked with individuals, couples, families, and groups in various settings including private practice, hospitals, residential, and community mental health centers. I enjoy working with adolescents and adults working through day to day stressors, processing past experiences, and in need of symptom management.
Over the past 10 years I've worked with individuals, couples, families, and groups in various settings including private practice, hospitals, residential, and community mental health centers. I enjoy working with adolescents and adults working through day to day stressors, processing past experiences, and in need of symptom management.
My ideal clients are individuals who are ready to take an active role in their growth. Many are veterans, high-performing professionals, or individuals who feel stuck—caught in patterns of stress, anxiety, or unhelpful thinking despite wanting something more for themselves. They often come to my practice looking for clarity, control, and a more grounded way of navigating both internal and external challenges.
Clients are typically seeking more than just a place to talk—they want practical tools that work.
My ideal clients are individuals who are ready to take an active role in their growth. Many are veterans, high-performing professionals, or individuals who feel stuck—caught in patterns of stress, anxiety, or unhelpful thinking despite wanting something more for themselves. They often come to my practice looking for clarity, control, and a more grounded way of navigating both internal and external challenges.
Clients are typically seeking more than just a place to talk—they want practical tools that work.
We work with individuals who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or struggling with life stressors, relationships, mood disorders, or substance use. Many of our clients are looking for support but do not want to wait weeks to be seen. We offer virtual therapy across multiple states and can typically schedule appointments within 24–48 hours. Our team uses evidence-based approaches, including cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused therapy, to help clients gain clarity, stability, and practical tools to move forward.
We work with individuals who are feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or struggling with life stressors, relationships, mood disorders, or substance use. Many of our clients are looking for support but do not want to wait weeks to be seen. We offer virtual therapy across multiple states and can typically schedule appointments within 24–48 hours. Our team uses evidence-based approaches, including cognitive-behavioral and solution-focused therapy, to help clients gain clarity, stability, and practical tools to move forward.
Often times we look back on our past with disdain and dwell on “what ifs” and fall into second-guessing ourselves. In my work with you, we will focus on how you can accept and make peace with your past, while also learning from past situations. I believe that everyone has a story to tell and can learn to embrace their past as a stepping stone for a brighter tomorrow. My goal is to create an open and safe environment where you can: raise your concerns, fears and needs; become more accepting of yourself; clarify your goals; and determine how you can work to achieve your goals and resolve current challenges.
Often times we look back on our past with disdain and dwell on “what ifs” and fall into second-guessing ourselves. In my work with you, we will focus on how you can accept and make peace with your past, while also learning from past situations. I believe that everyone has a story to tell and can learn to embrace their past as a stepping stone for a brighter tomorrow. My goal is to create an open and safe environment where you can: raise your concerns, fears and needs; become more accepting of yourself; clarify your goals; and determine how you can work to achieve your goals and resolve current challenges.
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.
Need help? Allow me the opportunity to assist. As a therapist, I am passionate about helping clients foster self-awareness and gain insight into their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. With several years of experience, I believe in meeting each client where they are and providing ongoing social support to address your mental health needs. I utilize an integrative approach to provide services for young children, adolescents, and adults.
Need help? Allow me the opportunity to assist. As a therapist, I am passionate about helping clients foster self-awareness and gain insight into their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. With several years of experience, I believe in meeting each client where they are and providing ongoing social support to address your mental health needs. I utilize an integrative approach to provide services for young children, adolescents, and adults.
Applying theoretical application into practice varies from person to person as I assess, analyze, and evaluate the “self” through one on one counseling, therapy, observation, active listening, communication, surveys, and much more through clinical intervention and exploration. My main focus is YOU within a deep, empathic, and respectful atmosphere TOGETHER we can discover who the “SELF” truly is. Displaying a welcoming non- judgmental environment while setting the primary goal to establish a therapeutic alliance through confidentiality, empathic understanding, unconditional positive regard, respect, and dignity.
Applying theoretical application into practice varies from person to person as I assess, analyze, and evaluate the “self” through one on one counseling, therapy, observation, active listening, communication, surveys, and much more through clinical intervention and exploration. My main focus is YOU within a deep, empathic, and respectful atmosphere TOGETHER we can discover who the “SELF” truly is. Displaying a welcoming non- judgmental environment while setting the primary goal to establish a therapeutic alliance through confidentiality, empathic understanding, unconditional positive regard, respect, and dignity.
The foundation of my work with clients is based on the belief that "it's the relationship that heals." Relationships are vital to our emotional and psychological growth and how we take care of them is important. My goal is to provide a safe, respectful, and empathic place to discuss those situations that matter to you most. I lean toward a relational, psychodynamic, and spiritual approach to the therapeutic process and provide a place to process the meaning of your experiences and help you reconstruct them to reduce barriers to your emotional health.
The foundation of my work with clients is based on the belief that "it's the relationship that heals." Relationships are vital to our emotional and psychological growth and how we take care of them is important. My goal is to provide a safe, respectful, and empathic place to discuss those situations that matter to you most. I lean toward a relational, psychodynamic, and spiritual approach to the therapeutic process and provide a place to process the meaning of your experiences and help you reconstruct them to reduce barriers to your emotional health.
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My ideal client is looking to build their village.
I most enjoy working with people navigating identity, and strengthening self esteem.
Every person coming to therapy has their own unique needs, and seeks different outcomes from the counseling process, my style of therapy challenges the client to think critically, working self control, and increasing self-awareness, in order to affect positive change and realize true power.
Welcome!
My ideal client is looking to build their village.
I most enjoy working with people navigating identity, and strengthening self esteem.
Every person coming to therapy has their own unique needs, and seeks different outcomes from the counseling process, my style of therapy challenges the client to think critically, working self control, and increasing self-awareness, in order to affect positive change and realize true power.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Psychotherapist, and life coach with over 25 years of professional counseling experience. I am passionate about helping individuals remove emotional clutter and live with intention. My approach is rooted in empathy, empowerment, and deep connection. I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions, guiding them toward clarity and wholeness with personalized care and proven therapeutic strategies.
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Psychotherapist, and life coach with over 25 years of professional counseling experience. I am passionate about helping individuals remove emotional clutter and live with intention. My approach is rooted in empathy, empowerment, and deep connection. I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions, guiding them toward clarity and wholeness with personalized care and proven therapeutic strategies.
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I believe that relationships are pillars of emotional wellness. For a variety of reasons, we may rely on coping strategies, both as children and adults, that negatively impact the important relationships around us. I provide a safe and reflective environment which brings awareness to these maladaptive patterns, improving upon the quality of our relationships.
I believe that relationships are pillars of emotional wellness. For a variety of reasons, we may rely on coping strategies, both as children and adults, that negatively impact the important relationships around us. I provide a safe and reflective environment which brings awareness to these maladaptive patterns, improving upon the quality of our relationships.
I am trained in EFT, CBT, DBT, attachment theory, psychodynamic, positive psychology, and EMDR. I incorporate an eclectic mix of strategies to meet the unique needs of each client. My goal is to create a safe, supportive space where clients feel comfortable exploring challenges, building insight, and achieving meaningful change. I have experience helping clients navigate a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship struggles, divorce and separation, extramarital affairs, premarital counseling, men’s issues, parenting, career, and major life transitions.
I am trained in EFT, CBT, DBT, attachment theory, psychodynamic, positive psychology, and EMDR. I incorporate an eclectic mix of strategies to meet the unique needs of each client. My goal is to create a safe, supportive space where clients feel comfortable exploring challenges, building insight, and achieving meaningful change. I have experience helping clients navigate a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship struggles, divorce and separation, extramarital affairs, premarital counseling, men’s issues, parenting, career, and major life transitions.
As a therapist and licensed attorney, I am experienced in counseling individuals, assisting clients with problem solving, offering support and utilizing best practices. My certification is in Evidence-Based Practice. I focus on solution-oriented therapy in my work with individuals, couples and families. This includes CBT strategies, strengths-based and psycho-dynamic treatment modalities. We will work in a joint effort to meet your multi-dimensional needs. Our work together will include exploring your concerns from many perspectives to facilitate problem solving, improve functioning, and reduce negative symptoms.
As a therapist and licensed attorney, I am experienced in counseling individuals, assisting clients with problem solving, offering support and utilizing best practices. My certification is in Evidence-Based Practice. I focus on solution-oriented therapy in my work with individuals, couples and families. This includes CBT strategies, strengths-based and psycho-dynamic treatment modalities. We will work in a joint effort to meet your multi-dimensional needs. Our work together will include exploring your concerns from many perspectives to facilitate problem solving, improve functioning, and reduce negative symptoms.
I am effective with men and women, from their early 20's and beyond, who feel trapped in fears, emotional pain, and self-defeating patterns in work and relationships. Usually, when we are emotionally stuck, it is because of longstanding conflicts and problematic interaction patterns, often operating outside awareness. Sometimes we feel too ashamed or confused even to look at these parts of ourselves alone, and need the help of a careful and caring listener to help clarify our dilemmas and to help open more choices, more freedom in our lives.
I am effective with men and women, from their early 20's and beyond, who feel trapped in fears, emotional pain, and self-defeating patterns in work and relationships. Usually, when we are emotionally stuck, it is because of longstanding conflicts and problematic interaction patterns, often operating outside awareness. Sometimes we feel too ashamed or confused even to look at these parts of ourselves alone, and need the help of a careful and caring listener to help clarify our dilemmas and to help open more choices, more freedom in our lives.
Finding a trusting therapeutic relationship can feel like a daunting task. As a neurodivergent therapist, I prioritize creating safety and trust within our sessions. Having a nonjudgemental space to explore is essential to healing. With over 14 years of professional experience, I value working alongside you to build a trusting and authentic partnership in our shared therapeutic space.
Finding a trusting therapeutic relationship can feel like a daunting task. As a neurodivergent therapist, I prioritize creating safety and trust within our sessions. Having a nonjudgemental space to explore is essential to healing. With over 14 years of professional experience, I value working alongside you to build a trusting and authentic partnership in our shared therapeutic space.
Rooted in the belief that connection is the agent of change, I consider our therapeutic relationship a partnership where together we explore and understand the difficulties that are getting in the way of your goals. My focus is on understanding how early relationships affect the quality of a person's current life and their abilities to express their authentic self. I help clients gain a greater sense of control over their lives and experience a fuller sense of themselves and their capacities. Whether for yourself or your child, psychotherapy is an opportunity for you to gain insight, find and hold onto hope, and make lasting change.
Rooted in the belief that connection is the agent of change, I consider our therapeutic relationship a partnership where together we explore and understand the difficulties that are getting in the way of your goals. My focus is on understanding how early relationships affect the quality of a person's current life and their abilities to express their authentic self. I help clients gain a greater sense of control over their lives and experience a fuller sense of themselves and their capacities. Whether for yourself or your child, psychotherapy is an opportunity for you to gain insight, find and hold onto hope, and make lasting change.
Hello, and welcome. I work with individuals of all ages, and with families and couples. Some people come to me in the midst of deep pain, when hope for something better seems elusive. Others feel fine in many ways but imagine somehow being able to meaningfully enhance their lives, though what that might look or feel like is not yet clear to them. Having worked for many years with adults and children with wide-ranging experiences and presentations, I've seen how depression or anxiety, trauma, shame and isolation, difficult family dynamics can have an undermining influence on our relationships of all kinds, and on our work and play.
Hello, and welcome. I work with individuals of all ages, and with families and couples. Some people come to me in the midst of deep pain, when hope for something better seems elusive. Others feel fine in many ways but imagine somehow being able to meaningfully enhance their lives, though what that might look or feel like is not yet clear to them. Having worked for many years with adults and children with wide-ranging experiences and presentations, I've seen how depression or anxiety, trauma, shame and isolation, difficult family dynamics can have an undermining influence on our relationships of all kinds, and on our work and play.
Using relational and intersubjective psychoanalytic models, humanistic psychology, and a Jungian framework, I help enhance your self-understanding, awareness, adaptive self-management, and guide you toward self-actualization.
Nudging you through your process of self actualization is an enduring hope of mine and ever present in the clinical work we do. Whether you struggle with who you are, have frequent unstable relationships with your Self and others, or are curious about the relentless anxiety, numbness, sadness, or endless angst in life that won't seem to go away, together we work toward healing. In therapy, we make intrinsic meaning of such recurrences to unblock psychological barriers, deepen your grasp of self, and strengthen your capacity for meaningful relationships. That is often the hope and starting treatment goal of our depth-oriented work.
Using relational and intersubjective psychoanalytic models, humanistic psychology, and a Jungian framework, I help enhance your self-understanding, awareness, adaptive self-management, and guide you toward self-actualization.
Nudging you through your process of self actualization is an enduring hope of mine and ever present in the clinical work we do. Whether you struggle with who you are, have frequent unstable relationships with your Self and others, or are curious about the relentless anxiety, numbness, sadness, or endless angst in life that won't seem to go away, together we work toward healing. In therapy, we make intrinsic meaning of such recurrences to unblock psychological barriers, deepen your grasp of self, and strengthen your capacity for meaningful relationships. That is often the hope and starting treatment goal of our depth-oriented work.
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Psychoanalytic Therapists
Does psychoanalytic therapy work?
Psychoanalytic therapy derives from the work of Sigmund Freud. In this type of therapy, discovering buried thoughts and emotions from the unconscious will help a person work through their difficulties and negative behaviors. Research shows that psychoanalytic therapy can be highly effective, with patients reporting improvement in mood, quality of life, and overall well-being.
How long are people typically in psychoanalytic therapy?
Traditional psychoanalysis is in-depth and is conducted in five sessions every week. Today, modern psychoanalytic therapy is less intense and normally incorporates as few as one or two sessions a week. In some cases, positive change can occur quickly. However, if the condition, difficulty, or behavior is deep-seated, improvement may require many months or years of therapy.
Is psychoanalytic therapy suitable for young people?
Children and adolescents can benefit from this type of therapy. Many kids and teens are often unable to form and communicate their thoughts and emotions. Psychoanalytic therapy uses specific techniques such as dream analysis, symbolism, and free association or word association; all of which can be useful tools for less-communicative young people. Through this therapy, a patient will hopefully make connections between what they feel inside and how the world works outside.
Can psychoanalytic therapy be done online?
Modern-day psychoanalytic therapy is very different from traditional psychoanalysis. While an individual can sit face-to-face with the psychoanalyst for multiple sessions a week, they do not have to. Today, psychoanalytic therapy can be effectively conducted online or by phone. The key is that the individual confronts what is repressed and avoided, and this can be done whether in person or over online video.