Therapists for Teens and Adolescents in Oak Park, IL
Lilah Alkaissi, LSW, helps children, adolescents, teens, adults, and older adults navigate life’s challenges with compassion, curiosity, and evidence-based care.
Lilah is especially passionate about helping children, adolescents, and teens who are struggling with ADHD, childhood behavior issues, and school avoidance. She understands how these concerns can affect confidence, academic performance, family relationships, and daily functioning.
Lilah Alkaissi, LSW, helps children, adolescents, teens, adults, and older adults navigate life’s challenges with compassion, curiosity, and evidence-based care.
Lilah is especially passionate about helping children, adolescents, and teens who are struggling with ADHD, childhood behavior issues, and school avoidance. She understands how these concerns can affect confidence, academic performance, family relationships, and daily functioning.
While I welcome individuals through many walks of life, I especially enjoy working with teens and young adults as they navigate the unique challenges of adolescence and early adulthood.
Life can sometimes leave us feeling anxious, overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure of what's next. Whether you're navigating school, relationships, family stress, career changes, or simply trying to understand yourself better, you don't have to figure it out alone. Therapy can be a place where you feel heard, supported, and empowered to create meaningful change. My goal is to provide a nonjudgmental space where you can feel understood while building the confidence and skills to move forward.
While I welcome individuals through many walks of life, I especially enjoy working with teens and young adults as they navigate the unique challenges of adolescence and early adulthood.
Life can sometimes leave us feeling anxious, overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure of what's next. Whether you're navigating school, relationships, family stress, career changes, or simply trying to understand yourself better, you don't have to figure it out alone. Therapy can be a place where you feel heard, supported, and empowered to create meaningful change. My goal is to provide a nonjudgmental space where you can feel understood while building the confidence and skills to move forward.
With 20 years experience, I am dedicated in working with adults, emerging adults, teens, and children who are navigating a wide range of challenges.
I believe in a strengths-based model of service where I help you acknowledge the power you have over your life to create change. I tailor each session to the unique needs of the client and view the therapy space as a client's safe space to express oneself freely.
With 20 years experience, I am dedicated in working with adults, emerging adults, teens, and children who are navigating a wide range of challenges.
I believe in a strengths-based model of service where I help you acknowledge the power you have over your life to create change. I tailor each session to the unique needs of the client and view the therapy space as a client's safe space to express oneself freely.
If you’re feeling stuck in your relationship, overwhelmed by a difficult transition, or simply trying to make sense of what you’re going through, therapy can offer a place to slow down, feel understood, and see things with a little more clarity.
I’m a pre-licensed therapist intern who works with couples, families, and individuals. I especially enjoy working with couples who are navigating infidelity, communication difficulties, or concerns around intimacy. I also work with college-aged young adults and individuals and families facing significant life transitions, including infertility, grief, loss, and difficult past experiences.
If you’re feeling stuck in your relationship, overwhelmed by a difficult transition, or simply trying to make sense of what you’re going through, therapy can offer a place to slow down, feel understood, and see things with a little more clarity.
I’m a pre-licensed therapist intern who works with couples, families, and individuals. I especially enjoy working with couples who are navigating infidelity, communication difficulties, or concerns around intimacy. I also work with college-aged young adults and individuals and families facing significant life transitions, including infertility, grief, loss, and difficult past experiences.
Breezer Counseling & Wellness is a boutique mental health practice defined by its authentic, distinctive, and exceptional approach to healing. With clients across Illinois—online, in Palatine and Oak Park—we offer research-based and holistic therapy, reunification therapy and divorce support, specialized groups, event support &workshops for individuals, families, and professionals.
We bring a wide range of specialties and creative programming including unique groups such as Comic Book Therapy & The Plot Twist blending evidence-based methods with whole-self care to guide clients toward clarity, balance, and lasting transformation.
Breezer Counseling & Wellness is a boutique mental health practice defined by its authentic, distinctive, and exceptional approach to healing. With clients across Illinois—online, in Palatine and Oak Park—we offer research-based and holistic therapy, reunification therapy and divorce support, specialized groups, event support &workshops for individuals, families, and professionals.
We bring a wide range of specialties and creative programming including unique groups such as Comic Book Therapy & The Plot Twist blending evidence-based methods with whole-self care to guide clients toward clarity, balance, and lasting transformation.
Julia Sostrin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois. Julia meets clients where they are at, with more than a decade working with multiple diagnoses and disorders. She uses integrative and eclectic approaches in order to help clients find resolutions to issues and identify patterns which may be causing them issues. Julia has worked at all levels of care and often will employ modalities and treatment approach which best fit for the client in front of her. She will do this to help them move at a speed they can feel comfortable and happy with to make the progress they hope to see.
Julia Sostrin is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois. Julia meets clients where they are at, with more than a decade working with multiple diagnoses and disorders. She uses integrative and eclectic approaches in order to help clients find resolutions to issues and identify patterns which may be causing them issues. Julia has worked at all levels of care and often will employ modalities and treatment approach which best fit for the client in front of her. She will do this to help them move at a speed they can feel comfortable and happy with to make the progress they hope to see.
As a Spanish Speaking Bilingual Couple and Family Therapist, I am passionate about assisting Families and Couples in building healthy connections to their community, families and partner(s). My goal is to facilitate effective communication, enhance understanding, and provide tools for resolving conflicts and improving overall relationship fulfillment.
As a Spanish Speaking Bilingual Couple and Family Therapist, I am passionate about assisting Families and Couples in building healthy connections to their community, families and partner(s). My goal is to facilitate effective communication, enhance understanding, and provide tools for resolving conflicts and improving overall relationship fulfillment.
I have experience working with adults and adolescents related to depression, anxiety, trauma, family dynamics and identity formation.
Committing to the work of therapy – reflecting on our inner lives and histories to find balance and to illuminate our life’s purpose and meaning – can be both challenging and gratifying. I strive to provide an accepting, trusting and compassionate atmosphere to support my clients’ work.
I have experience working with adults and adolescents related to depression, anxiety, trauma, family dynamics and identity formation.
Committing to the work of therapy – reflecting on our inner lives and histories to find balance and to illuminate our life’s purpose and meaning – can be both challenging and gratifying. I strive to provide an accepting, trusting and compassionate atmosphere to support my clients’ work.
I'm here to offer empathetic, and practical guidance for parents, and individual therapy for teens and adults.
Does one part of you feel stuck, not able to make a decision, while another part pressures you to move forward, leaving you caught in patterns of doubt, worry and frustration? You may feel pulled in different directions, trying to keep things together while something inside you knows it's not working.
I offer practical steady therapy that helps you understand the different parts of yourself that push, protect, criticize, or carry old hurt-so new choices start to feel possible for you.
In-person therapy in Oak Park, and telehealth available across Illinois, including Wicker Park, Logan Square, Riverside, Avondale, and Chicago.
I'm here to offer empathetic, and practical guidance for parents, and individual therapy for teens and adults.
Does one part of you feel stuck, not able to make a decision, while another part pressures you to move forward, leaving you caught in patterns of doubt, worry and frustration? You may feel pulled in different directions, trying to keep things together while something inside you knows it's not working.
I offer practical steady therapy that helps you understand the different parts of yourself that push, protect, criticize, or carry old hurt-so new choices start to feel possible for you.
In-person therapy in Oak Park, and telehealth available across Illinois, including Wicker Park, Logan Square, Riverside, Avondale, and Chicago.
Do you struggle with anxiety or depression that affects your daily mood, relationships, and ability to function? Do you feel exhausted or overwhelmed just getting through the day or by the thought that you’re stuck and you don’t know when/if things will get better? Do you question whether you can find relief for your day-to-day life? Now more than ever, people are feeling anxious about finding their place in life. I believe there is hope and answers.
Do you struggle with anxiety or depression that affects your daily mood, relationships, and ability to function? Do you feel exhausted or overwhelmed just getting through the day or by the thought that you’re stuck and you don’t know when/if things will get better? Do you question whether you can find relief for your day-to-day life? Now more than ever, people are feeling anxious about finding their place in life. I believe there is hope and answers.
I specialize in helping clients who are facing chronic stress and trauma. Using techniques from cognitive-behavior therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy, we will explore personalized ways to help you create the life you want. I believe in the importance of finding joy and connection in your life, even during periods of stress and uncertainty. As a professor of behavioral medicine who has helped train healthcare professionals, I also have a special interest in helping students, residents, and new professionals cope with secondary trauma, compassion fatigue and to foster resilience.
I specialize in helping clients who are facing chronic stress and trauma. Using techniques from cognitive-behavior therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy, we will explore personalized ways to help you create the life you want. I believe in the importance of finding joy and connection in your life, even during periods of stress and uncertainty. As a professor of behavioral medicine who has helped train healthcare professionals, I also have a special interest in helping students, residents, and new professionals cope with secondary trauma, compassion fatigue and to foster resilience.
Navigating overwhelming emotions related to trauma, stress, relationships, conflict, or identity can be frustrating, especially when you are unable to pinpoint where those feelings are coming from. You may feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure of how to process and cope with what you are experiencing. You do not have to figure it all out on your own.
Therapy provides an opportunity to explore your emotions, better understand yourself and your experiences, and develop healthier ways to cope and move forward. I strive to create a supportive and welcoming environment where you feel safe to be vulnerable, understood, and genuinely seen.
Navigating overwhelming emotions related to trauma, stress, relationships, conflict, or identity can be frustrating, especially when you are unable to pinpoint where those feelings are coming from. You may feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure of how to process and cope with what you are experiencing. You do not have to figure it all out on your own.
Therapy provides an opportunity to explore your emotions, better understand yourself and your experiences, and develop healthier ways to cope and move forward. I strive to create a supportive and welcoming environment where you feel safe to be vulnerable, understood, and genuinely seen.
My clinical work is grounded in a faith based, client centered, culturally responsive, strength-based, and holistic framework that prioritizes emotional and physical wellness, resilience, and sustainable change. I structure my practice based on the spirit of unconditional love which always protect, follows truth, create hope and persevere to accomplish attainable goals.
My clinical work is grounded in a faith based, client centered, culturally responsive, strength-based, and holistic framework that prioritizes emotional and physical wellness, resilience, and sustainable change. I structure my practice based on the spirit of unconditional love which always protect, follows truth, create hope and persevere to accomplish attainable goals.
We are wired with an affinity toward healing. Therapy is powerful in attaining wellness. But what if we went beyond talk therapy by also integrating meditation and biofeedback to address mental health? We'll explore your intrinsic ability to harness the power of mindfulness and breath work. We'll tap into nutrition's role in mental health. We are a team of psychological providers and a primary care physician collaborating with you toward your healing journey and specialize in trauma informed care, exposure for OCD and address weight management from an integrative medical and psychological approach.
We are wired with an affinity toward healing. Therapy is powerful in attaining wellness. But what if we went beyond talk therapy by also integrating meditation and biofeedback to address mental health? We'll explore your intrinsic ability to harness the power of mindfulness and breath work. We'll tap into nutrition's role in mental health. We are a team of psychological providers and a primary care physician collaborating with you toward your healing journey and specialize in trauma informed care, exposure for OCD and address weight management from an integrative medical and psychological approach.
I am a psychotherapist that works with children, adolescents, young adults and families.
I predominantly draw from the Internal Family Systems approach, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness to increase an individual's understanding of their own experiences and responses as well as develop skills in order to continue their growth and development.
I am a psychotherapist that works with children, adolescents, young adults and families.
I predominantly draw from the Internal Family Systems approach, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and mindfulness to increase an individual's understanding of their own experiences and responses as well as develop skills in order to continue their growth and development.
Starting therapy can feel like a big step, but you don’t have to figure things out on your own. I work with people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or caught in the same patterns, especially in relationships or during life changes. Even if you’re self-aware, it can still feel hard to move forward. I offer a warm, supportive space where we can slow things down, make sense of what’s going on, and find new ways forward. Together, we’ll build clarity, confidence, and a stronger connection to yourself so you can feel more grounded and in control.
Starting therapy can feel like a big step, but you don’t have to figure things out on your own. I work with people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or caught in the same patterns, especially in relationships or during life changes. Even if you’re self-aware, it can still feel hard to move forward. I offer a warm, supportive space where we can slow things down, make sense of what’s going on, and find new ways forward. Together, we’ll build clarity, confidence, and a stronger connection to yourself so you can feel more grounded and in control.
LifeSpan Counseling & Psychological Services offers services to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
As an individual therapist, I conceptualize my cases from an intersectional feminist perspective. I am passionate about working with women and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. I have worked with clients from diverse backgrounds and cultures living with mood, anxiety, adjustment, behavioral, and trauma-related disorders.
LifeSpan Counseling & Psychological Services offers services to children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families.
As an individual therapist, I conceptualize my cases from an intersectional feminist perspective. I am passionate about working with women and members of the LGBTQIA+ community. I have worked with clients from diverse backgrounds and cultures living with mood, anxiety, adjustment, behavioral, and trauma-related disorders.
I bring over 8 years of dedicated expertise to my counseling practice. I specialize in supporting individuals facing various challenges, including depression, anxiety, grief, self esteem issues, family conflict and navigating life transitions. I provide clients with a safe space to freely express their thoughts/feelings free of judgement. My goal in therapy is to help ease the weighted stress of everyday life challenges. I utilize an integrative approach that combines different therapeutic approaches to best fit each client’s needs and goals. My approach is influenced but not limited to CBT, Trauma focused CBT, DBT and Psychotherapy
I bring over 8 years of dedicated expertise to my counseling practice. I specialize in supporting individuals facing various challenges, including depression, anxiety, grief, self esteem issues, family conflict and navigating life transitions. I provide clients with a safe space to freely express their thoughts/feelings free of judgement. My goal in therapy is to help ease the weighted stress of everyday life challenges. I utilize an integrative approach that combines different therapeutic approaches to best fit each client’s needs and goals. My approach is influenced but not limited to CBT, Trauma focused CBT, DBT and Psychotherapy
You might feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. Maybe you’re navigating challenges in your reproductive journey and just want to feel like yourself again. As someone who has personally navigated infertility, I understand the anxiety, grief, and pressure that can come with this journey. I provide tools to manage these feelings and a safe space where you don’t have to carry it alone. Together, we’ll work toward clarity, healing, and helping you feel more grounded and hopeful. You deserve support that truly understands your story and strategies that actually help.
You might feel overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure how to move forward. Maybe you’re navigating challenges in your reproductive journey and just want to feel like yourself again. As someone who has personally navigated infertility, I understand the anxiety, grief, and pressure that can come with this journey. I provide tools to manage these feelings and a safe space where you don’t have to carry it alone. Together, we’ll work toward clarity, healing, and helping you feel more grounded and hopeful. You deserve support that truly understands your story and strategies that actually help.
You Don’t Have to Go Through Life’s Struggles Alone Often in life, our journey towards growth and happiness becomes obstructed by our past experiences. Additionally, current experiences, stressors, and traumas, can impact our mental health and well-being. Our unmanaged fear, trauma, anxiety, and depression can leave us feeling like we are not worthy of happiness or positive relationships. These underlying thoughts impact our actions and emotions and can impact our quality of life and mental health. However, you do not have to face these challenges alone.
You Don’t Have to Go Through Life’s Struggles Alone Often in life, our journey towards growth and happiness becomes obstructed by our past experiences. Additionally, current experiences, stressors, and traumas, can impact our mental health and well-being. Our unmanaged fear, trauma, anxiety, and depression can leave us feeling like we are not worthy of happiness or positive relationships. These underlying thoughts impact our actions and emotions and can impact our quality of life and mental health. However, you do not have to face these challenges alone.
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FAQ - Teenage and Adolescent Therapists
When does a teenager need to see a therapist?
Exploration and existential struggle is a normal part of adolescence, but if your teenager’s emotions or behaviors change so as to disrupt their ability to function academically or socially, you may want to consult a therapist. For example, if a teen’s grades in school drop suddenly or if they begin isolating from their friends and only spending time online, a parent may want to consider therapy.
What can an adolescent therapist help with?
Adolescence is a tumultuous time, and a therapist can help with the challenges that arise, whether they relate to emotions, academics, disruptive behaviors, self-esteem, friendships, family dynamics, sexual or gender identity, or alcohol and drug use. A therapist can help teenagers unpack their emotions, understand their experiences, and develop coping skills.
What therapy types are suitable for teenagers?
Teenagers may especially benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy (which identifies unhealthy thought patterns to change emotions and behaviors), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), which teaches emotion regulation and distress tolerance, acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), which teaches emotional acceptance and psychological flexibility, and interpersonal therapy, which targets interpersonal difficulties. Additionally, adolescent problems may involve family members; family therapy to improve family dynamics and communication is helpful in those cases.
How do you prepare teens for therapy?
You can prepare your teenager for therapy by describing what the process will look like and setting expectations for timeline, if requested. You can explain that the first session may begin with an assessment phase, that they can describe their experiences but that the therapist will ask questions too, and that it may take time to feel comfortable opening up. Ask how they’re feeling about the process and answer any questions calmly and supportively.