Bisexual Therapists in Wheaton, IL

Taking steps to get counseling takes a lot of courage. I believe that everyone has their own unique experience and challenges, and that you don't have to go through it on your own. It is my goal to guide you closer to a balanced and happy life. I typically work with adults and adolescents ages 11-17 with anxiety, depression, body image, self-esteem, and coping skills. I am passionate about working with people who are marginalized (BIPOC, LGBTQ+, Women etc.).

I’m a therapist who specializes in perinatal issues including postpartum depression and anxiety, adjustment to motherhood/parenthood, intrusive thoughts, infertility, miscarriage, and infant loss. I have training in working with gender-based violence such as sexual assault, rape, and domestic violence. I also have experience assisting clients with anxiety, depression, life transitions, self-harm, and trauma. I have experience working with different genders, sexual orientations, racial/ethnic backgrounds, and socioeconomic status.

Life doesn't have to be painful. Through therapy, I can help you find healing from unhealthy patterns and pain. As a therapist, I am warm, compassionate, and honest. I am easy to connect with and help my clients feel comfortable quickly. My specialty is in assisting my clients with uncovering the root of unhelpful patterns, addressing the symptoms of these patterns, and with creating meaningful changes in their lives. Through my knowledge, experience, and passion, I can assist you in finding greater confidence, healing, and insight.

Life can be stressful enough without deciding on a counselor! This decision probably isn't as scary as actually picking up the phone, making the appointment and doing something about your situation. If you fall in this category, please call me and make an appointment; I cater to chickens! Look at this as an opportunity to do something proactive - I have a common-sense approach to therapy. Together we can clarify the issues, move towards change so you can feel empowered. You had the courage to find this website, keep going. I provide face-to-face counseling as well as video (distance) counseling.

Renee is passionate about therapy; yet, she has a sensitive presence in the process. Renee works with teens, young adults and adults to create healthy change, relieve stress, and give support for relationship issues. She works with anxiety issues, while many of the clients she works with have a background of Complex Trauma. She gently and carefully approaches them to create more change for more ease, care and understanding in your life. As well, Renee does strength building therapy for identity development including 'the self', as well as, 'sexual and gender identity'.

I'm a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Registered Play Therapist, and owner/founder of Roots to Branches Counseling Services. I specialize in working with children ages 2-12 and also have over a decade of experience working with adolescents and adults of all ages. As a play therapist, my treatment approach will equip parents with clear, practical applications to address childhood behaviors, and teach children essential skills for managing their emotions. I offer an engaging environment that teaches children how to govern their feelings, and parents to feel prepared and empowered when they leave.

Hello, I'm Maggie! I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW). The bulk of my work history has been in child welfare and working with children and youth in the context of their families. We all have a lot of navigating to do and I really enjoy walking alongside individuals as they pilot life's transitions. Adjusting can be hard, scary work. How can I help support you along life's path in ways that empower and, at times, challenge you? Let me help encourage and support you in discovering your potential through healthy change. Let's redefine your potential and find purpose by starting exactly where you are, today.

We recognize how difficult it can be to seek help with mental health issues. Our goal is to meet you where you are in a supportive, encouraging way. We never use shame as a motivator. Instead we seek to provide a balance between giving you time and space to heal and challenging and encouraging you to move forward to a healthier place. We have a staff of over 40 therapists each with different specialties; we all possess the same single passion: to walk with our clients on the path of healing.

The world was already complicated...and then COVID happened. I am passionate about helping my clients regain a sense of control, empowerment, and calm in their lives. I specialize in working with adults impacted by depression, anxiety, family stressors, addictions, and disordered eating.

Are you struggling to prioritize your own needs and caring for yourself? Are you feeling the weight of depression, anxiety, and relationship problems? I strongly believe that, as individuals, we need to prioritize our own well-being to live a full and rewarding lives. Helping clients discover and access self-care and self-compassion as they begin their journey in therapy is a passion of mine. Beginnings are never easy, but I am here to walk alongside you in this journey and will be here to support and guide you through this rewarding and life changing process.

I enjoy providing clients with therapy sessions they find purposeful and fulfilling to what their life needs. This can be through psychoeducation, hands-on creativity ventures, or a connection with nature and the outdoors. I support clients through different stages of their life from adolescence, to young adulthood, and adulthood. I specialize in having a vast DBT and CBT toolbox for symptoms of anxiety and depression. I am equipped to support clients navigate their worldview through a trauma-focused approach, learning to support and re-parent themselves through self-compassion and kindness.

My experience encompasses the successful treatment of a wide range of mental health issues, including: anxiety, depression, addiction, PTSD, bipolar disorder, grief, and relationship issues including infidelity. My goal is to build a safe connection with my clients. Within our therapeutic relationship, clients are enabled to honestly assess themselves and their circumstances, charting a path to healing- a re-integration of mind, body, soul, environment/community.

Whether you seek relief from depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, PTSD, relationship difficulties or other challenges, I am excited to collaborate with clients who desire to live their unique lives fully, participate in their healing process and seek to establish genuine, compassionate relationship with themselves and others! I believe most of us are doing our best to become who we hope to be, and can benefit from seeking appropriate support. Therefore, I don’t see a diagnosis, but an amazing human who wants to thrive despite life’s many challenges.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Affinity Clinical Services, LLC. I have been in private practice since 2012 and work with clients on numerous issues, including stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, eating disorders, divorce and much more. I work mostly with older teens, young adults, adults, couples, and seniors. The year 2020 has proven to be stressful for everyone. If you are feeling stuck, lonely, anxious or just not yourself and just need to talk , feel free to contact me. As a therapist I provide a safe, nurturing environment that will help clients be more accepting of themselves.

Too often, this life can make us feel weak, broken, and helpless. As a therapist, I strive to help individuals express themselves fully as who they are inside. My therapeutic style is direct, yet coupled with compassion and empathy. I always feel excited to help others in this journey through life–to help them to find personal purpose and meaning. I strive to help my clients who feel helpless and broken to feel empowered through coping skills, mindfulness, self expression, and assertiveness.

I approach the therapeutic relationship from a client-centered lens with an integrative treatment approach. This means that I work with each client to develop a unique treatment plan to address their specific needs. I do not utilize a one size fits all approach and I believe that the client is just as important in this process as the therapist is. I examine all aspects of a client’s perspective including the systems that impact them. Treating the whole person is an important aspect for me in my therapeutic engagement with clients. I believe that every person has value and is worthy of kindness.

How many times have you heard, “why can’t you just stop?” Do you find yourself wishing those around you would attempt to understand your experience and hear you? Addiction, anxiety, and depression are already so isolating and we often have a difficult time understanding our own behavior without trying to explain it to family and friends. We feel stuck, alone, frustrated, and misunderstood. Imagine what it would be like to identify the root cause of your addiction and start treating the source while learning coping skills for managing addictive behavior, anxiety, and depression.

Therapy provides a safe space to sort through life's problems, receive support and empathy, and ultimately learn how to change to create more peace in your life. By the time we are teens, young adults, or more experienced adults, we can find ourselves stuck in certain thought or behavior patterns that are starting to be problematic. It’s hard to notice the pattern and even harder to learn to break it and try something new. I take incredible joy in working with people to shed light on what’s keeping them stuck and then moving towards more freedom and flexibility in life.