Intervention Therapists in Chicago, IL

Feeling down, confused, anxious or angry? Frustated with personal, family or professional relationships? Overwhelmed by life's everyday challenges? Simply need someone to listen? Taylor Counseling Care offers the understanding and guidance you need to achieve greater satisfaction in your life and relationships. While it is not easy to reach out for support regarding personal matters, remember that almost everyone will encounter internal or external experiences that require therapeutic intervention. The counseling relationship provides an outlet to explore and modify aspects of life that cause distress and empowers clients to identify and resolve future challenges.

As a clinical supervisor, my goal is to provide high-quality support and guidance to mental health providers. Clinicians are often overworked and under-supported. I provide empathy and collaboration to mental health providers as they navigate clinical issues and develop their personal intervention style. Supervision and consultation is based on individual needs and interests but typically encompass clinical questions and concerns, case consultation, navigating work settings and structures, best practices in service delivery and self care and burnout prevention.

I received my Master of Social Work degree from the University of Illinois and have several years of experience providing therapy to adolescents, adults, seniors, and families. I’ve worked in inpatient and outpatient settings, focusing on anger management, anxiety, behavioral issues, depression, and job stress. I specialize in utilizing a variety of effective intervention approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), strengths based, solutions focused, harm reduction, and motivational interviewing. I allow my patients to lead the sessions while providing support, validation, and insight.

I am Dr. Sylvia Kobe, and I am a Licensed Clinical psychologist. My associate Dr. Mary-Zitta Muabe and I collaborate to cover a broad counseling spectrum. Together Dr. Muabe and I specialize in marriage, family therapy, and spiritual maturity. We also work with teens, young adults, and individuals battling anxiety, depression, or struggles to cope with every-life issues. We believe in empowering our clients, encouraging them to see that life is all about second chances, and with the right kind of intervention, the best is yet to come.

I passionately and compassionately care for the emotional well-being and behavioral health of my individual, couple, family and group clients for over 20 years. I draw upon unique combinations of clinical principals and innovative methods to best support all people within our vastly diverse community. I draw upon my deep understanding of culture, age, gender, race, class, family structure, and the type of or the lack of a support system can have on most all situations. I always provide a totally non-judgmental, safe, and confidential space to help my clients deal with their problems, issues or crisis.

We're all just trying to make sense of this thing called life. Some of us are empowered while others struggle. No matter where you might find yourself on this continuum, I can help you. Whether we explore what it means to be more fully actualized or simply craft a space for you to catch your breath during a particular challenging time in your life, I aim to support and walk with you through whatever you present with. It takes courage and ego-strength to know when you want help. Let me be among the first to congratulate and assist you.

Understanding one's uniqueness is key, along with the critical importance of being listened to and respected for who you are. My extensive clinical background has spanned across ages, gender, racial/ethnic groups, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status, and presenting concerns. I tailor my approach by using an array of techniques and interventions depending on what fits and helps you as you aim towards growth, reaching your potential, and resolving any problems. My style is best described as being open-minded, empathic, and non-judgemental.

I am Latina therapist passionate about providing mental health support to underprivileged communities and eliminating the negative stigma of mental health. I enjoy working with individuals who are looking for self growth, as well as families looking to improve communication skills between parents and children. I offer Spanish speaking services and virtual sessions.

Everyone struggles with mental health issues at some point in their lives. Therapy can be used to process and explore what is causing you distress and produce long lasting transformation.  While it can take a lot of courage to pursue therapy it can be a rewarding and fulfilling process if it is a journey you are willing to take.

My name is Dr. Brandy Pugh and I am a post doctoral fellow with several years of experience related to providing individual, family, and group therapy for children, youth, families, and adults. I service a diverse clientele including individuals with symptoms related to ADHD, anxiety, depression, specific learning disabilities, trauma, school related difficulties, noncompliance/listening difficulties, and parent training. Particularly, I enjoy working with Black children, adolescents, and families. I also enjoy helping transracial post-adoption families strengthen their familial dynamics.

Erin Liebman Inc. offers almost two decades of experience working with youth, teens, and young adults. We use an eclectic orientation with an emphasis on behavioral, cognitive behavioral, and solution focused therapy. Clients examine thoughts and behaviors in hopes of engendering positive changes. While the client is our primary focus, we collaborate with support systems to foster an environment steeped in opportunities for growth. Our professional goal is to assist clients in developing the life long skills necessary to become happy, healthy, productive members within their communities.

Sam specializes in working with children, adolescents, and young adults. However, she does have experience working with older adults, couples, and families. She has worked with a range of diagnoses from anxiety disorders to trauma related disorders to psychotic disorders. Sam believes that there is no such thing as one shoe fits all. This has guided her in taking an eclectic therapy approach to meet the needs of the individuals she works with.

My ideal clients face challenges with cognitive impairments, brain injuries, and struggles like anxiety and depression. They seek strategies to improve daily functioning, emotional regulation, and overall well-being, aspiring to lead fulfilling lives despite their difficulties. Clients seek understanding, effective coping strategies, and a path to recovery. They desire to regain control over their lives, find peace, and enhance their cognitive and emotional health. My style is holistic, client-centered, and insight-orientated.

As a therapist, I work collaboratively with my clients in processing their experiences and finding healthy and productive ways to solve problems as well as gain insight into the reasons for maladaptive behaviors. In the treatment process, I encourage clients to formulate their own treatment goals and we will work together to find ways to achieve these goals via modalities such as Cognitive Behavioral, Psychodynamic, Solutions-focused interventions. I see my role as one of support, guidance, active listening, and empowering the client to develop positive coping mechanisms in the process of making changes to thoughts and behaviors.

Staying centered while balancing the many demands and expectations that our lives place on us may become overwhelming at times. Finding our balance between meeting those demands and creating mind space to explore, grow, replenish, and assert ourselves authentically can be challenging. These imbalances can compromise our psychological and emotional well-being while having a negative impact on our physical and spiritual health. They can also affect our relationships with others, personally and professionally, by influencing the way we perceive our circumstances, communicate with others, and assert our needs.

Our life's work is helping clients achieve a better sense of self and happiness...more recently we've recognized that without good mental health providers, finding this balance in life can be more difficult and stressful. As a result, we tend toward an Integrative approach and help our clients transform into the people they want to be. We see each client as an individual with many parts to their identity. Utilizing a holistic and systemic approach we help clients reintegrate the parts of themselves to function better as individuals and within their systems. Our focus tends toward a systems based approach using behavior methods.

My ideal clients? They're a colorful bunch, representing diverse backgrounds and facing issues like past trauma, depression, anxiety, relationship twists, and the journey of self-discovery. They're on a mission for clarity, healing, and personal growth. They crave a therapist who's all about keeping it real, serving up those honest truths, and providing the answers, support, and guidance that'll help them conquer their struggles, transforming into even more resilient and empowered versions of themselves.

I believe that every person should live up to the potential that they see in their vision; not through the lens someone else ascribes to them. For this reason, I approach each therapeutic relationship as being one of a joint partnership. It is a privilege to work alongside individuals who have recognized they no longer have to work through challenges of life alone. I bring over 5 years of experience working with diverse client demographics with variety of concerns including anxiety, self -harming, grief, depression, psychosis, eating disorders and substance use. My approach is trauma informed, with an emphasis on strength based.

Sometimes it seems like life's challenges are a weight that you carry around all of the time. You wonder what would be possible if you weren't held back by fear, sadness, self-doubt or perfectionism. You feel tired of looking to others to validate you, of taking care of others, or of not being able to communicate effectively. Maybe you wonder what it would be like to live well in the midst of hard circumstances. You want a safe environment to explore and process these struggles and to be able to manage these challenges in a healthy and productive way. You long for personal growth and healing.