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Owens Counseling
Counselor, LCPC, DSc
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Saint Charles, IL 60174
I can help you save your marriage! Change a behavior and you change your life.
I can help you save your marriage! Change a behavior and you change your life.
(847) 469-4306 View (847) 469-4306
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Thomas M Heroldt @fox Valley Counseling
Counselor, MA, LCPC, CADC
Verified Verified
Saint Charles, IL 60174
I Have worked in the areas of substance abuse and mental health for the past 29 years. I work with clients between the ages of 16 and 60. I have a strong interests in addictions, impulse control and personality disorders. I have sucessfully guided both individuals and couples through very difficult times in their lives and have seen many of them reach their highest potential in life. I put Jesus Christ at the center of my life and find a strong spiritual life helps in the healing process. I look forward to helping you reach your highest potential.
I Have worked in the areas of substance abuse and mental health for the past 29 years. I work with clients between the ages of 16 and 60. I have a strong interests in addictions, impulse control and personality disorders. I have sucessfully guided both individuals and couples through very difficult times in their lives and have seen many of them reach their highest potential in life. I put Jesus Christ at the center of my life and find a strong spiritual life helps in the healing process. I look forward to helping you reach your highest potential.
(312) 513-3702 View (312) 513-3702
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Kendall Leahy
Pre-Licensed Professional
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Saint Charles, IL 60174
Life can be challenging. I am here to help you navigate those challenges and grow throughout the journey. I welcome all clients with acceptance, patience, and humor. I believe that creating a collaborative partnership is crucial to the benefits of therapy. I am here to help you see the support you deserve.
Life can be challenging. I am here to help you navigate those challenges and grow throughout the journey. I welcome all clients with acceptance, patience, and humor. I believe that creating a collaborative partnership is crucial to the benefits of therapy. I am here to help you see the support you deserve.
(630) 934-2865 View (630) 934-2865
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Zachary Devore
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Saint Charles, IL 60174
I specialize in working with couples navigating their relationships. As well as individuals who have experienced trauma. Helping to give these clients the tools and skills to improve the quality of their lives. I also enjoy working with clients who struggle with anxiety, LGBTQ+ issues, alternative lifestyles, and sexual health problems. Working to help clients find a life that makes them happy and feel content with their lives. Therapy is work and so clients should expect to be given tools and skills to practice.
I specialize in working with couples navigating their relationships. As well as individuals who have experienced trauma. Helping to give these clients the tools and skills to improve the quality of their lives. I also enjoy working with clients who struggle with anxiety, LGBTQ+ issues, alternative lifestyles, and sexual health problems. Working to help clients find a life that makes them happy and feel content with their lives. Therapy is work and so clients should expect to be given tools and skills to practice.
(630) 547-3470 View (630) 547-3470
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Renee C Fischer
Counselor, LCPC, MS
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Saint Charles, IL 60174
We all know life is hard. We were never promised it would be easy. Whatever trial you are struggling through, whether a life long struggle or adjusting to a new stage of life, I would be honored to help you successfully get through this time and help you get where you want to go! I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Certified Divorce Mediator.
We all know life is hard. We were never promised it would be easy. Whatever trial you are struggling through, whether a life long struggle or adjusting to a new stage of life, I would be honored to help you successfully get through this time and help you get where you want to go! I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Certified Divorce Mediator.
(847) 512-8957 View (847) 512-8957
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Denise M Dojka
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Saint Charles, IL 60174
We all would like our lives to be deeply satisfying, with good relationships, a sense of belonging, and a feeling like we are contributing members of society. However, sometimes we lose our way. We experience a loss of connection to ourselves or with others, we maintain beliefs and behaviors that were once helpful but now no longer serve us, or we get stuck in relationships that lack mutuality and intimacy. As a clinical psychologist with over fifteen years experience, I use a variety of techniques as we journey together help you:
We all would like our lives to be deeply satisfying, with good relationships, a sense of belonging, and a feeling like we are contributing members of society. However, sometimes we lose our way. We experience a loss of connection to ourselves or with others, we maintain beliefs and behaviors that were once helpful but now no longer serve us, or we get stuck in relationships that lack mutuality and intimacy. As a clinical psychologist with over fifteen years experience, I use a variety of techniques as we journey together help you:
(630) 517-5078 View (630) 517-5078
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Cheryl Renee Runion
Counselor, MA, LCPC, LSOE, LSOTP, CADC
Verified Verified
Saint Charles, IL 60174
I have 38 yrs of success working with various diverse populations; focused on using innovative methods to design therapy around individual, family and couples needs & life goals. I am invested in helping my clients overcome personal struggles and succeed in achieving their goals and desired changes. I enjoy working with teens/young adults and their families and are successful in guiding the family system through the tough journey of adolescence and launching into independence. I use new concepts in the M.H. field to adapt therapy to individual client needs as changes in our society create new clinical concerns in our daily lives.
I have 38 yrs of success working with various diverse populations; focused on using innovative methods to design therapy around individual, family and couples needs & life goals. I am invested in helping my clients overcome personal struggles and succeed in achieving their goals and desired changes. I enjoy working with teens/young adults and their families and are successful in guiding the family system through the tough journey of adolescence and launching into independence. I use new concepts in the M.H. field to adapt therapy to individual client needs as changes in our society create new clinical concerns in our daily lives.
(847) 641-2372 View (847) 641-2372
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Jendaya Clark
Counselor, LCPC, CADC
Verified Verified
Saint Charles, IL 60174  (Online Only)
Let's talk through some of the challenges which may have been lingering in mind for a long time. Often times we can find these challenges can limit you from taking the next step in your life, and I understand having some of those experiences as well. Perhaps some of those feelings include feeling anxious or down about a variety of things, or perhaps struggling with conflict within your family that make even the smallest decisions seem impossible.
Let's talk through some of the challenges which may have been lingering in mind for a long time. Often times we can find these challenges can limit you from taking the next step in your life, and I understand having some of those experiences as well. Perhaps some of those feelings include feeling anxious or down about a variety of things, or perhaps struggling with conflict within your family that make even the smallest decisions seem impossible.
(815) 384-1573 View (815) 384-1573
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Andrew Hamilton
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MS, LCPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Saint Charles, IL 60174
I provide supportive services to individuals, couples, and families with concerns relating to life transitions, relationship struggles, grief and loss, as well as varying conditions of anxiety, depression, and other mood related conditions. My experience includes working with clients, ranging in age from adolescence to older adulthood, as they are working through difficult transitions and periods of time, when a sense of direction may feel lost and motivation is a struggle.
I provide supportive services to individuals, couples, and families with concerns relating to life transitions, relationship struggles, grief and loss, as well as varying conditions of anxiety, depression, and other mood related conditions. My experience includes working with clients, ranging in age from adolescence to older adulthood, as they are working through difficult transitions and periods of time, when a sense of direction may feel lost and motivation is a struggle.
(331) 244-5245 View (331) 244-5245
Photo of Christine S Kim, Licensed Professional Counselor in 60174, IL
Christine S Kim
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Saint Charles, IL 60174
Do you feel stuck, alone, confused and/or at a loss? You do not have to walk alone. Life presents various seasons of joys, struggles, grief, and other emotional challenges. I am committed and passionate about serving you regardless of your background so that you can experience greater insight, healing, hope, significance, and health in your life's journey. I seek to provide a safe, empathic, collaborative, and challenging space to explore all the issues, patterns, values, goals, and evidence-based solutions through various integrated modalities. I look forward to serving you so you can grow and flourish each day!
Do you feel stuck, alone, confused and/or at a loss? You do not have to walk alone. Life presents various seasons of joys, struggles, grief, and other emotional challenges. I am committed and passionate about serving you regardless of your background so that you can experience greater insight, healing, hope, significance, and health in your life's journey. I seek to provide a safe, empathic, collaborative, and challenging space to explore all the issues, patterns, values, goals, and evidence-based solutions through various integrated modalities. I look forward to serving you so you can grow and flourish each day!
(630) 761-5934 View (630) 761-5934
Marriage Counseling Therapists

How does marriage counseling work?

Marriage counseling works by teaching couples concrete skills to communicate with one another and solve disagreements in healthy ways. A trained mental health professional works with both members of a couple to explore difficulties the couple may be having and helps them develop skills to address these matters. Couples who don’t have any difficulties but want to prepare for marriage may develop skills for the future.

How long does marriage counseling typically last?

Marriage counseling is a short-term form of therapy; the process may last between four and eight sessions. Other forms of relationship guidance from mental health professionals, such as couples therapy, are longer lasting, may focus on the past rather than just the present, and are tailored to the individual couple and their emotions, history, and patterns in the relationship. Couples therapy often lasts for 12 weeks or longer.

Is marriage counseling effective?

Marriage counseling helps many couples develop relationship skills that may not have been acquired or tested in a relationship; partners may be better able to communicate and address conflict following counseling. However, there are many different forms of marriage counseling, and this form of counseling does not have as strong an evidence base as other modalities such as couples therapy.

Is marriage counseling effective if only one partner wants to go?

Yes, marriage counseling can still be effective if one partner convinces the other to engage in the process. Of course, whether counseling is effective depends on the couple’s commitment to work on their relationship; however, the short-term, skills-based nature of marriage counseling makes it a relatively easy “ask” of a partner, and the hesitant individual may see its value once counseling begins.