Location
Offers online therapy
Currently, I offer in person sessions while wearing masks and distancing, depending on vaccination and the comfort of those in the space.
About
Dr. Payne's experience in a variety of settings (community mental health, therapeutic day school, and corrections settings) has provided them with the opportunities to work with a wide variety of clients including: children, adolescents, adults, and families. Dr. Payne’s specialties include working with a variety of symptoms and presentations including but not limited to: depression and other mood disorders, anxiety symptoms, relational difficulties, persons presenting on the Autism Spectrum, people who identify as LGBTQIAA2S+, and those who have experienced trauma.
From a treatment standpoint, Dr. Payne practices therapy from a client-centered approach and utilizes a combination of this and psychodynamic principles to understand the client’s needs and guide the client in the process of change.
Dr. Payne believes that the client is the expert of their own experiences, creating an environment of trust and authenticity. They strive to incorporate an intersectional, validating, body-positive, death-positive, and sex-positive approach to working with clients. They believe that an empathic environment is one in which a client feels empowered and seen.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Sam Payne now - (872) 219-0592
Finances
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Out of Network
I accept BCBS, Aetna, or private pay clients. I bill the insurance directly and can provide an OON superbill.
Email me or call (872) 219-0592 with questions.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 7 Years
- License: Illinois / 071.010920
- School: Adler University
- Year Graduated: 2021
Dr. Payne's specialties include working with children, adolescents, adults, and families with various presenting issues.
Additional Credentials
- Membership: American Psychoanalytic Association
- Membership: American Psychological Association
Location
Offers online therapy
Specialties
- Mood Disorders
- Trauma and PTSD
- Autism
Issues
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Child
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Emotional Disturbance
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Life Transitions
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Peer Relationships
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Transgender
Mental Health
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- Thinking Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- LGBTQ+
- Lesbian
Client Focus
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
- Teen
- Preteen
- Children (6 to 10)
- Toddler
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Body Positivity
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Intersex Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Non-Binary Allied
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Queer Allied
- Racial Justice Allied
- Sex Worker Allied
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Adlerian
- Attachment-based
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Family Systems
- Humanistic
- Integrative
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Family
Last Modified: 6 Jan 2023
(872) 219-0592