Tamara Gittelson
Counselor, MA, LCPC, Analyst, LMHC, LPCC
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Hi. Come talk about what matters to you most. Together, we walk. Explore. Clarify. I’m deeply commitment to the human experience and will help you feel better. I support widowed people, work deeply with those struggling with addiction, overcoming trauma, relationships, questions about polyamory, depression or abuse. If life has lost its meaning & you’re missing adventure, intimacy, greater self-expression and passion, let’s go. If you don’t talk about it, it won’t get better. I’m supportive, alternative, warm and kind. You’ll feel comfortable, challenge thoughts and perceptions preventing you from getting out of your own way.
I am not an agent of social adjustment or symptomatic melioration, but offer relief of inner pain, conflict and confusion. My core purpose is to understand and illuminate, rather than to persuade; to help you make sense of yourself, to retrieve the lost stories behind your troubles and to restore your sense of coherence and self worth.
Thankyou for reading, questioning, responding. I will promote your capacity and courage to create your own designs for living. I offer care of the soul, a care attained by curiosity not correctives, by thoughtful insights jointly ascertained, and by kindness conveyed in the currency of empathy, respect and compassion. We’ll get to the heart of the matter.
Call or Email Tamara Gittelson now for a free 15 minute consultation - (312) 410-8248
Let's Connect (312) 410-8248
Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $200
- Couple Sessions $230
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Payment Methods
Cash, Check, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Venmo, Visa, ZelleInsurance
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Out of Network
Tamara Gittelson
Counselor, MA, LCPC, Analyst, LMHC, LPCC
Check fees and, if listed, ask to verify your insurance coverage. Email or (312) 410-8248
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Illinois / 180.008767 Tamara GittelsonLicense state differs from primary location state.
- In Practice for 20 years
- Attended Chicago Institute for psychoanalysis, Graduated 2017
- License: State of Washington Department of Health LH60310398 / 2012
- Certificate from Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis 2017
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Tamara Gittelson
Counselor, MA, LCPC, Analyst, LMHC, LPCC
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (312) 410-8248
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Depression
- Anxiety
- Trauma and PTSD
Expertise
- Addiction
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Cancer
- Career Counseling
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Dementia
- Developmental Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Drug Abuse
- Dual Diagnosis
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Geriatric and Seniors
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- Internet Addiction
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- meaning of life existential crisis
- Medication Management
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Neurodivergence
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Polyamory & ENM
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Psychosis
- Racial Identity
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex positive
- Sex Therapy
- Sex-Positive & Kink Friendly
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Veterans
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Tamara Gittelson
Counselor, MA, LCPC, Analyst, LMHC, LPCC
Do these issues align with your needs? Email or (312) 410-8248
Client Focus
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Deaf Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Little Person Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Single Parent ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Black and African American
I also speak
afrikaans ,
Hebrew ,
Turkish
Religion
Jewish
Age
Adults ,
Elders (65+)
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Deaf Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Little Person Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Single Parent ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Black and African American
I also speak
afrikaans ,
Hebrew ,
Turkish
Religion
Jewish
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Culturally Sensitive
- Expressive Arts
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Gottman Method
- Integrative
- Jungian
- Multicultural
- Person-Centered
- psychoanalysis
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychodynamic
- Relational
- Somatic
- Trauma Focused
Tamara Gittelson
Counselor, MA, LCPC, Analyst, LMHC, LPCC
Call or Email me for a free 15 minute consultation now - (312) 410-8248
Groups
Balint online group for health professionals
Balint groups help health professionals by focussing on everyday work, imagining what a particular practitioner's experience with a patient is like, focussing on the clinician’s emotions arising within the consultation. It’s not about knowing, diagnosing or supervising. We ask- how do I feel? Why am I struggling ? What touches me about this patient? We recognize the relevance to our own experiences. The group develops, becoming searching and intimate, listening to the unconscious, studying how the presenter's feelings affect the relationship, and exploring the subjective experience of clinical work, offering warmth, reducing burnout and reigniting passion, selfawareness, collegiality, connection and mutual support.
Expertise
Anxiety
Peer Relationships
Trauma and PTSD
Types of Therapy
Trauma Focused
Age
Adults
Session Cost
$40-$50
Group Meets
Fourth Wed, Fri 9 A.M. - 10:15 A.M.
Location
online
2773 North Hampden Court
Chicago, IL 60614
Email Tamara Gittelson about this group or call - (312) 410-8248
Location
Additional Location
Tamara Gittelson
4311 N Ravenswood Ave
309
Chicago, IL 60613
(312) 410-8248Nearby Areas
Counties
Neighborhoods
Tamara Gittelson
Counselor, MA, LCPC, Analyst, LMHC, LPCC
Call for a free consultation now - (312) 410-8248