Trauma Focused Therapists in Kane County, IL

I am a licensed clinical counselor with 5 years of clinical counseling experience working with individuals and couples. I focus on issues such as substance use, addiction, LGBTQIA+ issues, and life transitions. I also address career concerns, stress over life decisions, relationships, boundaries, and healthy habits for overall wellness. I draw from motivational interviewing, strength-based, trauma-focused solution-focused brief (SFBT), and psychodynamic modalities. I believe that everyone has the capacity to become the force of change they want to be.

Hello, I am Dr. Maria T Herrera, an immigrant, bilingual (English and Spanish), passionate, experienced LCSW with a diverse understanding of vulnerable populations in many settings. The therapeutic relationship is the best healing tool in therapy, and it is based on mutual honesty and trust. I hope to help you get to know and love yourself, the most challenging thing in life. When you find meaning in your life, your anxiety, depression, substance, food, shopping, abuse, etc. tend to improve. I aim to provide a safe holding environment for you without judgment of any kind, a place to be human.

When I think about the human condition, I think about the context of our lived experiences and how that varies from day-to-day. I take into consideration how it can look differently for each of us for many reasons. I have been working with clients in various modalities (i.e., individual, couples, family, group. etc.) since 2006. As a career changer, I bring all of my professional experiences to maximize our ability to achieve the type of forward movement you desire. Life can be hard enough, you don't have to do it alone. I am humbled to come alongside you in your quest to thrive, not just survive.

Being able to discuss your current challenges and roadblocks to living as the best version of yourself in a safe, compassionate, comfortable environment is the basis of growth and success in therapy. As a counselor, I strive to provide a space where you are shown unconditional support, encouragement, and help as you navigate your own journey towards healing and restoration. I've worked with individuals struggling with many mental health challenges, including depression, anxiety, life transitions, trauma, eating disorders, and relationship problems. I utilize an eclectic approach when working with clients, choosing therapeutic

Trying to heal and work through trauma can be overwhelming and difficult to begin. Going through major life transitions can cause unwanted stress. Asking for help can be hard, but taking that step shows strength and resilience. My goal is to help you feel empowered, validated, and supported along your healing journey.

Hi! I'm Wes. So glad you are reaching out. I have been working with children and teens for over a decade, but have been a therapist since 2021. My creative but calm personality brings an effective blend of fun flexibility with sharp focus to each session. I do offer services in both English and Spanish.

As a Latina with over seven years of combined academic and clinical training, I believe in the importance of culturally competent, collaborative mental health care. A bulk of my work as a therapist is centered around the migrant experience of Latinos and how issues of acculturation and generational trauma can negatively impact our mental health. My personal and academic experiences drive me to find culturally tailored interventions in therapy. As a first-generation Mexican American, I understand the importance of incorporating our cultural values into healing spaces.

At Mack's Empowerment Counseling, we know clients do not want to be in therapy forever. I work with clients at their own pace to not only process what they are going through, but also help them be autonomous. I help clients process through their trauma or what they're going through while teaching them coping and wellness skills to take control back over their own lives. I know anything can be considered a crisis or a traumatic event and that's why I create a non-judgmental space, flexibility and adaptability to address different client needs.

Hello there. My name is Monet C. Ramsey. I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with over 16 years of experience working with teenagers to adults who have, Anxiety, Depression, Trauma, PTSD, Women's Issues, and Career Counseling. I incorporate a mix of Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, Person-Centered, Supportive, and Trauma Focused therapies during my treatment session with clients. I believe that everyone at some point needed someone to be there for them to support and as a source of strength.

Most people are surviving life instead of learning how to live it with fulfillment and satisfaction. Stressful experiences accumulate over time and steal our sense of control and hope, which is not fair and not necessary. If you want to regain balance and clarity, we can do that. We will identify themes, triggers, and learn to cope and conquer. If you are willing to work hard and be authentic, you can really make some vast changes. Together we can create more compassion, acceptance, and space for yourself to feel grounded and make meaningful growth.

What's on your mind? Are you experiencing relationship problems, family troubles, money issues, health concerns? Do you feel anxious, scared, sad or stressed? Whatever it may be - it is, likely, consuming you; you are feeling out of touch, lost; as if your entire world is spinning out of control! What if you were to, for a moment, forget the destination you believe your life is headed and instead, focus on your journey? For only in the process of living your life completely and meaningfully, will you come to find its true purpose, joy, and fulfillment.

I believe that therapy works best as a process of uncovering our truest selves. Oftentimes life hands us burdens of stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and pain that weigh us down and make it difficult to encounter the world in ways that we would like. I believe each individual has a unique and important story to tell, and I find joy in walking alongside clients as they begin to peel away the layers of life’s burdens to uncover the light of their authentic selves. I strive to offer a safe space for clients to author a personal narrative that feels genuine, and I operate from a gentle, trauma-informed, strengths-based perspective.

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!

For some of us our internal dialogue with ourselves could be described as anything but kind. We can be critical, self-deprecating, or devaluing of our experience due to past traumas that have informed a part of who we are, shame or guilt associated with our identity, or fear of experiencing ourselves as selfish. At times we can be so angry with ourselves for feeling that we are trapped in a cycle of attempting to do enough for others to finally have permission to be ourselves. This anger can give way to burn out, isolation, depression, and resignation. It can feel impossible to break out of that space.

If you're looking for a therapist who is well-trained in relationships and sex, and you want to take your love-life to the next level, then look no further! I work with individuals and couples, single or partnered, on relationship issues and sexual concerns. I help men and women of all sexual orientations learn how to establish and maintain long-term, healthy, fulfilling, and thriving relationships. Whether you're looking for dating coaching, relationship enrichment, or healing a troubled partnership, my mission is to help you achieve the type of relationship you've always wanted!

Life's challenges can often feel overwhelming, especially for kids facing the pressures of school, family, and everything in between. They want relief from the pressure and to overcome past trauma, but it's an emotional rollercoaster that leaves them and their parents feeling helpless and frustrated.

As a therapist, I am interested in the words that people use to describe their experience — the words that have taken hold of us and told how us to feel, how to think, and so on. I am also interested in the themes that have emerged in someone’s life, the little mistakes they make and don’t understand, and their dreams (or nightmares).

Anyone who is seeking counseling services are welcome to visit. I’m experienced working with depression, anxiety, interpersonal relationships, and trauma. I can also provide Korean counseling services as a bilingual user.

Sarah has extensive experience treating binge eating/disordered eating, addiction, anxiety, depression and PTSD. Sarah's biggest passion is helping client's affected by narcissism in childhood or in adult relationships that involve gas lighting, scapegoating or avoidant patterns of the narcissist's enabler that keep an individual stuck or apologizing for reasons thought to be out of one's control. Sarah is focused on those who are motivated for change by teaching the importance of boundaries w/out guilt and refocusing on items such as lifestyle choices, expectations, non negotiables and consequences.