Find a Therapist in Oak Lawn, IL

Despite their many successes and strengths, many women struggle with feelings of not being good enough or anxiety about their career, relationships, and future. Sometimes, having a baby can intensify these feelings of anxiety or not being good enough. My practice is dedicated to helping women stop worrying or feeling bad about themselves in order to live happier and more fulfilling lives. I specialize in helping pregnant and postpartum women navigate the transition to parenthood and in the treatment of anxiety disorders. I also provide therapy to address the impact of infertility, pregnancy complications, and birth trauma. While many women experience periods of depression, anxiety, and overwhelm, mental health treatment can help you learn new ways to cope with difficult feelings and thoughts. I want you to feel supported and challenged by our work together. In therapy, I use insight, humor, and practical suggestions to help you better understand yourself and cope with life's challenges. By the end of therapy, my goal is that you find more joy, peace, and confidence and have stronger relationships with your loved ones.

I am here to help support you through your journey so you can reach your full potential! With all the stressors in our society today, you may benefit from a caring clinician who can be a main source of support and offer effective therapeutic treatment. I believe the most important element in a therapeutic relationship is empathy and rapport. I try to understand your world and the experiences that you have had, because only then can we process your emotions and perspectives together. I hope to help you reach your goals while offering a supportive and safe environment.

COMPASSIONATE CARE, MEANINGFUL CHANGE At Illinois Behavioral Health Group, we are dedicated to providing compassionate, comprehensive, and personalized care to individuals and families across the lifespan. We emphasize the importance of treating everyone with dignity and respect, regardless of their backgrounds and beliefs. We believe that by staying at the forefront of best practices, we can provide you with the highest quality care possible. Our team prioritizes your well-being by emphasizing respect for your personal values and fostering lasting behavioral change. In collaboration with you, our clinicians develop personalized treatment plans to help guide you on your journey toward self-fulfillment. We are committed to providing a safe and supportive environment to help you overcome obstacles and achieve your goals, so you can live a happier and healthier life. Our vision is to be a leader in behavioral health by providing exceptional services that empower our clients to build more meaningful lives, while advancing the field through ongoing research, education, and training.

The path to healing is journey, and it is different for each person. I am honored when I am selected to help others along this journey. My goal is to make therapy a safe space so that others can share their thoughts, feelings, and vulnerability without judgement. I am an integrative therapist as I am able to blend different techniques as needed to meet my client’s needs. I work with each client to design a treatment to fit their unique needs and goals.

Do you struggle with finding motivation and often find yourself procrastinating on your phone? Do you often feel like an imposter and lack confidence in your decisions? Do you often feel overwhelmed by your emotions because of all the things you need to do? You might be someone that has a hard time standing up for yourself and telling others how you feel. This makes it difficult for you to feel understood since you are sometimes considered a pushover. You might be someone that sets a high bar for yourself and then feels disappointed when you're not able to meet your own goals. I can help you learn skills to build motivation and learn how to stand up for yourself. I can help you feel confident in your decisions and give you methods for asserting your boundaries. I will give you practical strategies that will help you manage your stress and feel more in control of your thoughts and emotions. You can start the process to feeling better now. I invite you to send me an email, visit my website, or call to schedule an intake appointment. I look forward to helping you take the next step in your life.

My approach to counseling comes from my background in music and philosophy. I integrate holistic elements of meditation, relaxation, and music therapy with popular modalities such as CBT, DBT, and REBT. I am a chill and nonjudgmental therapist, but when you want feedback and skills, I can and will provide them.

During our initial session, we will discuss your specific needs and therapy goals while developing an individualized plan. Going forward, you’ll be supported and encouraged to explore thoughts, memories, and feelings, and invited to consider how memories and experiences are held in the body as sensations and emotions. This integrative approach can be profoundly effective in regulating symptoms and increasing tolerance of stressful interactions and events. In addition to talk therapy, you will be offered Jungian and mind-body approaches, such as eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), sandtray, guided-art therapy, trauma-informed yoga, and mindful, cognitive-based therapy. For couples, I use emotionally-focused methods for deeper understanding and meaningful communication. I explore a variety of courses, so I'm both up to date with current practices as well as building skills in mind-body approaches.

Emotions are perfectly normal! The difference between feeling depressed or anxious comes from our interpretation of these very emotions. I work with adults, children and adolescents for couples or individual counseling. I appreciate working with young people by assisting them in understanding their emotions and what they mean. There are various therapeutic modalities I utilize, including art therapy, as a way to connect behaviors to feelings and sports metaphors for visualizing change. Using this process, my clients increase self-esteem and self-control. My goal is to uncover the strengths individuals possess even if the present life circumstances may feel overpowering. My approach with my clients is Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy. So what exactly does this mean? Simply put, our thoughts affect the emotions we experience every day. These particular thoughts reflect individual beliefs we have about society, relationships, career, love, family and general self-image. This process affects and motivates our behaviors. In our modern world, children grow up in a culture that is alien to most adults. My interventions help to create and facilitate effective communication methods so that this particular cultural divide is lessened between child and parent. I can truly teach you how. You and your child will be better off for it.

"No problem can be solved by the same level of consciousness that created it." -Albert Einstein. Do you struggle with chronic feelings of unhappiness, fear, or anger? Do you feel stuck? Are you overwhelmed by challenging relationships with friends and family? Talking with someone in a confidential and compassionate environment can help you gain new insights and see your relationships differently. I have worked with individuals and families for over 10 years. I creatively pair my listening skills with evidence-based practices designed to fit my clients' needs and maximize their growth. I know that we learn most of our coping styles at an early age, and I'm highly skilled at family and parenting interventions. I bring parents and children together in family sessions. This can ensure a happier family environment by bringing parents and their children closer together. I offer dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). This approach can aid clients in regulating their emotions and increasing mindfulness to clients who are interested in working on emotion regulationmindfulness. I am a former psychiatric facility clinical supervisor, and have worked with clients of all ages with a variety of challenges. I pride myself on being helpful and effective. Let's work together!

You don’t need to have a specific “goal” to start therapy. You might just be tired of pretending you’re fine. You might want to stop spiraling at 2AM, or to figure out why the smallest things feel so overwhelming. You’re not broken—you’re burnt out, probably overthinking, and definitely doing your best. Let’s work from there.

Whether you're aware or not, you find your feelings getting in your way. Perhaps you can't recognize them, or why they're causing you trouble. Boxing them up, pushing them away, or denying them doesn't work anymore. You want to manage on your own but haven't been taught how to do so. Having a compassionate, thoughtful, supportive, at times snarky, person to help you find your own path forward can be just the thing to get you back on your own two feet. Together we can process your past, and help you come up with new ways to navigate life's ups and downs, and side to sides. I offer a safe and comfortable place to work at the edge of your comfort zone. We will explore what brings you to therapy, no matter the topic, no matter your lifestyle. I'm here for you. With support and understanding, you will be better able to understand and cope with the experiences that have brought you to therapy. Respecting your personal experience, identity, and personal level of tolerance for puns and dad jokes, I will work with you to collaboratively address whatever brings you to therapy. Call now for an initial consult at 407-413-8169, or to schedule an initial appointment.

Hi! My name is Sarah, and I am a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois. My specialty is with college-age adults and working professionals. Many times, taking the first step to enter therapy can be a difficult decision. I want to support you through this transition and help you navigate career burnout, adjusting from college to a full-time job, work, and family stress. Being able to acknowledge that life has become overwhelming, and extra support is needed, takes courage. Coming from the strengths-based perspective, I believe that everyone has the abilities and qualities to set and achieve goals to better their lives. I utilize motivational interviewing and solution-focused brief therapy to identify your ultimate goals and motivation for personal growth. I also utilize cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thought patterns, and ways to improve upon coping skills and self-care. When you are ready to take that next step, I can be reached in three convenient ways: my phone number and email address are linked in my profile. I can also be reached through my Headway website, or my business website.