Marriage Counseling Therapists in Barrington, IL
Rekindle the fun in your relationship by reconnecting with your partner and strengthening your marriage.
You always knew that marriage would require effort, but you never imagined just how challenging it would become. At some point, though you're not sure when, you started to notice the intimacy in your relationship slipping away. Conversations that once flowed easily now feel strained and unnatural. Your partner, who used to be your best friend and the source of so much joy, now feels more like a stranger sharing the same space. You find yourself longing for the past when trust came naturally and there were no heavy expectations. Life was simpler then, and your bond was strong. You yearn to regain that connection.
Rekindle the fun in your relationship by reconnecting with your partner and strengthening your marriage.
You always knew that marriage would require effort, but you never imagined just how challenging it would become. At some point, though you're not sure when, you started to notice the intimacy in your relationship slipping away. Conversations that once flowed easily now feel strained and unnatural. Your partner, who used to be your best friend and the source of so much joy, now feels more like a stranger sharing the same space. You find yourself longing for the past when trust came naturally and there were no heavy expectations. Life was simpler then, and your bond was strong. You yearn to regain that connection.
Anna T Razes
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, ACSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Barrington, IL 60010
I provide education and intervention for depression, anxiety and various behavioral disruptions such as relational/ marital conflict, emotional upheavals, deterioration in everyday functioning, disordered eating, unwanted impulses, anger, etc.
Gain the ability to communicate needs, relate better, feel better and improve circumstances. I offer a psychological and educational approach to both counseling and psychotherapy. For over 30 years as psychotherapist I help clients understand the psychological dynamics underlying problems and difficulties. Change is easier and more effective when we better understand our emotions and behaviors. Especially the behaviors, thoughts and emotions that arise when relating to others. Whether through in-depth individual analysis or counseling for marriage, divorce or family issues, clients gain awareness and deeper understanding of the source and purpose of their feelings, thoughts and behaviors.
I provide education and intervention for depression, anxiety and various behavioral disruptions such as relational/ marital conflict, emotional upheavals, deterioration in everyday functioning, disordered eating, unwanted impulses, anger, etc.
Gain the ability to communicate needs, relate better, feel better and improve circumstances. I offer a psychological and educational approach to both counseling and psychotherapy. For over 30 years as psychotherapist I help clients understand the psychological dynamics underlying problems and difficulties. Change is easier and more effective when we better understand our emotions and behaviors. Especially the behaviors, thoughts and emotions that arise when relating to others. Whether through in-depth individual analysis or counseling for marriage, divorce or family issues, clients gain awareness and deeper understanding of the source and purpose of their feelings, thoughts and behaviors.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and I enjoy working with young children, adults, couples and families. I received my MS in Marital and Family Therapy from The Family Institute at Northwestern University along with extensive clinical training at The Family Institute's Bette D. Harris Family and Child Clinic. I am a clinical member of The American Assoc. for Marriage and Family Therapy, Intl Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, Intl Society of Traumatic Stress, and the American Psychological Assoc. I am also a Perinatal Mental Health Clinician for the Perinatal Depression Program as part of Northshore University Health Systems.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and I enjoy working with young children, adults, couples and families. I received my MS in Marital and Family Therapy from The Family Institute at Northwestern University along with extensive clinical training at The Family Institute's Bette D. Harris Family and Child Clinic. I am a clinical member of The American Assoc. for Marriage and Family Therapy, Intl Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation, Intl Society of Traumatic Stress, and the American Psychological Assoc. I am also a Perinatal Mental Health Clinician for the Perinatal Depression Program as part of Northshore University Health Systems.
McCall Barsamian, LMFT
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Barrington, IL 60010 (Online Only)
McCall Barsamian is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who works with couples and individual adults. Her open, empathic, interactive, and respectful approach focuses on collaborating with clients to deepen their understanding of themselves and their relationships in order to bring about the transformation they seek. McCall has extensive, hands-on-training from world-renown Psychotherapists and clinical experience in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) with both couples and individuals. McCall also uses a variety of other Empirically Supported Approaches as she sees fit.
McCall Barsamian is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist who works with couples and individual adults. Her open, empathic, interactive, and respectful approach focuses on collaborating with clients to deepen their understanding of themselves and their relationships in order to bring about the transformation they seek. McCall has extensive, hands-on-training from world-renown Psychotherapists and clinical experience in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) with both couples and individuals. McCall also uses a variety of other Empirically Supported Approaches as she sees fit.
I view counseling as a privilege and a partnership between my clients and myself. There is no more important journey than healing the pain within that hurts, discovering the joys of who you are, creating meaning and purpose in your life, while simultaneously enabling the expression of healthy emotions, developing more secure relationships, and managing life stressors. I bring a breadth of life experience to my counseling sessions being a wife, a parent, and having lived and worked abroad. I provide support in marriage, career counseling, and help clients navigate the hardest and most important job in the world: parenting.
I view counseling as a privilege and a partnership between my clients and myself. There is no more important journey than healing the pain within that hurts, discovering the joys of who you are, creating meaning and purpose in your life, while simultaneously enabling the expression of healthy emotions, developing more secure relationships, and managing life stressors. I bring a breadth of life experience to my counseling sessions being a wife, a parent, and having lived and worked abroad. I provide support in marriage, career counseling, and help clients navigate the hardest and most important job in the world: parenting.
Barrington Center for Marriage & Family Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Barrington, IL 60010
Barrington Center for Marriage & Family Therapy provides integrated psychotherapy on a wide range of mental health issues with a specialty in the treatment of relationship difficulties and trauma. We are a group of highly trained and experienced psychotherapists that offer individual therapy, marital and pre- marital counseling, family therapy, and child therapy in a safe and confidential setting.
Barrington Center for Marriage & Family Therapy provides integrated psychotherapy on a wide range of mental health issues with a specialty in the treatment of relationship difficulties and trauma. We are a group of highly trained and experienced psychotherapists that offer individual therapy, marital and pre- marital counseling, family therapy, and child therapy in a safe and confidential setting.
More specifically, the areas of ADHD, marriage/couples counseling, and men's issues are my specialty.
I OFFER INPERSON THERAPY SESSION-MASKED AND UNMASKED. While counseling tends to be about serious issues, it is important to me to know my clients on a personal level, not just the struggles they are going through. I like to know how my clients take their coffee, their idiosyncrasies, and which football team makes them yell at the screen on Sunday's. My approach is practical and honest. I value transparency, humor, self-awareness, and genuine exchanges.
More specifically, the areas of ADHD, marriage/couples counseling, and men's issues are my specialty.
I OFFER INPERSON THERAPY SESSION-MASKED AND UNMASKED. While counseling tends to be about serious issues, it is important to me to know my clients on a personal level, not just the struggles they are going through. I like to know how my clients take their coffee, their idiosyncrasies, and which football team makes them yell at the screen on Sunday's. My approach is practical and honest. I value transparency, humor, self-awareness, and genuine exchanges.
For 39 years, I have been passionate about helping people find freedom from personal struggles of depression, anxiety and marriage/ family problems. I treat first with natural alternatives rather than medications. I also specialize in Attention Deficit Disorder and I am a parent of an adult child with ADHD. I personally know the challenges and victory in helping someone with ADHD live their life successfully. I am viewed as the Sherlock Holmes doctor since I work with the most difficult to diagnose cases and help to crack the case of what is causing a person to struggle.
For 39 years, I have been passionate about helping people find freedom from personal struggles of depression, anxiety and marriage/ family problems. I treat first with natural alternatives rather than medications. I also specialize in Attention Deficit Disorder and I am a parent of an adult child with ADHD. I personally know the challenges and victory in helping someone with ADHD live their life successfully. I am viewed as the Sherlock Holmes doctor since I work with the most difficult to diagnose cases and help to crack the case of what is causing a person to struggle.
Cherry Hill includes a broad spectrum of counseling professionals including: Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists.
Cherry Hill Counseling is one of the longest-standing counseling practices in the Northwestern suburbs of Chicago. Cherry Hill has seven locations including: Lake Zurich, Vernon Hills, McHenry, Deer Park, Chicago, Grayslake, and Wheaton. Our counseling services include: individual therapy, family therapy, counseling for children and adolescents, marital and pre marital therapy, group therapy, and psychological testing.
Cherry Hill includes a broad spectrum of counseling professionals including: Psychologists, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselors, Licensed Clinical Social Workers, and Marriage and Family Therapists.
Cherry Hill Counseling is one of the longest-standing counseling practices in the Northwestern suburbs of Chicago. Cherry Hill has seven locations including: Lake Zurich, Vernon Hills, McHenry, Deer Park, Chicago, Grayslake, and Wheaton. Our counseling services include: individual therapy, family therapy, counseling for children and adolescents, marital and pre marital therapy, group therapy, and psychological testing.
Couples therapy has been found to be least effective of all therapies, thus it is important for clients to seek out therapists who are versed in the latest research on couples and marital therapy. The unique couples approach I co-created with my wife, called the Couples Synergy model, has helped thousands of couples internationally for over 25 years.
Couples therapy has been found to be least effective of all therapies, thus it is important for clients to seek out therapists who are versed in the latest research on couples and marital therapy. The unique couples approach I co-created with my wife, called the Couples Synergy model, has helped thousands of couples internationally for over 25 years.
Richard Damiani
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
Barrington, IL 60010 (Online Only)
We all begin marriage with hearts full of love and dreams for the future.
We were designed for connection; marriage and relationships should be a delight - a life giving connection with the one you love above all others. We marry or are in a relationship with that one person with whom we hope that we will find happiness, joy and peace. We bring ourselves with all our differing personalities, history, baggage, wounds, and family of origin issues to each other and our lives together, and these things can make it very hard to find what we long for.emotional issues that come from trauma, as well as depression, anxiety, and low self worth.
We all begin marriage with hearts full of love and dreams for the future.
We were designed for connection; marriage and relationships should be a delight - a life giving connection with the one you love above all others. We marry or are in a relationship with that one person with whom we hope that we will find happiness, joy and peace. We bring ourselves with all our differing personalities, history, baggage, wounds, and family of origin issues to each other and our lives together, and these things can make it very hard to find what we long for.emotional issues that come from trauma, as well as depression, anxiety, and low self worth.
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I provide psychotherapy to individuals and couples, specializing in adults and teens. Clients come to me with problems such as anxiety issues, depression, marital stress, relational abuse, job stress and past sexual abuse. I have also worked with men suffering from anger problems. The preferred style is one of a partnership, with agreed upon goals, going at a pace that is comfortable and appropriate for the client. I care about each individual and work toward helping them find the road to wholeness and healing
I provide psychotherapy to individuals and couples, specializing in adults and teens. Clients come to me with problems such as anxiety issues, depression, marital stress, relational abuse, job stress and past sexual abuse. I have also worked with men suffering from anger problems. The preferred style is one of a partnership, with agreed upon goals, going at a pace that is comfortable and appropriate for the client. I care about each individual and work toward helping them find the road to wholeness and healing
Issues such as anxiety, depression, marital problems, and phase of life problems are common in my practice.
I have been in the field of mental health for over 25 years. My extensive background has allowed me to help clients with many different types of problems or issues. My goal is to help you achieve your goals and to overcome any obstacles you might face. In therapy, I tend to be very direct and empathic. I am involved in the therapuetic process and use a cognitive behavioral approach to help you understand your issues better and to find ways to overcome them and to enrich your life.
Issues such as anxiety, depression, marital problems, and phase of life problems are common in my practice.
I have been in the field of mental health for over 25 years. My extensive background has allowed me to help clients with many different types of problems or issues. My goal is to help you achieve your goals and to overcome any obstacles you might face. In therapy, I tend to be very direct and empathic. I am involved in the therapuetic process and use a cognitive behavioral approach to help you understand your issues better and to find ways to overcome them and to enrich your life.
Ann Marie Berg
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MA, LCPC
Verified Verified
Barrington, IL 60010
I specialize in anxiety, stress management, relationship struggles, pre- marital, couples therapy, depression, adult ADHD, women's health, work/life balance, life transitions, divorce, empty nesting, career development/change.
I have a passion for helping people be the best they can be. As a therapist, I use a holistic and integrative approach. I combine psychotherapy and wellness to guide my clients through self-discovery and self-improvement. I provide a safe/non-judgmental environment to explore life issues and struggles. My therapeutic style is relaxed and conversational. I work towards building a collaborative trusting relationship connection.
I specialize in anxiety, stress management, relationship struggles, pre- marital, couples therapy, depression, adult ADHD, women's health, work/life balance, life transitions, divorce, empty nesting, career development/change.
I have a passion for helping people be the best they can be. As a therapist, I use a holistic and integrative approach. I combine psychotherapy and wellness to guide my clients through self-discovery and self-improvement. I provide a safe/non-judgmental environment to explore life issues and struggles. My therapeutic style is relaxed and conversational. I work towards building a collaborative trusting relationship connection.
I have over 30 years experience providing outpatient therapy and providing integrated psychological services in a large area hospital system. I specialize in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. With an emphasis on behavioral health using supportive, cognitive-behavioral therapy, I see patients with anxiety, stress, depression, chronic pain and fibromyalgia, eating disorders, weight loss, smoking cessation, headaches, marital discord, family discord, issues of aging, grief and loss, the psychological aspects of cancer treatment, coping with medical conditions, and managing diabetes. I am also a DBT therapist.
I have over 30 years experience providing outpatient therapy and providing integrated psychological services in a large area hospital system. I specialize in Health Psychology and Behavioral Medicine. With an emphasis on behavioral health using supportive, cognitive-behavioral therapy, I see patients with anxiety, stress, depression, chronic pain and fibromyalgia, eating disorders, weight loss, smoking cessation, headaches, marital discord, family discord, issues of aging, grief and loss, the psychological aspects of cancer treatment, coping with medical conditions, and managing diabetes. I am also a DBT therapist.
Donna Brooks
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PLLC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Barrington, IL 60010
Supporting you on your journey of mental, emotional, and spiritual health is important to me. If you are dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, life transitions, marital/relationship issues, parenting/familial issues, or loss, I will partner with you to work towards resolution. I provide an affirming and creative space in which to explore your challenges - aware that we are all perfectly imperfect and striving - and there is hope! "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." -Leonard Cohen
Supporting you on your journey of mental, emotional, and spiritual health is important to me. If you are dealing with anxiety, stress, depression, life transitions, marital/relationship issues, parenting/familial issues, or loss, I will partner with you to work towards resolution. I provide an affirming and creative space in which to explore your challenges - aware that we are all perfectly imperfect and striving - and there is hope! "There is a crack in everything. That's how the light gets in." -Leonard Cohen
I have worked with a variety of populations and mental health issues as I come from a community mental health background. I have worked with DCFS families in social services agencies as well as residential treatment centers for adolescents. I have a strong background in trauma and an understanding of how attachment and trauma can affect all aspects of life. I am warm, energetic, and skilled in helping you with your challenges.
I have worked with a variety of populations and mental health issues as I come from a community mental health background. I have worked with DCFS families in social services agencies as well as residential treatment centers for adolescents. I have a strong background in trauma and an understanding of how attachment and trauma can affect all aspects of life. I am warm, energetic, and skilled in helping you with your challenges.
Affective Counseling provides tailored counseling for adults, children, adolescents, couples and families. Our compassionate and knowledgeable staff realize that you face unique life challenges and it is our goal to understand how you see the world, yourself and others so that we can better help you navigate life’s journey. Building on personal strengths, recognizing and challenging negative thoughts and developing tangible coping skills are some of the interventions our staff utilizes to assist you in reaching your personal goals.
Affective Counseling provides tailored counseling for adults, children, adolescents, couples and families. Our compassionate and knowledgeable staff realize that you face unique life challenges and it is our goal to understand how you see the world, yourself and others so that we can better help you navigate life’s journey. Building on personal strengths, recognizing and challenging negative thoughts and developing tangible coping skills are some of the interventions our staff utilizes to assist you in reaching your personal goals.
I believe that every individual is born with a purpose and a plan. Yet, we are shaped by circumstances and events that create unhealthy and harmful patterns in our minds. Therefore, all of us need help to grow, to change, to reach a higher life-calling. I know this because I have been where you are and I've experienced life-altering change. So, I'm committed to partner with my clients in the counseling process towards a better way of life. Change happens in relationship and relationships matter!
I believe that every individual is born with a purpose and a plan. Yet, we are shaped by circumstances and events that create unhealthy and harmful patterns in our minds. Therefore, all of us need help to grow, to change, to reach a higher life-calling. I know this because I have been where you are and I've experienced life-altering change. So, I'm committed to partner with my clients in the counseling process towards a better way of life. Change happens in relationship and relationships matter!
Are you having trouble finding help for your middle schooler or teen? Is your teenager difficult-to-reach? Oppositional? Out-of-control? Resistant to therapy? Working with challenging kids is a passion of mine! Give me the opportunity to connect with your son or daughter, and then equip you as parents with the skills you need to bring order to your home and rebuild your family relationships. Your middle schooler or teen will discover an environment here that is safe, productive, and often quite fun!
Are you having trouble finding help for your middle schooler or teen? Is your teenager difficult-to-reach? Oppositional? Out-of-control? Resistant to therapy? Working with challenging kids is a passion of mine! Give me the opportunity to connect with your son or daughter, and then equip you as parents with the skills you need to bring order to your home and rebuild your family relationships. Your middle schooler or teen will discover an environment here that is safe, productive, and often quite fun!
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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.