Interpersonal Therapists in Deerfield, IL

Thank you for visiting my page. I am a clinical psychologist, and founder of Northside Wellness. My approach to therapy is collaborative, and aimed at supporting clients in connecting with their unique strengths, instincts, and insights. Through the development of cognitive, behavioral, and interpersonal skills, client’s achieve increased self-direction, and lasting, transformative results. Your treatment will be specifically tailored to you, and your personal goals, and objectives. Within a safe, nonjudgmental space, each individual, couple, or family will find hope, and build confidence to navigate challenges successfully.

I am passionate about empowering clients and helping them to gain insight into various challenges in their lives. Through our work together, the client can begin to identify struggles around anxiety, depression, interpersonal relationships and life transitions. My role is to provide a compassionate, collaborative and safe space for clients to explore and overcome these challenges to find satisfaction in life.

Do you struggle with feeling disconnected from yourself and others? Do you put others' needs before yours? Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, grief, a life transition or a challenging relationship that affects your day to day life? Pushing away your needs and not taking time for yourself can lead to long term issues for your mind and body. I understand that beginning therapy can be intimidating and even scary and I want to assure you, you're not alone. I urge you to not let fear stop you from living the life you want to live. Your feelings and past experiences are important and deserve to be heard.

I work with individuals from all walks of life: adults, couples, adolescents, children and families in addressing a variety of challenges such as depression, anxiety, trauma, identity issues, self-esteem, substance abuse, and life transitions (i.e. divorce, immigration, illness), family planning, family relationships, and parenting. I am also experienced in doing mental health and substance abuse evaluations for courts and administrative purposes. My approach to therapy takes on psychodynamic perspective based on the belief that person must attend to the whole self -mind, body, and environment- to achieve understanding and self-realization.

I can help if you are currently having problems adjusting to a crisis event such as a divorce, loss of a loved one, or a significant life change. Other areas of specialty include, working with children with adjustment and anxiety disorders. Therapeutic interventions are delivered in a motivational non-judgmental style using Cognitive Behavioral techniques. My patients are encouraged to learn healthy coping skills that can easily be replicated and become a part of their daily lives. The practice offers daytime, evening, night, and weekend hours.

As a licensed clinical psychologist, I understand that in the face of adversity a person’s view of self and view of the world can shift. Oftentimes that shift can lead a person to feel displaced and uncertain of how to cope. Through a supportive therapeutic partnership, I aim to empower my clients to utilize internal strengths in order to regain a sense of self and discover a source of resilience. I use a relational and warm therapeutic approach that is informed by cognitive behavioral principles.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. I provide a nonjudgmental and safe therapeutic environment for my clients and I value client-therapist alliance above anything else. I have a direct yet empathetic therapy style, collaborating with my clients to help achieve their goals. I love working with couples who struggle with communication and connection, who want to learn how to reconnect or "fight better". I also love empowering partners to find their voice and express their needs in a relationship.

I have over 20 years of experience as a therapist in the mental health field. I am passionate about helping people overcome their life stressors, past hurts, and to function in a healthier way. I help clients who suffer from mental health disorders, current problems, substance related addictions along with process related addictions (i.e. sex, gambling, shopping). I most frequently use Insight Oriented Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Internal Family Systems (IFS) approaches; as well as CBT and DBT when appropriate. I work with adults, adolescents, couples, and family members.

I am an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist. I am here to help you better understand yourself, your relationships, and how you show up in those relationships. I have a warm and collaborative therapeutic style, and use curiosity and compassion to help clients discover new ways of thinking. I work from a strength-based lens to meet clients where they are and support them as they grow. I provide a nonjudgmental and safe therapeutic environment for my clients, and my ultimate goal is for my clients of all identities to feel seen, heard, and understood.

The stressful world in which we live often leaves us feeling overwhelmed and struggling to manage the demands placed upon us. You may experience irritable moods, anxiety, depression, or unable to find joy in things. Your relationships may be affected and you may find you are unable to be the person you once were and know you can be. It is my goal, as a therapist, to create a warm, supportive, understanding, and collaborative partnership with clients. My clinical expertise includes: working with high functioning adults, people struggling with serious mental illnesses, and individuals with developmental disabilities.

Life can be very stressful. Sometimes it feels like juggling a variety of issues at one time. You might feel overwhelmed, anxious, or depressed. I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist who has been providing psychological services to children, adolescents, and adults for more than 20 years. As a seasoned therapist, I believe the therapeutic relationship is essential for a successful treatment outcome. While using a collaborative approach, I provide a comfortable space to set treatment goals along with strategies to meet them.

In our busy, fast paced society, we often can lose sight of who we are, what makes us happy, and what our values are. We sometimes resort to unhealthy coping strategies. I can help you identify your issues, needs, strengths, and become aware of what goals you have for yourself. I will help you develop a path to achieve them. I will also help you learn to speak your truth and become a strong advocate for yourself. I will help you to learn healthy coping strategies.

My ideal client is someone who doesn’t have all the answers. Let me explain, Many know the presenting problem bringing them to counseling. They can identify this is why I’m here, this is why I’m coming to you. What an ideal client of mine may not know is if someone will understand what there going through, that I will know exactly how to help, or that the I have any experience in what goes through their thoughts and how they feel at all. Maybe there’s a fear of invalidation, of being misunderstood, being rejudged. These are the buildings blocks in a therapeutic plan and healing journey!

Are you struggling with constantly feeling as if you are not good enough? You need to change yourself to “fit in,” or be successful? In the world that we live in, there is so much pressure around needing to push ourselves, to change our body, to be overanalyzing food and numbers on the scale. It can be really difficult to figure out how to navigate around the influences from other individuals, and living the life that you actually want to live. Trying to break free from a weight-obsessed world is really challenging. I can help walk alongside you on this journey of healing, and learning who your authentic self really is.

Life is hard. None of us gets through unscathed. There are journeys to take, decisions to make, losses to endure. Sometimes confusion reigns. Sometimes we get stuck ... at work, within personal relationships, with our children. I am passionate about helping people understand themselves better, and figure out how to face their issues. I believe that problems have their roots in the past, and that uncovering the origins of your feelings will allow the healing to begin. Ultimately, it IS possible to feel stronger, improve your sense of Self, deepen relationships and rediscover your sense of well-being and optimism.

I offer a relaxing, nonjudgmental environment where we can begin to develop rapport and build the therapeutic relationship. I am aware that clients have a choice of clinician and without rapport, clients may have a difficult time finding the comfort level needed for personal growth. I provide therapeutic services to adolescents, adults and families who are struggling with anxiety, depression, emotional and behavioral management, relationships, and other related social/emotional issues. In addition, I have extensive experience working with adolescents struggling with issues related to ADHD, Executive Functioning, learning disabilities and related school issues.

Being a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for 15 years, working with families, in addition to, supporting children and adolescents with complex emotional, intellectual and behavioral needs, Allison has extensive experience working with a broad range of mental health issues including anxiety, depression, trauma, mood disorders, socialization issues and neurodevelopmental disorders. Over the years, Allison has provided individual, group and family therapy, working with a diverse client population. She has presented a wide range of mental health seminars for educational staff and parents and led process-oriented parenting groups.

Life is complicated. Why complicate it more? My goal is to help you find easy solutions to everyday challenges that affect your personal life and relationships. For a very affordable fee you can achieve peace of mind for yourself and find satisfaction in relationships with people you love. It is often difficult to find time to get help while managing a busy lifestyle, which is why I offer a specialized, no commitment, pay-as-you-go system. I offer a first-time consultation for $110 and all future visits are only $55 per hour.

Like many modern therapists, I use a combination of approaches to suit my client’s unique needs. My background is in psychodynamic psychotherapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT). I believe that we’re each doing the best that we can with the tools that we currently possess and that each of us deserves compassion and support as we continue making our way through life. I will embark on this journey with you, offering a space free of judgment and some evidenced-based techniques to support your growth.