Intervention Therapists in Downers Grove, IL

Life can present several challenges and at times we do not know how to cope with these challenges. Having someone to talk to and confide in can help with navigating these challenges. Healing and coping is a very important factor in addressing challenges and acquiring healthy copings skills can decrease stressors and improve mental health.

Anxiety, depression, and other symptoms can cause you to feel alone in your journey. Life can be stressful, overwhelming and difficult at time and it takes a lot of courage and strength to take the initial steps to seek help. As a licensed social worker, I would like to welcome the opportunity to work with you in making the changes. I will provide insight,guidance, a safe environment where you can feel empowered to find clarity and self-awareness to make the needed and wanted changes.

Providing culturally competent and client centered therapy is an important part of my job which is to help you feel safe and heard. I specialize in working with clients who want to understand the emotions and behaviors that impact their daily lives.

Michele enjoys working with individuals, couples, and families of all ages and backgrounds to help clients with anxiety, trauma, spiritual issues, depression, life transitions and relationship issues. She works to provide a safe space for clients to work through their difficulties and pain while not feeling alone. A warm, encouraging, and nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship is essential for growth and healing to take place.

Tamakisha is passionate about being of service to others. She makes it her business to meet her clients where they are and work as a team to accomplish their therapeutic goals.

Do you want to feel better? Do you want to make changes in your life, and you just don't know where to start? Having someone to talk to and problem solve with can make a big difference and be a huge stress relief. If you are ready to make that step and do something different, then I am here to help.

My therapeutic purpose is committed to helping people suffering from everyday life-stressors such as relationship problems, family conflicts, work issues, behavior problems in children and adolescents as well as more complex mental health difficulties such as anxiety, depression, trauma, and mood disorders. My goal is to help others find empowerment and self-determination through solutions such as self-care, self-acceptance and effective modalities for change to help resolve problems. My services are aimed at meeting each individual where they are currently at in their process of changing and growing towards self-improvement.

I am an accomplished therapist, author, researcher, presenter and professor. I have over 20 years of experience working with children, couples, and families. My holistic approach towards helping people find the strength to heal themselves is the foundation for D.G. Counseling Inc.

If you are here, you are already demonstrating the strength and willingness to improve your life and well-being. I will empower you to take the next step towards healing past wounds, let go of patterns that no longer serve you and address and improve upon relationship issues. I will support and empower you through your journey in finding growth and healing through both challenges that have been ongoing for years or more recent struggles or traumatic experiences.

We all find ourselves at times in our life that we require nurturance to help us through life's changes. Loss in our lives requires care and guidance by a professional. Loss may be defined in various ways, it may be death, divorce, depression, addictions, infidelity, anxiety, infertility just to name a few. I work to specifically assist individuals, couples, families and groups to alleviate emotional disorders, to understand conscious and unconscious motivation, to resolve emotional, relationship and attitudinal conflicts and to help modify behaviors that interfere with effective emotional, social adaptive, and intellectual functioning.

I seek clients who are open to discovering their story and how it led them to their current circumstance. I am best able to nurture a relationship with a client who is aware of their reason for seeking support and is comfortable with a direct perspective to realizing their goals. My approach to working with adolescents, adults, couples, and families is centered on the philosophy that we are experiencing components of our personal story daily. When we conclude a chapter, it can impact the next chapter. By understanding our experiences and crafting our next steps, we can shape our story.

I work collaboratively and compassionately with my clients. Together we will find the most effective routes to healing your pain and ending the struggle. You will understand how your past effects your present and what gets in the way of your best future. Truly realizing the connection between thoughts, feelings and actions will be a catalyst toward you becoming your best or higher self more consistently. Individuals will heal and grow and couples will understand the dynamic of their relationship and change conflict into harmony. I am confident I will help you.

Ask yourself these three questions... 1) Am I happy? 2) Am I doing what's best for me? 3) Am I in control of my life? I believe that everyone should have the potential to answer yes to those questions and lead a less stressful life. My approach as a counselor is to be encouraging, supportive and collaborate; and help individuals who are struggling with depression, anxiety, marital issues and job stress. I help people to create positive and lasting change in their lives and aid them in achieving their personal goals. Assessments can be conducted in as little as one office visit.

I'm passionate about healing the whole person, cultivating healthy decision-making, building coping skills, and striving to develop emotionally safe spaces of non-judgment for individuals to be seen and heard. I enjoy working with all people and specialize in trauma (complex, racial, and developmental), grief, transitions, identity, conflict, emotional hurt, and interpersonal relationships. My authentic self is rooted in values of honesty, integrity, and faith and I seek to build a rapport where my clients can also show up as their authentic selves.

People that are looking for professional mental health services come from all ethnicities, backgrounds, and walks of life. Some are in the twilight of their lives, while others are just getting started. Some need help with delicate relationship struggles, while others may find that they are searching for a diagnosis to help them finally make sense of things. Then there are those that are just looking for someone to talk to about what is going on in their lives. What you need to remember though, is that no matter what you are looking to get help with, you are not alone. The first step can be the hardest, but here you are!