Grief Therapists in Wheaton, IL

Whether you seek relief from depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, PTSD, relationship difficulties or other challenges, I am excited to collaborate with clients who desire to live their unique lives fully, participate in their healing process and seek to establish genuine, compassionate relationship with themselves and others! I believe most of us are doing our best to become who we hope to be, and can benefit from seeking appropriate support. Therefore, I don’t see a diagnosis, but an amazing human who wants to thrive despite life’s many challenges.

My goal is to create a healthier world: body, mind, and spirit by encouraging others on their journey. My hope as a therapist is to come alongside my client and provide help in their time of need. I am passionate about helping individuals make peace with their past, have victory over their addictions and challenges, and to do my part in moving them forward with hope, empowerment, and purpose.

Are you facing unexpected challenges in your life? Let me help you rediscover your strengths and regain mental and emotional wellness. I offer support and teach techniques to help you overcome your obstacles. My specialty is guiding my clients through life transitions, such as divorce, illness, grief, and job loss. I focus on treatment of depression, marital and relational codependency, workplace conflict, and parenting issues, especially those related to discord with adult children.

Perhaps you're pursuing therapy in the hopes of strengthening your self-worth, or maybe to improve communication skills, to process the impact traumatic experiences have had on your worldview, or to learn new ways to cope with depression, anxiety, or life's stressors. Whatever it is that has prompted you to start this process, I look forward to working together to move you towards a place of contentment, emotional security, and confidence in coping with what life brings you. My approach is collaborative and conversational; my clients have described our sessions as warm, empowering, educational, and connective.

Renee is passionate about therapy; yet, she has a sensitive presence in the process. Renee works with teens, young adults and adults to create healthy change, relieve stress, and give support for relationship issues. She works with anxiety issues, while many of the clients she works with have a background of Complex Trauma. She gently and carefully approaches them to create more change for more ease, care and understanding in your life. As well, Renee does strength building therapy for identity development including 'the self', as well as, 'sexual and gender identity'.

Are you struggling with family or couple dynamics? Are you looking to process past hurts? Do you feel overwhelmed or exhausted by the sadness or anxiety you are carrying? Life can contain a variety of experiences - from times of suffering or grief to moments of joy with everything in between.

My dear client, I am glad that you have found me. I understand that life is full of challenges and obstacles. That is why I am here: meeting you where you are and walking together with you through the storm in your life. I will do whatever I can to help you, using all my professional training, experiences, and resources. Please don't give up! I have seen many troubled hearts and lives restored as a result of counseling. There is hope! Together we can ride out your storm!

Contacting a therapist can be intimidating, but I hope you will take a moment (and maybe a deep breath) to see how I can help with life or workplace challenges. Let's find solutions that work for you! My sessions are highly interactive. I offer insights, ask questions to understand you better, and challenge you to look within. I focus on your unique strengths to help you grow. If you're stuck in unhealthy patterns, I’ll point it out and help you find new ways to move forward. I give you useful tools starting from our first session. I accept insurance and self-pay clients in day, evening and weekend telehealth appointments.

Change is possible. I can help. I offer exceptional and compassionate counseling services to help you to achieve your goals so that you can live your life and relationships more fully. I have extensive experience, both in the US and overseas, in working with individuals, couples, families, and groups to address a wide range of issues, including anxiety and panic disorders; depression; stress management; marital and family problems; parenting skills; attention deficit disorders; life transitions; grief and loss; women's issues; men's issues; substance abuse and addictions; co-dependency, family of origin, perfectionism, and shame issues and more. .

You can expect me to listen to you non-judgmentally with some humble humor, while giving you useable skills and strategies to try that will be beneficial to you. I don't see my therapy approach as one size fits all, because we are all unique in our life experiences, strengths, and struggles. My role is help you find some personalized solutions to move forward in your life goals.

I have a warm and open relational style that communicates value and worth to my clients. My goal is to elicit your own strengths to make the change that you want. Too much guidance takes away your own autonomy, and too little keeps you confused, but finding the balance is one of the keys to good therapy. My clients appreciate my client centered and accepting style and most of my referrals come from previous client's recommendations. I have extensive experience with addiction, codependence, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship issues, OCD, perfectionism, and ADHD.

I believe our primary desire is to form satisfying, balanced relationships. I work from a Developmental, Attachment, Relational perspective and frequently incorporate Trauma & Family Systems Models into my work. I have extensive experience with infants, young children, teens, families & adults. When working with children I strive to work collaboratively with all relevant members in the child's life to understand & treat that child.

Joy. Transformation. Growth. Hope. Fulfillment. Connection. Is this what your heart is longing for? Most people, if connected to their desires, deeply yearn for these things but are limited in how much they can experience them due to pain and brokenness. My passion is walking alongside others as they journey towards healing and transformation. You don't have to struggle in isolation. Whatever your obstacles are to joyful life and fulfilling relationships, together we can begin working on overcoming those!

Our team of licensed therapists offer a wide range of services. We have offices in Naperville, Downers Grove, and Aurora, and we also provide telehealth services. We serve children, adolescents, and adults as well as families and couples. Our therapists support those working through anxiety, depression, complex trauma, grief, life transitions, relationship issues, body image, eating disorders, and other challenging mental health disorders. We also have a therapists that are experts in addressing childhood issues such as school anxiety/refusal, sensory regulation, educational/academic support, and toileting, for example.

At Dupage Counseling Associates, we provide a compassionate and non-judgmental space to allow clients to share their story. We have worked with several individuals who are struggling with a life transition, grief/loss, trauma, relationship difficulty, anxiety, or depression. The most difficult part of therapy is making that first call. We are available to answer any questions or concerns you might have before making the decision to start the therapy process.

In-person and telehealth sessions available. Falling apart? Stuck? At a crossroads? I can help. We start where you are, and map out a path to where you want to be, tackling the obstacles standing in the way of your thriving. My techniques include EMDR and Somatic Experiencing, research-backed therapies that often work for people who have made slow or no progress with other therapies. I'm also trained in several types of somatic touch, which can accelerate your progress if you choose to use touch. My goal is to get you back to your best life as quickly as possible!

I have been in private practice for 14 years, during which I have worked with adolescents and adults sorting through a wide range of issues including depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, relationship issues and spiritual struggles related to mental health.

In my practice, I work with men and women, individuals and couples. I focus largely on the dynamics and the contexts in which people live, both in their current relationships and in the ones that helped to shape them. I help people through the transitions of their lives, through loss and "stuck" places, past the obstacles to achieving meaning in life and intimacy in relationships. I work in a cognitive/directive and very open personal style.

I specialize in treating Trauma (single event, long-term and attachment) with experiential therapies, including EMDR & Somatic Experiencing. These interventions recognize the need to go beyond changing your thoughts and focus on helping people regulate the body sensations and emotions that continue to be experienced. For example: a person may know that a traumatic event is over and yet continue to feel the emotion of anxiety and the body sensation of muscle tension (never truly relaxing or feeling safe). This can activate an impulse to run away from situations, become angry/defensive or shut down (depressed/ avoidant/dissociative)