Therapists in Willow Springs, IL
Being human and experiencing life’s ups and downs can sometimes take a mental and emotional toll. Our stories are not meant for everyone, but sharing what is held inside with someone trustworthy can liberate us, help shift our perspective, and help us find new ways to welcome wellness back into everyday life. I enjoy meeting people from all walks of life, ages, genders, or in a phase of discovering themselves. I believe every individual deserves the opportunity to explore their mental health, heal, evolve, and ultimately thrive in today’s complex world.
Being human and experiencing life’s ups and downs can sometimes take a mental and emotional toll. Our stories are not meant for everyone, but sharing what is held inside with someone trustworthy can liberate us, help shift our perspective, and help us find new ways to welcome wellness back into everyday life. I enjoy meeting people from all walks of life, ages, genders, or in a phase of discovering themselves. I believe every individual deserves the opportunity to explore their mental health, heal, evolve, and ultimately thrive in today’s complex world.
Life gives us challenges. These challenges can include anxiety, depression, difficulties in relationships, or just feeling stuck in life. However, we do not have to face these challenges alone. It is our job to help you identify and eliminate stresses, embrace your strengths, and work towards empowerment. Through collaboration, we together can create an individualized and comprehensive plan to help you create an identity of your own, integrate positive practices into your daily interactions, and grow to live a happy and healthy life.
Life gives us challenges. These challenges can include anxiety, depression, difficulties in relationships, or just feeling stuck in life. However, we do not have to face these challenges alone. It is our job to help you identify and eliminate stresses, embrace your strengths, and work towards empowerment. Through collaboration, we together can create an individualized and comprehensive plan to help you create an identity of your own, integrate positive practices into your daily interactions, and grow to live a happy and healthy life.
Katie Freeman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, EMDR
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Willow Springs, IL 60480
Katie is unfortunately not able to accept new clients currently. The journey to healing can be overwhelming. By meeting my clients where they're at and taking time to build a strong therapeutic alliance, we can work toward you become the best version of yourself. I am an EMDR Certified clinician/Approved Consultant through the EMDR International Association, and registered yoga instructor specializing in trauma and CPTSD. I firmly believe in our body and mind's innate ability to heal and am honored to guide my clients through this process.
Katie is unfortunately not able to accept new clients currently. The journey to healing can be overwhelming. By meeting my clients where they're at and taking time to build a strong therapeutic alliance, we can work toward you become the best version of yourself. I am an EMDR Certified clinician/Approved Consultant through the EMDR International Association, and registered yoga instructor specializing in trauma and CPTSD. I firmly believe in our body and mind's innate ability to heal and am honored to guide my clients through this process.
Victoria Perisee-Johns
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
Willow Springs, IL 60480
Are you searching for a therapist who offers a nontraditional approach? Do you find yourself dealing with feelings of stagnation or unfulfillment? Whether you're navigating a significant life transition, wrestling with professional challenges, or seeking support in managing past traumas, I'm here to assist you in reclaiming the sense of control you crave in your life. My aim is to empower you to make meaningful life changes and adjustments that enhance your overall satisfaction and propel you toward achieving the goals you've set for yourself. Together, we will navigate the complexities of your experiences.
Are you searching for a therapist who offers a nontraditional approach? Do you find yourself dealing with feelings of stagnation or unfulfillment? Whether you're navigating a significant life transition, wrestling with professional challenges, or seeking support in managing past traumas, I'm here to assist you in reclaiming the sense of control you crave in your life. My aim is to empower you to make meaningful life changes and adjustments that enhance your overall satisfaction and propel you toward achieving the goals you've set for yourself. Together, we will navigate the complexities of your experiences.
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Reaching out for help is a very important, yet difficult step to make. This is why it is important to meet my clients where they are and help them tap into their own strengths in a safe and compassionate space. I provide individual therapy to adolescents, adults, and families with a focus on those experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, phobias, interpersonal issues, and change of life issues ( postpartum, coping with loss, transition into adulthood, and aging). I also specialize in postpartum anxiety and depression and I am certified in Maternal Mental Health through PSI ( Postpartum Support International).
Reaching out for help is a very important, yet difficult step to make. This is why it is important to meet my clients where they are and help them tap into their own strengths in a safe and compassionate space. I provide individual therapy to adolescents, adults, and families with a focus on those experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, phobias, interpersonal issues, and change of life issues ( postpartum, coping with loss, transition into adulthood, and aging). I also specialize in postpartum anxiety and depression and I am certified in Maternal Mental Health through PSI ( Postpartum Support International).
Christine I Miller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Clarendon Hills, IL 60514 (Online Only)
I am a LCSW who specializes in perinatal mental health, has a Reiki II Attunement & provides relationship/marriage coaching.
Are you struggling with uncertainty? Are you a new parent and feeling overwhelmed? Co-Parenting? Change? There’s no need to hide; The struggle is real! I am a mother, a partner and a human being; I too have struggles. You are doing yourself a great service by asking for support and assistance. I am here to help! I am passionate about assisting people in getting some relief from the pain or discomfort they are experiencing. I believe that it is imperative to treat the whole person in order to get long-term results and sustainable change. I am eager to assist patients in restoring balance in their lives and find enjoyment again.
I am a LCSW who specializes in perinatal mental health, has a Reiki II Attunement & provides relationship/marriage coaching.
Are you struggling with uncertainty? Are you a new parent and feeling overwhelmed? Co-Parenting? Change? There’s no need to hide; The struggle is real! I am a mother, a partner and a human being; I too have struggles. You are doing yourself a great service by asking for support and assistance. I am here to help! I am passionate about assisting people in getting some relief from the pain or discomfort they are experiencing. I believe that it is imperative to treat the whole person in order to get long-term results and sustainable change. I am eager to assist patients in restoring balance in their lives and find enjoyment again.
Innovative Counseling Partners PLLC
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, LCPC
Verified Verified
Berwyn, IL 60402
Our life's work is helping clients achieve a better sense of self and happiness...more recently we've recognized that without good mental health providers, finding this balance in life can be more difficult and stressful. As a result, we tend toward an Integrative approach and help our clients transform into the people they want to be. We see each client as an individual with many parts to their identity. Utilizing a holistic and systemic approach we help clients reintegrate the parts of themselves to function better as individuals and within their systems. Our focus tenhers and fathers navigating prenatal/ postpartum depression.
Our life's work is helping clients achieve a better sense of self and happiness...more recently we've recognized that without good mental health providers, finding this balance in life can be more difficult and stressful. As a result, we tend toward an Integrative approach and help our clients transform into the people they want to be. We see each client as an individual with many parts to their identity. Utilizing a holistic and systemic approach we help clients reintegrate the parts of themselves to function better as individuals and within their systems. Our focus tenhers and fathers navigating prenatal/ postpartum depression.
I also have advanced training in perinatal mental health.
The majority of my training and work experience has specifically focused on the assessment and treatment of trauma/PTSD as well as complex PTSD. I believe my job is to walk alongside my clients as they unpack their traumatic experiences, while providing continued safety and validation, all at their own pace. I have worked in a wide variety of settings treating trauma from prisons/jails, to community mental health centers, to the VA and various outpatient settings. I have worked with all types of survivors with various different traumatic experiences and symptom presentations and utilize several types of treatment approaches.
I also have advanced training in perinatal mental health.
The majority of my training and work experience has specifically focused on the assessment and treatment of trauma/PTSD as well as complex PTSD. I believe my job is to walk alongside my clients as they unpack their traumatic experiences, while providing continued safety and validation, all at their own pace. I have worked in a wide variety of settings treating trauma from prisons/jails, to community mental health centers, to the VA and various outpatient settings. I have worked with all types of survivors with various different traumatic experiences and symptom presentations and utilize several types of treatment approaches.
Tolaya Geredine
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MA, LCPC
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (Online Only)
Feeling completed overwhelmed by a recent major life change? Are you a parent, recently ended a relationship, or simply experiencing the growing pains of life? Maybe you are ready to make some changes, but not sure exactly where to start. I am passionate in assisting you with sorting through family of origin issues, & then interrupting patterns that have kept you from the life & relationships that you deserve, including the one with self! l I am also trained in perinatal mental health. I can support you through pre- pregnancy through postpartum. Wherever you are on your life's journey, you don't have to live unfavorably in any way.
Feeling completed overwhelmed by a recent major life change? Are you a parent, recently ended a relationship, or simply experiencing the growing pains of life? Maybe you are ready to make some changes, but not sure exactly where to start. I am passionate in assisting you with sorting through family of origin issues, & then interrupting patterns that have kept you from the life & relationships that you deserve, including the one with self! l I am also trained in perinatal mental health. I can support you through pre- pregnancy through postpartum. Wherever you are on your life's journey, you don't have to live unfavorably in any way.
Olive and Sage Wellness
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LCPC, PMH-C
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Downers Grove, IL 60515
I specialize in postpartum depression, painful sex, and helping women break free from relationships and patterns that are holding them back from having the life they desire.
Are you a woman that is feeling frustrated that penetrative sex feels painful and less enjoyable than you thought it would be? Perhaps you are feeling frustrated by the consistent pattern of unfulfilling and frustrating relationship issues in your life and have wondered to yourself, ‘maybe I need to work on me’? Or maybe you are struggling to manage overwhelming feelings with pregnancy or navigating the minefields of pregnancy, prenatal, or postpartum? Either way, you're feeling disheartened that your life does not look like you imagined it would and you're looking for a change.
I specialize in postpartum depression, painful sex, and helping women break free from relationships and patterns that are holding them back from having the life they desire.
Are you a woman that is feeling frustrated that penetrative sex feels painful and less enjoyable than you thought it would be? Perhaps you are feeling frustrated by the consistent pattern of unfulfilling and frustrating relationship issues in your life and have wondered to yourself, ‘maybe I need to work on me’? Or maybe you are struggling to manage overwhelming feelings with pregnancy or navigating the minefields of pregnancy, prenatal, or postpartum? Either way, you're feeling disheartened that your life does not look like you imagined it would and you're looking for a change.
Madison Jean-Turner Barnes
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PMH-C
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
La Grange, IL 60525 (Online Only)
Perinatal challenges are very real and can be devastating.
You deserve wellness, and I believe I can help you achieve wellness. I work with individuals struggling with reproductive stress, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders and parenthood. This includes trying to conceive, fertility challenges, loss, pregnancy, the postpartum period and parenthood. Often, approaching child-bearing is the largest shift in our identity as we have known it. This can lead to increased anxiety, depression, rage or feelings of guilt and shame. You are not alone, PMAD's are common- up to 1 in 5 women share this experience! This period does not need to define you as a person, partner or parent.
Perinatal challenges are very real and can be devastating.
You deserve wellness, and I believe I can help you achieve wellness. I work with individuals struggling with reproductive stress, Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders and parenthood. This includes trying to conceive, fertility challenges, loss, pregnancy, the postpartum period and parenthood. Often, approaching child-bearing is the largest shift in our identity as we have known it. This can lead to increased anxiety, depression, rage or feelings of guilt and shame. You are not alone, PMAD's are common- up to 1 in 5 women share this experience! This period does not need to define you as a person, partner or parent.
Ashley Hartman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, PMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chicago, IL 60655
Specialty interests: maternal wounds, narcissistic abuse, attachment trauma, and motherhood/ postpartum.
My practice specializes in providing individual therapy to women of all ages who are struggling with attachment trauma, anxiety, divorce, motherhood, and relationship conflict. My specializations include attachment focused EMDR, perinatal mental health, insecure attachment, anxiety, and trauma. I offer attachment informed psychotherapy which is based off the principle that early relationships with caregivers profoundly influence our ability to trust and feel safe with others. This can show up most commonly in our adult relationships.
Specialty interests: maternal wounds, narcissistic abuse, attachment trauma, and motherhood/ postpartum.
My practice specializes in providing individual therapy to women of all ages who are struggling with attachment trauma, anxiety, divorce, motherhood, and relationship conflict. My specializations include attachment focused EMDR, perinatal mental health, insecure attachment, anxiety, and trauma. I offer attachment informed psychotherapy which is based off the principle that early relationships with caregivers profoundly influence our ability to trust and feel safe with others. This can show up most commonly in our adult relationships.
Megan Cannon
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW, PMH-C
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Hinsdale, IL 60521
Maybe your anxious thoughts are making you seek reassurance and you want to crawl out of your skin, perhaps OCD is consuming more of your day, or you’re a mom struggling with postpartum stuff, thinking that you may actually be going crazy this time, and let’s not forget how stressful decision making can be! Whatever it is, let’s talk and figure it out.
So, how's the scroll? Looking for a therapist can be stressful enough because most people are unsure how to find the right therapist. The greatest predictor of success in therapy is the strength of the relationship with your counselor. In other words, it’s best to choose someone that you click with because it’s going to be easier for you to trust the process. I’m definitely a straight shooter, and I tell it like it is, but I always have your best interests in mind. I combine evidence-based treatments with talk therapy, and somehow, humor tends to creep in from time to time too.
Maybe your anxious thoughts are making you seek reassurance and you want to crawl out of your skin, perhaps OCD is consuming more of your day, or you’re a mom struggling with postpartum stuff, thinking that you may actually be going crazy this time, and let’s not forget how stressful decision making can be! Whatever it is, let’s talk and figure it out.
So, how's the scroll? Looking for a therapist can be stressful enough because most people are unsure how to find the right therapist. The greatest predictor of success in therapy is the strength of the relationship with your counselor. In other words, it’s best to choose someone that you click with because it’s going to be easier for you to trust the process. I’m definitely a straight shooter, and I tell it like it is, but I always have your best interests in mind. I combine evidence-based treatments with talk therapy, and somehow, humor tends to creep in from time to time too.
Being a new parent is "supposed to" feel great, right? But it doesn't always feel that way. In fact, sometimes it feels like the most challenging thing you've ever done and you have no control any more. The anxiety, stress and conflicting emotions that arise with trying to conceive, pregnancy and the post-partum experience can be overwhelming, but it does not have to feel that way.
Being a new parent is "supposed to" feel great, right? But it doesn't always feel that way. In fact, sometimes it feels like the most challenging thing you've ever done and you have no control any more. The anxiety, stress and conflicting emotions that arise with trying to conceive, pregnancy and the post-partum experience can be overwhelming, but it does not have to feel that way.
If you're feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, trauma, or the challenges of pregnancy and postpartum, you’re not alone.
I offer both virtual and in-person counseling services, understanding the importance of personal connection in the therapeutic process. Specializing in unresolved trauma, early life experiences, and perinatal trauma, as well as anxiety and mood disorders, my approach is integrative and collaborative. I blend psychodynamic psychotherapy with body-centered and mindfulness techniques to empower clients. My goal is to equip you with tools for self-awareness, self-compassion, and clarity, fostering inner peace and helping you lead a more meaningful, fulfilling life. Together, we can navigate your journey toward healing and growth.
If you're feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, trauma, or the challenges of pregnancy and postpartum, you’re not alone.
I offer both virtual and in-person counseling services, understanding the importance of personal connection in the therapeutic process. Specializing in unresolved trauma, early life experiences, and perinatal trauma, as well as anxiety and mood disorders, my approach is integrative and collaborative. I blend psychodynamic psychotherapy with body-centered and mindfulness techniques to empower clients. My goal is to equip you with tools for self-awareness, self-compassion, and clarity, fostering inner peace and helping you lead a more meaningful, fulfilling life. Together, we can navigate your journey toward healing and growth.
Sherraine Miller
Pre-Licensed Professional, MA, ATR-P
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Chicago, IL 60652 (Online Only)
For individuals, I provide you with a supportive environment to navigate the emotional and physical changes during and after pregnancy.
Are you facing intimacy issues, post-baby relationship dynamics, or the complexities of parenthood in your relationship? As a compassionate therapist specializing in perinatal care, sex therapy, and couples counseling, I’m here to support and guide you through challenging life transitions. Utilizing traditional and innovative art therapy techniques, I help you express those often-neglected vulnerable emotions so that you can experience profound healing, deepening the love and connection you deserve.
For individuals, I provide you with a supportive environment to navigate the emotional and physical changes during and after pregnancy.
Are you facing intimacy issues, post-baby relationship dynamics, or the complexities of parenthood in your relationship? As a compassionate therapist specializing in perinatal care, sex therapy, and couples counseling, I’m here to support and guide you through challenging life transitions. Utilizing traditional and innovative art therapy techniques, I help you express those often-neglected vulnerable emotions so that you can experience profound healing, deepening the love and connection you deserve.
My areas of expertise include perinatal mental health, life transitions, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and women's mental health.
Are you pregnant or have you recently given birth? Are you struggling with managing your emotions, new responsibilities, and a new identity? You are not alone. I am here to help you navigate your way through this complex life transition by providing you support and tools to cope with changes during the perinatal stage. I also specialize in working with individual in various transitions in life (ie: high school to college, college to working life etc.). In addition, I incorporate a strong cultural lens within my work and work closely with the South Asian Population.
My areas of expertise include perinatal mental health, life transitions, anxiety, depression, self-esteem and women's mental health.
Are you pregnant or have you recently given birth? Are you struggling with managing your emotions, new responsibilities, and a new identity? You are not alone. I am here to help you navigate your way through this complex life transition by providing you support and tools to cope with changes during the perinatal stage. I also specialize in working with individual in various transitions in life (ie: high school to college, college to working life etc.). In addition, I incorporate a strong cultural lens within my work and work closely with the South Asian Population.
Whether you are struggling with the adjustment of parenthood, postpartum, a child who is sickly or have special needs, couple/family relational issues, etc.
We all go through life and events knock us down. While we can get so caught up in the struggle, we have to believe that there is purpose for everything, even the hurt we experience. Our past experience or hurt does not have to be the blueprint of our future, we can heal.
Whether you are struggling with the adjustment of parenthood, postpartum, a child who is sickly or have special needs, couple/family relational issues, etc.
We all go through life and events knock us down. While we can get so caught up in the struggle, we have to believe that there is purpose for everything, even the hurt we experience. Our past experience or hurt does not have to be the blueprint of our future, we can heal.
I integrate the knowledge acquired in training in Somatic Experience, Perinatal Mood Disorders, EMDR, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to teach my clients skills to help regulate their emotions, gain clarity in their personal experiences, and feel comfortable in their bodies.
Hola! I am a bilingual therapist passionate about supporting my clients on their healing path. Since 2014, I have been offering services to adults who have experienced trauma in their lives and deal with intense emotions of sadness, fear, anger, worry, and low self-esteem that might be affecting their bodies and their health. I offer my clients a safe space to process their feelings and experiences, teaching them skills that can help them regulate their emotions, feel safe in their bodies, and improve their quality of life. I believe healing occurs by creating and promoting a safe therapeutic relationship.
I integrate the knowledge acquired in training in Somatic Experience, Perinatal Mood Disorders, EMDR, and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy to teach my clients skills to help regulate their emotions, gain clarity in their personal experiences, and feel comfortable in their bodies.
Hola! I am a bilingual therapist passionate about supporting my clients on their healing path. Since 2014, I have been offering services to adults who have experienced trauma in their lives and deal with intense emotions of sadness, fear, anger, worry, and low self-esteem that might be affecting their bodies and their health. I offer my clients a safe space to process their feelings and experiences, teaching them skills that can help them regulate their emotions, feel safe in their bodies, and improve their quality of life. I believe healing occurs by creating and promoting a safe therapeutic relationship.
Everyone deserves to live an authentic and fulfilling life. I am here to support clients who are ready to feel empowered to work through life's challenges and grow into their most authentic self. People struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitions, boundaries, relationships, career transitions, and unhealthy coping skills that no longer serve you. I additionally specialize in pregnancy and postpartum and am perinatal mental health trained.
Everyone deserves to live an authentic and fulfilling life. I am here to support clients who are ready to feel empowered to work through life's challenges and grow into their most authentic self. People struggling with anxiety, depression, life transitions, boundaries, relationships, career transitions, and unhealthy coping skills that no longer serve you. I additionally specialize in pregnancy and postpartum and am perinatal mental health trained.
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Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum Therapists
What are the most effective ways to address pregnancy, prenatal, and postpartum concerns?
The most effective way to address pregnancy, prenatal, and postpartum concerns is by finding a therapist who has prior experience helping other patients overcome the challenge being faced. For example, a marriage and family therapist may have experience helping couples adjust to their new relationship dynamic. An anxiety specialist may have experience helping with phobias or illness anxiety related to the child’s health. A depression specialist may have experience treating postpartum depression.
When should I seek treatment for prenatal or postpartum concerns?
Pregnancy and the postpartum period involve intense physical and mental changes; a degree of upset and instability is normal. However, if these changes impair daily functioning, it may be time to seek help. This distinction is pertinent for postpartum depression: A period of teariness, irritability, and distress is difficult but normal in the one to two weeks after childbirth (sometimes called the “baby blues.”) But if feelings of sadness and hopelessness persist beyond that period, the person should seek treatment.
How do I manage worries during pregnancy or the postnatal period?
A therapist can help patients develop the tools they need to manage anxieties during or after pregnancy. Cognitive behavioral therapy can help people identify and reframe harmful patterns of thought, and change their behaviors. Other techniques and skills can allow people to develop acceptance, psychological flexibility, self-compassion, communication skills, and more.
Are there specific medications for postpartum depression?
In 2019, the FDA approved the first medication designed to treat postpartum depression. The medication is called brexanolone and is delivered intravenously by a medical professional over the course of a few days. However, typical antidepressants, which are more accessible, can also treat postpartum depression. The disorder is often best treated through a combination of medication and therapy.