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White Oak Institute for Growth and Wellness LLC
Counselor, MA,PSYD, LCPC, LMFT, LCSW, PsyD
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Finances
Fees
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
Insurance
- Aetna
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Magellan
- Out of Network
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Illinois / 180010741 Wesley R Dapkus
- In Practice for 15 Years
- License: Illinois 166001373 / 2020
- Attended Pepperdine University, Malibu CA, Graduated 2001
Counselor: Wesley R Dapkus
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Depression
- Anxiety
Expertise
- ADHD
- Anger Management
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Borderline Personality (BPD)
- Career Counseling
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Chronic Pain
- Chronic Relapse
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Divorce
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Gambling
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infidelity
- Internet Addiction
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Medication Management
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sex Therapy
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma and PTSD
- Video Game Addiction
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
Endorsement
Client Focus
Age
Participants
Age
Participants
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Attachment-based
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors
- Coaching
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Gottman Method
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Psychodynamic
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
Groups
Mindfulness for Adults
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This group is an educational group on mindfulness strategy and technical application to daily living. You will learn mindfulness skills. The intent is to help people unload stress and advance their mental skills to prevent stress from biological and psychological damage from distressing events. Additionally we will incorporate how to utilize eustress in coordination with the person's strengths to build a better life mental structure to move within your daily living. Please call 815 662 5480 to reserve your spot or for inquiry.
Expertise
Age
Session Cost
Group Meets
Location
White Oak Institute for Growth and Wellness LLC
21 S White St
STE 3
Frankfort, IL 60423
Mindfulness for Children
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This group is a pre-teen group on mindfulness strategy and technical application to daily living. Your young person will learn mindfulness skills to empower their lives. Being mindful helps a young person learn to best focus and negate negative impact of events in their life. Mindfulness may also help with overall socio-emotional development in today's tech driven fast-paced world. Please call 815 662 5480 to reserve your spot or for inquiry.
Expertise
Age
Session Cost
Group Meets
Location
White Oak Institute for Growth and Wellness LLC
21 S White St
STE 3
Frankfort, IL 60423
Mindfulness for Teens
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This group is a teenage focus group on mindfulness strategy and technical application to daily living. Your adolescent will learn mindfulness skills to empower their lives. Being mindful helps a young person learn to best focus and negate negative impact of events in their life. Mindfulness may also help with overall socio-emotional development in today's tech driven fast-paced world. Please call 815 662 5480 to reserve your spot or for inquiry.
Expertise
Age
Session Cost
Group Meets
Location
White Oak Institute for Growth and Wellness LLC
21 S White St
STE 3
Frankfort, IL 60423
Location
Primary Location
White Oak Institute for Growth and Wellness
21 S. White St.
Unit 3
Frankfort, IL 60423
(779) 228-4061Email us
Additional Location
171 W. Wood St.
New Lenox, IL 60451
(779) 228-4061Nearby Areas
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