Therapists in Schaumburg, IL

Kristin uses a holistic approach to mental health and is committed to promoting her clients' overall well-being and personal growth. Coming from a humanistic lens, she hopes to teach clients to lean into healing with openness and curiosity. She strongly encourages mindfulness, cognitive behavioral, and dialectical behavior techniques in her sessions to comprehend better and integrate life experiences.

Tara Donald, LCSW, enjoys helping children, adolescents, and adults with various challenges such as anxiety, depression, parenting issues, trauma, anger management, and behavioral issues. By providing a genuine atmosphere of acceptance and warmth, Tara helps individuals feel empowered to tackle the challenges in their lives. She has experience helping individuals in residential and outpatient settings. Tara uses an integrative approach based on client needs. Her approach includes Client-Centered, ACT, CBT, DBT, Play Therapy, Insight Therapy, and Gestalt Therapy.

I am a bilingual (English/Spanish) and bicultural licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in working with children, teens, and adults. I work collaboratively with my patients to explore current difficulties, difficult past experiences and relationships, and ways these may be holding you back today. Therapy is a wonderful opportunity to increase self-awareness and find better ways of managing everyday stress. Whether you are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma/PTSD, we can work together to help you find relief. Life can be hard, but you don't have to do it alone.

I am passionate about working with individuals on illness education, symptom management, cognitive restructuring, affect regulation, behavior modification, and interpersonal skill development. My goal is to provide a safe environment for people to learn about themselves, begin to love who they are, and overcome social, emotional, economical, and vocational struggles while reaching their full potential in life. I want to help those who feel unloved and broken return to feeling whole again with active encouragement and support.

Do you want a safe, nurturing, and empathetic space where you can share your fears and painful life circumstances? Do you want to learn concrete coping skills to work through difficult thoughts, feelings, and emotions, and embark on a path of improved quality of life? I have extensive experience working with adults, children, adolescents, couples, and families. I specialize in anxiety, depression, grief counseling, trauma/PTSD, substance abuse, pediatric concerns and maternal depression. I also enjoy working with couples who are experiencing conflicts in their marriage and are determined to bring positive changes in their life.

As a trauma informed psychotherapist, I help individuals struggling with relationships, depression, anxieties, mood disorders, stress, panic attacks, emotions, certain behaviors, sexual and abuse history, goal setting and life adjustments and transitions. Many of my clients have experienced lots of emotional distress. Many are experiencing relationship issues they feel are insurmountable, flashbacks, Self- esteem, confidence and intimacy problems. They are looking to change, break cycles. They feel exhausted, nothing they tried on their own has worked. They are looking for direction, guidance and support. I'm here to help.

Gaining insight and a deeper understanding of yourself improves your relationships and your quality of life. I help clients cope with life's stressors and attain their personal goals. I enable clients to achieve balance, emotional health, mental stability, and healthy relationships. My practice of therapy is collaborative, as I believe that clients are the experts on their own lives. I offer an inclusive and safe place for personal exploration. By creating a supportive and empathic environment I enable clients to grow, gain insight, and create meaningful change in their lives.

I specialize in the treatment of depression, anxiety, binge eating disorder, trauma/PTSD, addiction, women's/men's issues, domestic violence/abuse, and other socioemotional and interpersonal related concerns. Clinically, I work with clients (adolescents, teens, adults, couples, and families) primarily through a cognitive-behavioral approach, fostering empathy and authenticity in a non-judgmental, safe, and supportive environment. I also work strongly through a collaborative approach, helping clients gain a deeper understanding into their thoughts, behaviors, and emotions in order to help cultivate positive change.

I see my role as helping people learn to trust themselves, to respect their own strength, and finally to build healthier relationships both personally and professionally. I am a solution focused therapist who takes a more active role n the counseling sessions. I have extensive experience with children, adolescents, and adults. I have specialized training and experience in treating depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol and substance abuse, and family problems. In addition, I direct a practice of 11 psychologists. Together it means we have the ability to match the right person to your particular needs.

Do you have unexplained sadness, excessive worrying, irritability, or feeling overwhelmed and stressed? Everyone has the ability to be their best self but sometimes life's challenges prevent us from living the life we envisioned. Counseling is intended to help you gain understanding and make changes to obtain a better quality of life that you envision for yourself.

I am dedicated to helping people from all walks of life navigate towards healthy, happy, and gratifying living. I create a supportive and caring environment for self-exploration in therapy: where individuals can explore difficult emotions, challenge thinking, and learn new tools and skills to take control of their mental health.

As a licensed clinical psychologist, I view my role as guiding individuals along a journey of self-discovery and growth. I assist people in gaining insight into their issues and finding solutions to their problems by providing direction, encouragement, support, and hope. In order for positive changes to occur, a person must begin to modify his or her dysfunctional thinking patterns and unhealthy behaviors. From a solution focused approach, I work with my clients in a collaborative relationship to strengthen their sense of self and improve their quality of life.

I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), I specialize in the use of cognitive-behavioral therapy, and focus on working collaboratively with clients to create lasting change in their lives. Whether it’s counseling for depression, anxiety, substance abuse, family therapy, or Christian counseling, I empower clients by using their strengths to evaluate areas of improvement.

You deserve a life that is worthy of you! And I'm glad you're here and ready to begin your journey of healing and growth. As your therapist, I will offer you a safe and non-judgmental space to explore your concerns, experiences, hopes, fears and goals. I have an empathetic and interactive approach that highlights the importance of the therapeutic relationship in facilitating personal growth through self understanding. I have a supportive and goal oriented style in which I utilize psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, and mindfulness orientations to help you decrease your negative feelings and improve your functioning and well-being.

Due to the high demand for highly effective group therapy, I am only accepting group therapy clients. Group therapy is often the answer for people who have read a million self help books, have been in one-on-one therapy for years, and have tried all kinds of meds, but their anxiety hasn't gotten better. My groups are a good fit for anyone who believes 3 devastating myths about mental health: 1) I'm the only one who has this problem, 2)I am crazy or will go crazy 3) my symptoms are so severe, so unique, so chronic that I am incurable.

Agnes Lepicka MA LCPC (Agnieszka Lepicka). I am a Polish and English speaking Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. I have extensive experience in providing individual, couples, and family therapy to adults, adolescents, and children. My approach is supportive, authentic, and evidence-based. I have extensive experience treating adolescents, ADHD, learning differences, parent-child conflict, depression, anxiety, mood disorders, social training, trauma and life transitions. I provide counseling services in an empowering environment where clients can feel safe and secure as they work toward achieving their goals. I offer parent education through dynamic and interactive lectures, and through small group sessions on a variety of parenting topics.

"Grow where you are planted." Let's work together to ease life's challenges. We will be exploring your roots, working to find balance, all while supporting your growth. My career spans 25 years in various community and psychiatric settings. I use CBT, DBT skills and mindfulness to my work. I am trained in EMDR and I am DBT informed. I believe in meeting clients where they are in their process and helping them find the tools to achieve their goals. Utilizing warmth, a sense of humor, and providing an emotionally safe environment for my clients, I am able to help and support their process.

Serving children and adolescents, I specialize in school anxiety and refusal, behavioral issues, mood disorders, trauma, self-esteem issues, anxiety, depression, and any other obstacles you and your child may be experiencing.

I want to help children, adolescents, adults, and their families learn to understand and cope with the problems that they are currently experiencing. I view people as individuals and am interested in a multifaceted treatment approach, including consultation with psychiatrists/physicians, schools, and other specialities. I utilize an ecletic therapy approach, including CBT and EFT. My predoctoral training was at a specialty hospital working with all ages suffering from brain injury and/or complex medical disorders. I also have experience working with adolescents and their families in crisis.