Skokie Therapists specializing in Grief or Loss

Erin Siegferth

Together, we’ll create a safe space where you can freely navigate the ups and downs of your inner and outer worlds without pressure to perform. My clinical focus includes gender and sexual identity exploration, relationship dynamics, relational trauma, anxiety, and life transitions. I bring warmth, curiosity, and a dash of humor to our sessions, and I encourage consideration of the ways societal and cultural narratives play out in your life.

Allison Staiger

Becoming a parent can be a landmine. What is often billed as simple, linear, and seamless can be filled with complicated emotions, experiences, and a sense of overwhelm. I work with people on all points of the birthing path- whether you are just thinking about having a child, trying to conceive, are pregnant or postpartum . This includes people struggling with infertility, pregnancy and infant loss, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, and birth trauma, as well as partners and birth workers.

Online Therapy

Amy Bicknell

We live in a world that often glamorizes being busy and having a full plate and constantly striving for more. This lifestyle can be incredibly hard to maintain and can leave us feeling as if we are failing and missing our life. Experiences like anxiety, depression, PTSD, and relationship or work stress can get in our way of fully living in the present moment. I value helping clients move through their suffering and get closer to what is most important to them.

Online Therapy

Rachel Pallmeyer

As the expert of your own experience, you deserve to be listened to and understood. I intend to hold space for all aspects of your unique identities. Everyone faces challenges and obstacles in the world. For many of us, these barriers are the result of systemic oppression. In therapy, we can explore how your thoughts, feelings, and motivations are influenced by these external forces, and how you can navigate them authentically, while centering your inherent capacity and resilience.

Brian McCann

My ideal client is a person or couple that knows, no matter what they bring into a therapeutic space, they are valued, and they are the experts of their own lived experience. When we cross oceans together, you'll be the steering the ship, with me as your navigator. I understand the complex reality of intersectional identity that creates privilege or compounds to reinforce oppression and marginalization. My clients seek to live the best version of their lives and are willing to explore to do so.

Online Therapy

Dillon Dostal

My areas of interest include working with individuals experiencing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma/PTSD, OCD, college/life transition, healthcare professional burnout, and LGBTQIA+ issues.

Online Therapy

Allison Reifsteck

I work with couples and individuals to overcome life's challenges including people of all cultural and religious backgrounds. I especially enjoy working with individuals to overcome religious and spiritual trauma, childhood and family trauma, and cultural adjustment issues.

Online Therapy

Susan A. Schaffer

Providing individual therapy and counseling with individuals struggling with Depression, Anxiety, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Grief, Loss, & Bereavement, Schizophrenia, Schizoaffective Disorder, and/or complicated with existing medical and/or substance use needs.

Online Therapy

Amelia Styer

Life can sometimes feel like being in a car wash—things are coming at you from all sides, you can't see clearly through the suds...and, somehow you are stuck in place while being pushed forward at the same time! Times like these can be confusing, anxiety-provoking, and very stressful. Whether you are struggling with relationship challenges, career confusion, or feeling lost during a big life adjustment, I can help you make sense of things and find a clear path forward.

Online Therapy

Anna Valianos

I provide trauma-focused individual and group therapy for adults. Typical concerns of the people I work with include managing the effects of traumatic experiences, relationship issues, intense emotions, and grief. Areas of special focus include supporting survivors of sexual violence and adults healing from the effects of child abuse and relational trauma in their families of origin including sexual abuse, incest, neglect, and intimate partner violence.

Online Therapy

Crystal McDonald

I value assisting my clients in exploring how your memories impact the ability to deepen your connections to friends, family, society, and most importantly, yourself. My hope for you as a client is to feel validated to be your authentic self in all areas of your life, and to gain coping strategies that encourage self-reliance and taking steps towards embracing your truth.

Online Therapy

Roseann Martarano

Clients whom I've worked well with are often experiencing interpersonal struggles, depression, anxiety, physical symptoms, and unhelpful behaviors that stem from earlier trauma. Some clients may be new to therapy and others may have done a lot of therapy and are looking for a different approach. I've also worked with many clients who are struggling with a current issue such as stress, illness, loss, relationship issues, and life transitions. I've witnessed so much courage and resilience.

Online Therapy

Aryn Pardieck

I specialize in treating anxiety disorders and OCD. I work a great deal with LGBTQ+ clients, including those who identify as transgender and nonbinary. I strive to create a safe space for my clients to explore gender identity and struggles with gender dysphoria. I enjoy working with clients who are insightful and ready to make positive life changes.

Online Therapy

Emily Gumm

Life can bring all kinds of changes, some good, some unexpected and some difficult. Learning how to approach the ups and downs of life is a personal journey and everyone deserves a safe space to explore the tools that will best work for them. If you are going through changes in life and want to explore how you can bring your own values to find solutions, I am available to collaborate with you. I am committed to creating a non-judgmental atmosphere where we can look at life's challenges and find

Online Therapy

Stef Stone

I specialize in working with members of the LGBTQIA2S+ community who are looking to gain a deeper understanding of themselves and their relationships. Many of my clients come to therapy to process grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, impulse control, gender identity, sexuality, and sexual health.

Jeanette De Marshimun, LCSW

Whether you are experiencing anxiety, depression, anger issues, grief, or general discontent and frustration, I am here to provide a warm and calm therapeutic environment to not only discuss but to overcome whatever may be affecting you.

Online Therapy

Avis Calhoun

My professional background is working with clients struggling with traumatic stress disorders, substance use disorders, self-harm, and mood disorders. I have a strong background working with adolescents and adults in the LGBTQIA+ community specializing in gender trauma and other traumas associated within the LGBTQIA+ community facilitating group therapy and individual sessions. My clients come from many backgrounds and present with many issues, but all share the desire to be heard and helped.

Online Therapy

Emily "Buck" Buckelew-Wieringa

My clinical specialties include working with athletes struggling with performance anxiety, depression, burnout, difficult life transitions, occupational stress, low self-esteem and self-confidence, stress management. Clients who have made the most progress working with me have been those who identify as athletes or other performers, teenagers and adults of any gender. Regardless of athletic ability, I am always happy to be someone's teammate in their therapy process.

Online Therapy

Pamela Pawelski

Are you struggling with anxiety or having panic attacks? Are you feeling overwhelmed when dealing with life’s challenges? You have the ability to find peace and acceptance, and regain control of life’s ups and downs. EMDR is a specialized therapy, that can help you feel less anxious and depressed, understand yourself on a deeper level, and grow and evolve as an individual.

Online Therapy

Theresa Waters

Congratulations on choosing to focus on yourself, you deserve it! My goal is to cultivate a warm and safe space for you to water your own garden. Together, we will work at your pace to find peace, joy and a better understanding of yourself. I am here to be of encouragement , gently challenge you to obtain your and assist with navigating life challenges.

Online Therapy