West Chicago Therapists specializing in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Ciara Ward

My ideal client is anyone ready to embrace growth, even if they feel uncertain or stuck. I work well with individuals facing anxiety, depression, trauma, and major life transitions. I support those who may have always prioritized others and are now seeking to reconnect with their own needs and goals. Whether you’re navigating complex emotions, relationship issues, or seeking greater self-awareness, I’m here to guide you in creating a path toward healing and resilience.

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Edwin Guzman

I received my bachelor’s degree in Clinical Psychology from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and a master’s degree from Illinois Institute of Technology. I have a passion for connecting with individuals on an emotional level and taking an eclectic approach that is best suited to your unique wants and needs.

Jae Lee

I specialize in counseling adolescents, adults, and older adults from immigrant families, addressing a wide range of mental health issues and familial conflicts. My practice offers a safe environment for individuals, couples, and families to explore their emotions and develop coping skills. I provide personalized interventions and compassionate care, specializing in anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, substance use disorders, and co-occurring disorders.

Anna Fredrick

Are you going through a life transition and need support with managing all the changes going on in your life? That might be changes in school, work, family, parenting or relationships. Or even a quarter-life crisis spent navigating new and old relationships. I'm here to support you in processing these changes as well as recognizing your own strengths to draw from during periods of change. I believe that everyone needs someone to support them - and challenge them - to get through these times.

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.

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Irmarie Rios

I am passionate about working with BIPOC/Latinx adults, children/teens who feel they are "not good enough" or who worry and struggle with life and family expectations. We can work together to help you learn to feel empowered, set healthy limits/ boundaries, and face fears stopping you from doing what you love.

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Ali Siewert

Being human is often tough. Sometimes we lose our way and can feel stuck and overwhelmed. Sometimes we would like to change parts of our lives or ourselves but don’t know how. Therapy can be an empowering way to promote healing, growth, and wellness. Often, we initially seek treatment to address a specific concern and then begin to uncover other areas of our lives in which we want to make meaningful change. My goal is for this process to feel supportive, affirming, and appropriately challenging.

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Joy Walsh

It always amazes me the complete turn around clients can do with the tools they already have, they just needed to discover, reorganize or sharpen a few things. Clients who typically seek me out are looking for a therapist who specializes in trauma, perinatal or postpartum issues, women's issues, anxiety or who can help support them in a significant life transition. I am excited to offer you a space to heal, learn and feel you are not alone.

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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.

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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.

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Deborah Knight

I'm passionate about healing the whole person, cultivating healthy decision-making, building coping skills, and striving to develop emotionally safe spaces of non-judgment for individuals to be seen and heard. I enjoy working with all people and specialize in trauma (complex, racial, and developmental), grief, transitions, identity, conflict, emotional hurt, disordered eating, substance use, family dysfunction, and interpersonal relationships.

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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.

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Payton Chalmers

My ideal client is between the ages of 5-30 who struggle with trauma symptoms, Eating disorder, and mood disorders specifically those who struggle with self harm, suicidal ideation, and anxiety or depression.

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Allyson Stephens

I love working with: Kids and teens working through anxiety, depression, dysregulated emotions, trauma, understanding family dynamics, self-harm, and low self-esteem symptoms. Young adults and adults working through PTSD symptoms, anxiety, depression, generational trauma, working through chronic somatic systems, identifying boundaries, life transitions, building self-esteem, and working on healing self.

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Kyla Dannelke

When I first meet with people, some of my first questions I might ask are: - What made you hit the "Search therapists" button? - Do you have difficulty making decisions? - Feel stuck or lost when it comes to your direction in this busy life you've got going on? - Do you feel like things are just simply, unmanageable? I want my clients to feel at home in my office and talking to me about all of these questions, the way you feel comfortable talking to your closest friends and confidants.

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Dwight Bejec

Do you often feel anxious, sad, or stuck? Maybe you're having trouble in relationships or with your family, dealing with the effects of a difficult experience, or going through a tough period. It could be that you're questioning your identity or facing challenges from societal or family pressures while trying to discover your true self. Life doesn't always have to be so difficult. I will support you where you are and guide you toward becoming the person you want to be.

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Marta Gullickson

I work with all ages, but specialize in working with adolescents and young adults who struggle with anxiety, depression, anger management, low self-esteem and self-compassion, life transitions, relationships, and trauma. I work from a holistic, strengths-based approach and incorporate culturally competent perspectives and trauma-informed care.

Erica Essary

People I work with are often overwhelmed with what is happening in their lives and feel they do not have the tools and/or the mental resources to get through these issues on their own. They may be dealing with anxiety or depression symptoms or both. People may also feel they are trying their best to be there for others, their work, or their education, and realize they are not showing up for themselves and their needs. I help people create boundaries in their lives and practice self-care.

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Amaya Herrington

You're someone who is advanced in your healing journey. As you become more conscious, whole and healed, you might find yourself struggling to find someone who can meet you on that level and keep you accountable to your potential. You notice yourself falling into difficult cycles, self-defeating patterns, and while you're ready to take responsibility for yourself, you feel the need for a guide to support you, to widen your perspective, and to co-create with you as you assert your own reality.

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