Individual Therapy in Illinois
Available virtually in Chicago & throughout Illinois
YOU MAY BE HERE BECAUSE
You've gotten really good at holding it all together.
You perform and handle things, but something in you feels like it's falling apart.
And no matter how much you think about it, analyze it, try to organize everything, your body is not on board.
You are not looking for quick fixes, surface-level support., or another tool. You want something real.
You've done the inner work, and you're still stuck.
Anxiety, exhaustion, or disconnection has become your baseline, and you’re ready to change that.
You’re starting to realize that you don’t actually want to live like this anymore.
You want your body back, your energy back, and connection that doesn’t feel forced.
Thoughtful, depth-oriented therapy.
I don’t expect you to fit into a certain kind of therapy. I want to understand what’s actually going on for you.
Why do you keep ending up in the same place even when you know better? Why does your body react before you’ve had a chance to think? Why are some things so hard to change, even when you really want to change them?
We get curious about all of it—your history, your relationships, your body, the ways you learned to protect yourself, and what you want to be different now.
And we go from there.
You want more than just feeling a little better.
YOU WILL FEEL WHAT'S IT LIKE TO BE MORE REGULATED
Not just in session, but in your daily life. You stop living in that constant low-level brace...like something bad is about to happen.
YOU DON'T ABANDON YOURSELF JUST TO KEEP THE PEACE
You trust yourself in the moment, instead of spiraling. Make decisions from clarity rather than anxiety, Boundaries stop feeling like betrayal, and the endless second-guessing voice gets quieter.
YOUR BODY FEELS LIKE HOME (AGAIN)
It's not something you're fighting or ignoring anymore. Healing shows up in how you breathe, how you sleep, how present you feel in your own life.
YOUR BODY FEELS LIKE HOME (AGAIN)
It's not something you're fighting or ignoring anymore. Healing shows up in how you breathe, how you sleep, how present you feel in your own life.
YOUR ENERGY BECOMES MORE SUSTAINABLE
You're not dragging yourself through the day on empty, pretending you're fine. You feel steadier and less depleted, without constantly pushing past your limits.
YOU CATCH GLIMPSES OF YOURSELF AGAIN
And think, oh....there I am. This work helps you find her, sometimes for the first time in years.
Therapy approach that's all about you.
Sessions are typically weekly or biweekly, held virtually throughout Illinois. The pace, depth, and focus are attuned to you, not a structured, preset approach.
SOMATIC THERAPY
We pay attention to what your body is holding, not just what your mind can explain. This is where the deeper shifts can happen.
PARTS WORK or INTERNAL FAMILY SYSTEM
Understanding and befriending the parts of you that protect, react, and shut down, so they don't have to work so hard.
INTERPERSONAL NEUROBIOLOGY
How stress and trauma live in the brain, body, and relationships...and what it takes to genuinely shift those patterns.
ATTACHMENT AWARENESS
Tracing how early relationships still shape how you connect, protect, and respond today...where you hold back, over give, or lose yourself.
MINDFULNESS
You start noticing what's actually happening inside you, in real time. It becomes easier to slow down and respond, instead of react.
DEPTH-ORIENTED RELATIONAL WORK
The therapeutic relationship between us is a place of healing, not just a space to talk. It's an opportunity to experience something different.
Therapy Specialties
—— Trauma & complex trauma
—— Attachment & relationship issues, or divorce
—— Perfectionism & over-functioning
—— Anxiety & chronic overwhelm
—— Grief and loss
—— Self-trust, self-esteem & boundary development
—— Depression or emotional numbness
—— Life transitions, identity shifts & perimenopause
—— Burnout in over functioning women
Therapy Intensives / Extended Sessions
Rather than spreading the work across months of weekly sessions, an intensive creates a dedicated block of time to go deeper without the week-long gaps that can slow momentum.
It's not faster therapy, but more time for more intense work.
Half Day Extended Sessions
3–4 hours of focused dive into a specific area and address a stuck pattern, transition, resurfaced wound.
Good for those already in therapy who want to go deeper on something particular.
Full Day Intensive
6 hours to give something important your full attention and enough time to actually get somewhere with it.
We can spend time understanding what’s underneath the patterns you’ve been stuck in, work with what comes up as we go, and make connections that are harder to reach when the work is spread out over weeks.
Multiple Days Intensive
2–3 consecutive or closely spaced days. This one takes the most time and often does the most work. Two or three days, with breathing room built in between for the things you've been carrying the longest.
Intensives can stand alone or run alongside ongoing therapy. If you're not sure which format fits, we can figure that out in a consultation.