FAQ

Please give me a call right now at (815) 325-8116!

I also accept Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO.

I am laid back, very optimistic, and very supportive of my clients. I use several different therapy styles during our time working together. I use Person Centered Theory throughout our work together which is especially helpful as we establish both trust and rapport.

The first phase of our collaboration, Exploration, will involve you sharing your unique story, “from as far as you can remember to why you are sitting in my chair.” Here you will be urged to, at your own pace, talk about your childhood, teen years, early adulthood, and beyond (if applicable).

Once your story has been presented, we move on to the Understanding phase of treatment. Here we will search for the key events from your past that you, before now, may have avoided talking or thinking about, which may have been important or painful enough to be impacting your recent behavior. These “Aha moments,” where you realize how a repressed incident may have led to your feeling sad, worried, or stuck, often form the genesis of your making adaptive changes in your life!

The third and final phase of treatment is called Action/Change. Here, you will identify the goals, objectives, and steps which will provide much of the motivation for your treatment efforts. Once we clearly identify where you are now, where you want to be, and discuss the skills you will need to succeed, you will be motivated, inspired to make these changes, due in part to our foundational work in the Exploration and Understanding phases.

My goal for you is for you to maximize your talents and skills.

Get a promotion? Get a raise? Go back to school? Lose ten pounds? Improve your marriage? Do 40 push-ups in a row? Improve your relationship with your children?

I will help you to achieve all these things.

Let’s find out what you are capable of and plan to achieve it!