Addiction is a treatable, chronic disease. Genetics, brain chemistry, environmental factors, and life experiences all play a role in the disease, and past trauma is often at the root of many addictions. For many who struggle with addiction, it can be helpful to know that risk factors and levels vary by person, but like any chronic condition, focusing on the cause and the symptoms in treatment offer the best chance for recovery.
Begin Your Search for a Mental Health Professional Who Specializes in Addiction
Are these troubling times leading you down that slippery slope to relapse? Is the social isolation causing you to withdraw into a depressive state? Significant other driving you insane? My passion is to help pull people out of their heads and help to get emotions under control so that they can go back to living their lives. My goal is to help you and/or your significant other alleviate that men...
Despite the joys and beauty in our world, as humans, we also experience pain and struggle in response to life’s many challenges. Whether it be various transitions, significant events, relationship concerns, poor self-image, or the discomfort of anxiety and negative mood, therapy can offer the attention and care we need in navigating our lives. It is here that we can safely explore who we are - ...
The world has been a difficult place the last few months. Challenges have come in the way of deaths, loss of normalcy, relationship challenges, increase in alcohol use, and depression/anxiety. If you allow me, I can help you develop some control at a time where most are not feeling in control of a lot. Do you feel like no matter what you try with trying to make changes, nothing seems to work? A...
I have experience working with children, adolescents, families and aging adults. I have worked with clients in the school, home, office and nursing home settings. I understand that every client has a different amount of experience in therapy or the mental health realm and it is my job to help mold their counseling journey to be a positive one. I enjoy helping clients find creative coping skills...
My main purpose and hope in offering these services is to support those of you who really need to make changes in your lives. Changes that will empower you personally. Changes that will improve relationships with those you love, including family and friends. Changes that will diminish mental and physical pain or sorrow. If you struggle with anxiety, panic and depression, self-esteem or family...
We all face challenges. It's how we respond to those challenges that matters. My role is to help clients is live their lives to the fullest. I have 25+ years of experience as a therapist with individuals, couples, and families in both community-based, nonprofit and private practice sectors. My background as a consultant and trainer includes work with residential facilities, hospitals, schools, ...
EVENING AND WEEKEND OPENINGS AVAILABLE. When you look in the mirror, do you find yourself asking, “Am I enough?” Do you have this nagging suspicion that something is deeply wrong? Has it started to affect your relationships, your work, your overall sense of peace? It’s likely that you’ve had experiences that no matter what you do, you just can’t seem to forget. These experiences shape your...
As a social worker and registered nurse, Shimila Keenum has dedicated herself to helping others through bridging the mind and body connection. Shimila’s clinical approach is focused on meeting you right where you are in your journey. She is trained in trauma informed treatments and knows an approach that treats the whole person, is an approach that facilitates healing. She offers a safe, empath...
As a clinical social worker, I have 17 years of experience working with adults, families, and children. Recently, I have been engaged in counseling veterans suffering from PTSD, as well as substance abuse issues. In community settings, my focus has been to assist individuals and families having mental health, parenting, and school adjustment issues. In working with you, I would seek to establis...
**NOW TAKING NEW CLIENTS** I believe that any person can make improvements in their life with nonjudgemental acceptance and guidance to increase coping skills, self-worth and a better understanding of themselves and what they are capable of. Through empathic understanding, education and motivation enhancement, I can help you build more confidence to thrive in daily life and to be emotionally...
I like to work with individuals who are motivated to change or couples and families that want to change but just don't know how. Also, sometimes people are experiencing symptoms and are not sure where they come from or how to escape the pain. I can work collaboratively to help alleviate the anxiety and depressive symptoms by creating an improved lifestyle and internal peace of mind. I can help ...
Mallory specializes in Maternal Mental Health and Couples Therapy. Her main goals are to help her clients achieve a sense of control over self, life, their choices, and their relationships. Oftentimes people come to therapy when they feel dissatisfied with some or all areas of their lives; struggling to figure out why or what to do about it. Mallory works with individuals and couples to rebuild...
I am a Licensed Clinical Practicing Counselor (LCPC) and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC). I began working in the mental health field in 2012 at an inpatient mental health facility in Chicago working with individuals who struggled with behavioral disorders. Since then, I have worked with and assisted individuals with depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and substance use...
Are you standing at a crossroads wondering what next step to take in your life? Is standing still starting to feel more comfortable than moving forward? Would it help to have a safe place to share your concerns, ideas and dreams? And when you are ready to move with courageous action, would it help to have someone by your side? For more than 18 years I have assisted adults working towards...
*Now accepting new clients* Making the decision to come to counseling can be a difficult one. I understand people face different challenges that stop them from moving forward in their lives. I am passionate about helping people with various issues including depression, anxiety, unresolved grief/loss, low self-esteem, complex trauma, substance use disorders, and personality disorders among many...
