Blog posts appearing here will focus on therapy and counseling related topics in Chicago.
Do I Have a Drinking Problem? By: Jennifer Lawal, LPC, NCC While the majority of us drink to celebrate, socialize or even just to help us relax, drinking alcohol has been known to alter the […]
Am I addicted to sex? It’s normal to have sex, sexual urges, sexual thoughts, and sexual drives. Sex can be liberating, empowering, and good for fitness. Further, a neurochemical that floods the brain during sex […]
By: Costa Provis, LCPC, CPC Quite often while helping some of my clients in Chicago, I assist people create their “best-self” list. The idea is that you identify as many characteristics, behaviors, attitudes, feelings, etc. […]
Narcissists and Relationships By: Kari Harrison, LCPC Healthy relationships are paramount to our overall life satisfaction as human beings. When relationships are healthy, they can enhance our resiliency, our physical health, mitigate anxiety, ease loneliness, […]
Ever experience intrusive thoughts? Recently, a friend of mine told me that he had just gotten back from escaping Chicago city life on a week’s long hiking trip with his partner to Colorado. On one […]
By: Marcelo Gonzalez Take time to process Give yourself the space and time to be your emotions and feel them. If you need to cry, cry, if you need to scream, scream. Reach out to […]
Career Counseling in Chicago – A Closer Look By Jennifer Lawal, LPC Do you remember the last time someone asked you–What kind of job do you do? Or Do you even like what you did […]
Has someone important to your partner recently died and left you confused about how to support them? An in-law? A sibling? A best friend? A member of your partner’s chosen family? These kinds of losses […]
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