Therapy in Chicago, IL
Individual Therapy
Therapy can offer opportunities to increase your awareness of yourself, your own needs, and how to ask for them. Through the therapeutic process you can work towards your own healing and increase resilience. We work with each client to identify their individual goals and create a plan to reach them.
Is therapy right for me?
Individual therapy in Chicago can help if you're struggling with anxiety, life transitions, or the need for support and growth. Common signs it may be right for you:
You are dealing with constant worry, tension, and trouble concentrating.
You are having a hard time adjusting to life transitions, relationships, or connecting with others.
You are seeking personal growth, coping strategies, or emotional support.
How can therapy help?
Individual therapy in Chicago is a collaborative process that supports your emotional well-being, helps you work through problems, and makes room for personal growth. It gives you a safe, confidential space to look at your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors without judgment.
Through psychotherapy, people can:
Gain self-awareness: Talking with a therapist helps individuals better understand their emotions, motivations, and patterns of behavior.
Develop coping strategies: Therapy teaches tools to manage stress, anxiety, depression, and other emotional challenges more effectively.
Improve relationships: By learning communication and conflict-resolution skills, clients often build healthier, more satisfying connections with others.
Process trauma and grief: Therapy provides structured support for working through painful experiences and finding ways to heal.
Encourage positive change: It can help individuals set goals, make decisions, and take actionable steps toward a more fulfilling life.
Therapy can help build resilience, facilitate growth, and a deeper sense of meaning and balance in life.
Therapy for anxiety and trauma in Chicago
Anxiety and trauma often show up together. Constant worry, a racing mind, trouble sleeping, or a body that stays on high alert can all trace back to past experiences that never got the chance to heal. Individual therapy gives you a place to work through both.
For anxiety, we help you understand what drives the worry and tension, then build practical tools to calm your nervous system and feel more in control day to day. You can read more about our approach on our anxiety therapy page.
For trauma, our clinicians use trauma-informed, evidence-based methods like EMDR and somatic based therapy to address the root of your symptoms, not just the surface. Whether you're working through a single event or complex trauma (PTSD or C-PTSD), we move at a pace that keeps you safe. Learn more on our trauma therapy page.
You deserve to feel safe in your own body and mind again.
Meet the therapists at Centered Healing Therapy
Our clinicians are trained in trauma-informed, evidence-based care for adults in Chicago. Josefina Reign, LCSW, works with clients on depression & anxiety, PTSD, developmental trauma, and substance use. Sarah Razo, LCSW, focuses on attachment trauma, PTSD and C-PTSD, dissociative disorders, and eating disorders.
Every therapist brings specialized training to help you feel safe as you work toward healing.
What to expect from an individual therapy session
A session is a one-on-one meeting between you and your therapist designed to help you explore your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors in a supportive and confidential setting.
Each session offers:
A Safe Enough Space: Your therapist provides a nonjudgmental environment where you can speak openly about your experiences, concerns, and goals.
Discussion and Exploration: The therapist will encourage you to talk about what’s been happening in your life, what you’re feeling, and what you hope to work on. You might discuss past experiences, current challenges, or recurring patterns in your relationships or thinking.
Active Collaboration: Therapy is a two-way process. The therapist listens carefully, offers insights, asks questions, and may suggest new perspectives or techniques to try. You’ll be encouraged to reflect, practice new skills, and bring observations back to future sessions.
Emotional Processing: Sessions can sometimes bring up strong emotions. This is a normal and important part of the healing process, and your therapist will help you navigate these feelings safely and constructively.
Ongoing Progress: Over time, you may begin to notice greater self-awareness, improved coping skills, and positive changes in how you relate to yourself and others.
Every therapist has a slightly different approach, but the overall goal of individual psychotherapy is to help you better understand yourself, find relief from distress, and build a more fulfilling and balanced life.
You deserve to heal
Contact Centered Healing Therapy Today
Sessions are available both in person at our Milwaukee Ave office and through telehealth across Illinois, so you can meet with your therapist in whatever way feels most comfortable and accessible for you.