Life transitions therapists

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

Jaclyn Lieber is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Los Angeles who works with adults, older adults and couples. Her focus areas include relationship and couples concerns, anxiety, trauma, depression, grief, life transitions, and pregnancy and postpartum challenges. She sees self-acceptance as the starting point for change and believes each person has inner resilience to draw on. Her style is warm, open and collaborative. She draws on attachment theory, family systems, mindful self-compassion and relational Gestalt therapy, and her trauma-informed work includes somatic methods such as the Trauma Resiliency Model to help settle the nervous system. Sessions are in person in Los Angeles and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC

Sydney Shillinglaw is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Chicago who focuses on anxiety, adjustment to life changes and relationship concerns, and also helps with depression, trauma, ADHD, OCD, bipolar disorder, self-esteem and family conflict. Shillinglaw studied psychology at the University of Nebraska, earned a counseling psychology master's at The Chicago School, and has seen adults, adolescents, couples and families in outpatient and community mental health settings. The approach is collaborative, blending Adlerian, psychodynamic, relational and cognitive behavioral therapy with DBT and mindfulness, and tying sessions closely to each person's real-life goals. Clients can expect a calm, warm presence. Sessions are offered in person in Chicago and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW

Molly Sider is a licensed social worker in Oak Park with a Master of Social Work from Loyola University. Sider works with adults, older adults and couples, with particular attention to people in midlife and later years facing life transitions, identity shifts, relationship changes, aging, grief and loss, along with anxiety, depression and self-esteem. In 2021 Sider created and hosted a podcast featuring adults who changed course after age 40, and also performs and speaks about personal storytelling, which informs the use of story in therapy. The approach is empathic, curious and strengths-based, drawing on narrative therapy, CBT, DBT, emotionally focused and mindfulness-based methods. Sessions are offered online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Maria Rago is a licensed psychologist in Naperville with 29 years in practice, much of it devoted to eating disorders. She has worked with individuals, couples and families affected by eating disorders across residential, inpatient and outpatient care, and she led ANAD, a national anorexia and eating disorders association, as president for 13 years. She also treats related concerns, including anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, body image, self-esteem, grief, self-injury and addiction, and she sees children, teens, adults and older adults. Her style is deeply relational and steady. Methods include CBT, DBT, ACT, exposure and response prevention, EMDR and family therapy. She sees clients in person in Naperville and online.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Megan Humphreys is a licensed psychologist in Skokie who works with adults from college age through later life. Many clients are capable people quietly coping with trauma, grief, anxiety, depression, perfectionism or low self-esteem, and Dr. Humphreys also helps with executive functioning and ADHD, building healthy habits, questions about drinking, life transitions, OCD and the perinatal period. Identity exploration and building a life that fits one's values are a particular interest. Sessions are collaborative and trauma-informed with attention to culture, built on ACT, DBT and other behavioral therapies, mixing insight and humor with accountability and practical action. Psychological testing is also offered. Sessions are available in person in Skokie and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, SEP

Eli Zucker is a licensed clinical social worker in Chicago with eight years in practice, licensed in Illinois, Michigan and Washington. He works with adults and focuses especially on men and LGBTQ+ clients facing trauma, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, stress and life transitions. He has extensive experience with survivors of physical and sexual trauma and with people who have caused harm. A certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, he believes healing needs more than talk, combining body-based trauma work with polyvagal theory, Internal Family Systems and psychodynamic therapy, and teaching mindfulness and somatic practices clients can use on their own. His background includes community organizing and teaching at the University of Washington. He sees clients online.

Counselor, LCPC, R-DMT, GLCMA

Julie Brannen is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Evanston with 12 years in practice and a registered dance/movement therapist. She works with adults, couples and families on trauma, anxiety, depression, relationships, grief, life transitions, self-esteem, eating and body image concerns, and substance use. Her ideal clients already have some footing and support and want to close the gap between where they are and where they hope to be, with lasting tools and habits. Her approach is rooted in genuine connection and embodied compassion, starting from the view that clients are already whole. She draws on dance/movement and art therapy, somatic and mindfulness practices, ACT, DBT and attachment-based work. Sessions are in person in Evanston and online.

Licensed Professional Counselor, BS, MS, LPC-S

Katie Baird is a Licensed Professional Counselor and supervisor in Frisco with 17 years in practice. She works with preteens, teens, adults, older adults, couples, families and groups on anxiety, depression, eating disorders, grief, trauma, stress and anger management, conflict, parenting and substance use, and also bipolar disorder. Her background includes extensive crisis and acute care work with a wide range of people and ages. Her approach is goal-oriented, helping clients work through difficult emotions, thoughts and behaviors, and she adapts her methods to each person's needs, drawing on CBT, DBT, solution-focused therapy, mindfulness, coaching and family work. She sees clients in person in Frisco and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW-S

Robert Boes is a licensed clinical social worker and supervisor in Fort Worth, also licensed in Kentucky. He works with teens, adults and families, especially people who feel unsure about the direction of their lives or are caught in conflict and coping habits that no longer help. His focus areas include trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, bipolar disorder and relationship concerns. He values a collaborative relationship, working first to understand what is happening and why before deciding how to address it, and uses CBT, DBT, ACT, EMDR and the Gottman Method. He sees clients in person in Fort Worth and online.