Find someone who gets you.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Nicolette Zangari is a licensed psychologist in Long Beach who works with teens, adults, older adults and couples. Her focus areas include trauma and PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, addiction, sexuality and identity, and relationship concerns. Her research background is in gender and sexuality, and much of her clinical experience has been helping veterans recover from PTSD; she has also treated psychosis and personality disorders. Her integrative approach blends ACT, DBT, relational and psychodynamic methods, adapted to each client, with a strong emphasis on safety in the therapy relationship. She brings compassion and humor to the work. She offers a free 15-minute phone consultation and sees clients in person in Long Beach and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW

Jordan Held is a licensed clinical social worker in Sherman Oaks and the founder of Relentless Pursuit Therapy, where he also provides clinical supervision and consultation. He works with preteens, teens, adults, couples and families facing trauma, mood concerns, suicidal thoughts, family conflict, identity questions and life transitions. His specialties include adolescents in acute distress, complex family systems, LGBTQ+ clients, and group conflict. His style is direct, engaged and accountable, using DBT, EMDR, narrative and family systems therapy to help clients see what keeps them stuck and take practical next steps. He offers concierge-style care that coordinates with a client's other providers. Sessions are available in person in Sherman Oaks and online.

Family Therapist, LMFT

Kim Glenn is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Torrance with nine years in practice. She often works with high-achieving young adults and professionals, who look fine from the outside while struggling privately with anxiety, imposter feelings or burnout. She also supports people living with chronic illness that others cannot see, along with depression, trauma, OCD, grief and family concerns. Her approach is warm and cognitive, helping clients examine and reshape the thought patterns that keep them running in overdrive, and she also uses CBT for insomnia, narrative and solution-focused work. She offers a free consultation and sessions in person in Torrance and online.

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.

Psychologist, PsyD

Dr. Matthew Landstrom is a licensed psychologist and clinical neuropsychologist in Schaumburg who sees toddlers, children, teens, adults and families. His work starts with thorough testing, using a personalized battery of assessments to pin down the main factors behind a problem along with smaller ones that may be easy to miss, so treatment can be more targeted. He evaluates and treats ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, autism, traumatic brain injury and other cognitive and emotional difficulties. Beyond evaluation, he follows clients and families through treatment and offers non-medication options such as neurofeedback, biofeedback and cognitive training. He also provides forensic and fitness-for-duty evaluations. He sees clients in person in Schaumburg and 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.

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.