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Childhood trauma can cause you mental trouble long after it occurred. It may affect your relationships, self-image, mental health, and even your physical wellbeing.

Mental Health Match connects you with top-notch therapists who can help you manage the feelings, behaviors, and triggers associated with traumatic childhood events. Whether you are located in downtown Chicago Ridge, the suburbs of Chicago Ridge, other nearby places such as Oak Lawn, Palos Heights, or anywhere else in Illinois, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Childhood Trauma Symptoms

Childhood trauma stems from childhood abuse, neglect, accidents, and more. It can affect adolescents, teens, and adults, causing them to experience a wide range of symptoms, some of which include:

  • Chronic sadness or depression
  • Worry
  • Anger and irritability
  • Panic attacks
  • Trouble sleeping
  • Mood swings
  • Poor concentration

If you’re experiencing any of these symptoms, therapy can help to improve the quality of your life. You can learn more about childhood trauma and how it affects you in this article from therapist Lacy Shawn.

Overcome Your Childhood Trauma with Therapy

There’s no better time to seek treatment for childhood trauma than now - therapy can help you heal and let go of the trauma. Mental Health Match can help get you started by connecting you with a licensed therapist fast. Get childhood trauma therapy and counseling online or in-person. Browse below, or use our therapist matching survey to get personalized results.

Chicago Ridge, IL Childhood Trauma Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Krystal Smith
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I am fully committed to listen and offer my best professional practices to help you increase supports, utilize strengths, navigate complex barriers, and increase self-esteem to achieve the peace and joy in life that you deserve.


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I am fully committed to listen and offer my best professional practices to help you increase supports, utilize strengths, navigate complex barriers, and increase self-esteem to achieve the peace and joy in life that you deserve.

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I have experience leading clients through issues such as anxiety, depression, grief, divorce, and life transitions through the use of Person-centered, Existential-humanistic, Acceptance and Commitment, and Dialectical Behavior therapies.

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  • Anger Management
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Depression
  • Grief
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Brenda Reavis
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Work on issues like depression/anxiety, race-related stress and trauma, relationship concerns, building self-esteem and self-confidence, and healing from past traumas. I specialize in exploring and processing childhood trauma.


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Work on issues like depression/anxiety, race-related stress and trauma, relationship concerns, building self-esteem and self-confidence, and healing from past traumas. I specialize in exploring and processing childhood trauma.

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It is my goal to make sure you feel safe enough to be your truest self both in and out of our sessions. I use models such as psychodynamic therapy, client-centered therapy, and strengths-based therapy to help you reach your goals.

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  • Anxiety
  • Childhood Trauma
  • College Students
  • Depression
  • Mood Disorders
  • Relationships
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Dr. Caitlin Lowry
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explore how your current challenges are impacting your mind/body and develop skills to bring you relief. We will identify your therapy goals and how you can improve the relationships that are most important to you.


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explore how your current challenges are impacting your mind/body and develop skills to bring you relief. We will identify your therapy goals and how you can improve the relationships that are most important to you.

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I bring together both mind and body by using mindfulness-based techniques to help you find calm and balance. My approach is relational and will help you explore your thoughts, honor your values, and attend to your emotions with compassion.

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  • Addictive Behaviors
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Breakups
  • Confidence
  • Couples
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  • Divorce and Separation
  • Grief
  • In-Laws
  • Loving Someone with Addiction
  • Men
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Premarital Counseling
  • Relational Trauma
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Worth
  • Trauma
  • Traumatic Loss
  • Women
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Dr. Nichole Vincent
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Embrace ADHD's uniqueness + explore its strengths, ease anxiety, surf the waves of grief, build fulfilling relationships + foster healthier attachments. Let's navigate challenges, discover new insights + create a more fulfilled life!


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Embrace ADHD's uniqueness + explore its strengths, ease anxiety, surf the waves of grief, build fulfilling relationships + foster healthier attachments. Let's navigate challenges, discover new insights + create a more fulfilled life!

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Partner with me to tailor a roadmap for your specific areas for growth. Explore effective communication tools, gain insights into emotions, align with your desires desires, and celebrate each step towards progress feeling more empowered.

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  • Acute Grief
  • ADHD in Womxn or Femme Populations
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anticipatory Grief
  • Anxiety in Relationships
  • Anxiety Management
  • Anxious Attachment
  • Attachment Styles
  • Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
  • Body Image
  • Breakups
  • Career Change
  • Communication Skills
  • Complicated Grief
  • Confidence
  • Couples
  • Generalized Anxiety Disorder
  • Graduate Students
  • Grief
  • High-Achieving
  • High Anxiety
  • High-Functioning Anxiety
  • Life Balance
  • Life Changes
  • Moving and Relocation
  • New Job Transition
  • Perfectionism
  • Prolonged Grief Disorder
  • Relationship Distress
  • Relationships
  • Relationship Skills
  • Self-Compassion
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Worth
  • Situational Grief
  • Test/Performance Anxiety
  • Trauma
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Stefanie Cobb
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Explore the interplay of past and present experiences, align the mind and body, harness radical self-compassion, and aim to live authentically in the here and now.


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Explore the interplay of past and present experiences, align the mind and body, harness radical self-compassion, and aim to live authentically in the here and now.

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I take a holistic and relational approach, grounded in the belief that healing necessitates connecting to the mind and body. During sessions, I gently encourage clients to practice embodiment by getting curious about their internal experiences.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Adult ADHD
  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Betrayal Trauma
  • Body Image
  • Boundaries
  • Codependency
  • Complex Trauma
  • Depressive Disorders
  • Disenfranchised Grief
  • Family Conflict
  • Grief
  • Highly Sensitive People (HSPs)
  • Infertility
  • Intergenerational Trauma
  • Life Transitions
  • Mother-Daughter Relationships
  • Neurodivergence
  • Parenting
  • Perinatal Mood/Anxiety Disorders
  • Postpartum Mood Disorders
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy
  • Pregnancy and Infant Loss
  • Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD)
  • Relationship Trauma
  • Reproductive Health
  • Shame
  • Substance Use Disorders
  • Womxn's Health
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