Therapy Services
Individual Therapy
in person and in-state (IL) telehealth available
Ages 18+
Rates
Initial Assessment: $175
45 Minute Sessions: $150
What is individual therapy?
Individual therapy provides you with a safe space to be authentically you. This space allows us to explore anxious thoughts and feelings and eventually develop a plan on what to do next, and how to implement it into your every day living.
What to expect when working with me?
My goal is to teach you a number of skills that you can always have in your back pocket. So no matter where you go, you’ve got what you need. While I am a goal-oriented therapist, I will alway meet you where you are. There is no reason to rush. Result and relief come when you are mentally and physically ready for them. Some sessions may be filled with skills and tools I’ve learned throughout my training/experiences and some may be just sitting back and processing an event that is actively triggering you.
Exposure Therapy
Ages 18+
Rates
Initial Assessment: $175
45 Minute Sessions: $150
(Outside office exposure(s) are an additional $50 per session)
What is exposure therapy?
The easiest way to explain it, is you are signing up to face your fears.
Exposure Therapy (ERP) is a series of techniques to assist with those who live with obsessive thinking, compulsive behaviors or have debilitating intrusive thoughts or fears. ERP also works well with those who may feel socially anxious.
What to expect in Exposure Therapy?
This behavioral technique is action oriented and systematic. We will work on developing a better understanding of your distressing moments/triggers together, process the level of distress, and slowly (when you are ready) begin to expose you to them. I will be there to support you the entire time. Results may include but are not limited to reducing your anxious responses, reduced anxious or intrusive. thoughts, reduced compulsive/repetitive behaviors, overall relief.
*It would be best if those looking to focus primarily on exposure therapy are in the Chicagoland area. As we progress in our work, we may be in and out of the West Loop office to work on exposures in person, together.
Group Therapy: Improv For Anxious Minds
Ages 21+
Cost: $400
What is group therapy?
Group therapy is when a group of people come together to challenge their inner struggles and frustrations in a collective and collaborative way. There will be requests to share personal experiences, share skills you have learned that have helped you in the past or present, and contribute feedback to one another. Groups are a unique way to receive validation of your experiences, feel heard, and learn from one another all within a safe space.
What is Improv For Anxious Minds?
Jaclyn and her co-facilitator will run a therapy based improv group for those with anxious minds. This will be a group where you will be exposed to improv games or techniques that may increase your anxiety and also increase your ability to manage it.
Who is this group for?
Anxious minds. (I know, right?). This group will ask you to be present and attentive as there will be a number of prompts, cues and instructions.
These will be closed, 8-week groups. (This means you will start and finish with the same group members.) This allows trust and vulnerability to be established all while we are asking you and your fellow group members to do something silly.
We will complete a brief screening for each potential group member to ensure “goodness of fit” within the group.
Group Therapy: Improv For Counseling Students
Ages 21+
Cost: $400
What is group therapy?
Group therapy is when a group of people come together to challenge their inner struggles and frustrations in a collective and collaborative way. There will be requests to share personal experiences, share skills you have learned that have helped you in the past or present, and contribute feedback to one another. Groups are a unique way to receive validation of your experiences, feel heard, and learn from one another all within a safe space.
What is Improv For Counseling Students?
Jaclyn and her co-facilitator, Barb will run a therapy based support and improv group for those who are currently enrolled in a graduate program for clinical counseling, social work or marriage and family counseling. This will be a group where participants will be able to identify and express stressors, seek support in challenging areas AND laugh and learn about DBT style improv games and their therapeutic benefits.
Who is this group for?
Counseling graduate students. This group will ask you to be present and attentive as there will be a number of prompts, cues and instructions.
These will be closed, 8-week groups. (This means you will start and finish with the same group members.) This allows trust and vulnerability to be established all while we are asking you and your fellow group members to open up, support one another and play some silly games.
We will complete a brief screening for each potential group member to ensure “goodness of fit” within the group.
Service Fees
Our counseling services are self pay.
EMC is actively choosing not to work with any insurance providers as we believe there are clear, unresolved race-based and sex/gender-based inequalities within the healthcare and insurance system.
We understand that there are financial components to our decision and while this is our stance, it may not be yours. Upon request, we would be happy to create a “super bill” for you. This super bill will allow you to personally submit a claim for reimbursement to your insurance provider. If you would like to learn more about super bills, I’d be happy to discuss this during our consultation.
*We can not guarantee that your insurance provider or policy will reimburse our services.
Individual Therapy
$150-$175
Group: Improv for Anxious Minds
$400 per 8 week term
Sliding Scale
We are accepting new sliding scale clients.
To learn more, be placed on EMC’s sliding scale waitlist, or you are a client coming through Coffee, HipHop and Mental Health/Normalize Therapy University please send me an email by clicking here.