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Navigating Stress and Anxiety: Practical Tips from an Anxiety Therapist in Evanston

As anxiety therapists in Evanston, we see it all the time – the racing heart, the shortness of breath, the constant worry loop. You might experience muscle tension, interrupted sleep, or a loss of concentration when you’re anxious. The weight…
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Living Loving Life and Addressing Social Anxiety: 3 Ways to Enjoy Evanston

Do you love where you live? We are longtime residents of Evanston and feel at home here. The community is diverse, inclusive and accepting. Three of the biggest reasons we like living in Evanston are the lakefront, the cultural offerings and the food! Let’s take a deep dive into each one.

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Life Transitions: From Anxiety to Harmony

Have you heard the saying that the only thing constant is change? Life is always moving and shifting. Summer can be a season of transition and change. You might be moving on from life as a college student to full on adulting with a full-time…
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Postpartum Depression is Ruining My Life, Can Therapy Help Me?

In the days and first few months following your child's birth, how are you feeling? You might be like 13% of new American mothers. You are overwhelmed by mood swings that lead to excessive crying, you don’t have a desire to hold or cuddle your baby, and you’ve lost all joy and pleasure in the activities you used to love. If you are experiencing these and other symptoms, you may be depressed. Read more to find out how to manage this difficult season in your life as a new mom.

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Evanston Therapy – Healing from Miscarriage, Yes it’s Possible. Helpful Advice from a Therapist to Heal Your Anxiety

The days in Evanston could fly by in a blur if you are suffering from a miscarriage. In our North Chicago-Evanston therapy practice, we walk alongside women who have seen their hopes of motherhood dashed. We grieve with you and hold space for you. When you are ready, we will be here to help you heal.

Evanston Therapy – Transitioning From 1 to 2 Kids, Headache or Joy?

Perhaps the emotional and financial strain of the pandemic has got you seriously considering the question of whether you will add another child to your family. Is now the best time? Is this the best decision for my partner, me, and our firstborn? In our Evanston therapy practice, we hear many women grappling with the answers to these questions. We are here to listen to you, to ease any anxiety and to offer you hope.



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Evanston therapy – Infertility: Coping with anxiety when you feel everyone is pregnant but you

You know you were made for motherhood, but it seems that your body doesn’t agree. You and your partner have done all of the things trying to conceive…having sex more often, especially near ovulation, maintaining a healthy weight, cutting out caffeine, alcohol, and cigarettes. Our Evanston therapists grieve with you and hold space for the hole in your heart. We want to help you cope with the anxiety on your infertility journey.



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Baby Blues or Postpartum Depression? I’m not sure. How do I know?

Life has just hired you to do the hardest, most stressful job that you have ever had. You feel constantly overwhelmed and underprepared. Never has a job required so much of all of who you are; never have you felt the least in a position to give it.

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Intense thoughts, constant worry and fear after delivery, could it be postpartum anxiety?

You’ve heard of postpartum depression. But have you heard of postpartum anxiety? Many women experience it. They feel lonely as they deal with their racing and self-labeled irrational thoughts. “No one else must be feeling this,” they say to themselves, “it’s not talked about.”

Are you in the Evanston or greater Chicagoland area? As postpartum therapists, we are well-acquainted with what you are feeling. We have journeyed with other moms like you through this season and aided them in living with greater peace.

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Loneliness, no joy, severe anxiety after giving birth: Is it postpartum depression?

Isn’t it odd how we can feel so lonely like we are the only one experiencing something? Our “mom anxiety” kicks in, and we have imagined the most horrible circumstances that no one else has ever lived. Add in the fatigue and sleep deprivation of caring for a newborn, and the perfect storm swirls around us, threatening to sink our ship.

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