Evanston Counseling Blog

Evanston therapists offer tips for people in Evanston struggling with anxiety, loneliness and health issues.

Chilly Weather? Who Cares! Avoid Anxiety and Enjoy Winter Fun in Evanston

You step outside, and the wind feels way too crisp. The trees stand naked in the chill, their now brown leaves swirling around you. Snow is way too often in the forecast. Together with the shortened daily sunlight, these signs point to one thing: winter is on the horizon. But what if Fall in Evanston didn’t have to equate to the pending doom of winter?

Relationships

How to escape the anxiety of being rejected: swipe right or embrace alone time?

If you’ve heard “Really, it’s not you….” one too many times as a relationship ends, you may be a little gun shy about swiping right again. Will this new person be any different? Will this be the time I find someone who likes me for who I am? In our Evanston and Chicagoland therapy practices, we hear the stories of the anxiety around dating and rejection all too often.

Therapy in Evanston

7 Helpful Hacks for Claiming your Out-of-Network Counseling Benefits

Finding a good therapist can be more challenging than finding a pair of perfect-fitting jeans! (If you’d like a few tips, take a look at the article we posted here about choosing a therapist in Evanston.) Once you’ve made the courageous decision to reach out to an anxiety counselor and have found someone who gets you, you don’t want your insurance benefits to be a roadblock. To make the insurance process easier than ordering your favorite latte, we have 7 helpful hacks for you.

Relationships

Secure, healthy love, do you want to build it? 6 Relationship Counseling Tips to improve communication and connection

When you enter a relationship or get married, you have expectations for your new life. Inevitably, reality can be less than ideal, and those expectations might go unmet. In our Chicago and Evanston counseling practices, we help women who want to understand and change their relationships . We have compiled some habits of healthy couples to inspire you.

Teenagers

How to make meaningful friendships Kick anxiety to the curb

If you are a millennial feeling the weight of loneliness, you are not alone. Data from a 2019 poll by YouGov, a polling firm and market research company, say that millennials have the highest percentage of loneliness of all the generations surveyed. So, how do you reduce the anxiety and make new friends at this time in your life? As therapists in Evanston and Chicago, we often work with young adults navigating the new waters of “adulting.”

GI Distress

Can Therapy and Working on Your Mind Better Your Belly?

If you suffer from irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), other stomach issues, or chronic pain, have you ever noticed how digestive issues can increase your mental stress? In this blog post, we talked about the interplay between your brain, belly, and the environment in your gut. The dance this trio does together can leave you cycling between anxiety and deep belly pain. At our practices in Evanston and Chicago, we work closely with you when the pain is physical and emotional. Let’s talk about what that looks like as you engage in therapy with us. Relief from your pain is possible.

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