Author: Colleen Lennon, LCSW Edited: Julie Raymond, LCPC Our minds are very powerful tools and have a significant influence in how we perceive the world, our...

Author: Jessica Dattalo, LCSW Edited: Julie Raymond, LCPC When many of us learned of the closures, those of us who were lucky enough not to be worried about ...

By Julie Raymond, LCPC As a therapist I’m often asked by friends or patients what’s my advice on how to cope with recent world events surrounding our world w...

By: Julie Raymond, LCPC In light of recent world events, the number one complaint I continue to hear is “how do I cope with boredom?”. Our day to day lives h...

Author: Nicole Bentley, LCSW Editor: Julie Raymond, LCPC The global health pandemic happening right now has impacted almost every country world wide and chan...

In a matter of weeks the world as we once knew it has shifted so drastically that most of us are finding ourselves grappling with emotions

By Julie Raymond, LCPC Dr John and Julie Gottman have created one of the best known couples therapy approaches. Researched for over 20 plus years, they were ...

As a means to move toward self-love, self-respect can help you learn to better relate to yourself, learn about yourself, and respect yoursel

By Ali Mayer, LCSW - Cityscape Therapist Most of us are familiar with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’ theory regarding the stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining,...

By Colleen Lennon, LCSW Add to cart, add to cart, add to cart, buy, buy, buy, feel a high or sense of relief, go deeper into debt, hide the evidence, experie...

people are often more willing to stay in toxic relationships or settle in dissatisfying relationships in order to reach their own timeline

By: Jennifer Klesman, LCSW Spoon Theory, a term coined by Christine Miserandino in 2003, is the mentality that every day we only have so much energy. Miseran...

By: Jennifer Klesman, LCSW Reframing our thinking and communication style can be challenging because much of our thinking is automatic in nature and influenc...

By: Nicole Bentley, LCSW While it’s common practice to practice gratitude around thanksgiving and the holidays, there are wonderful advantages to practicing ...

I’m where everyone strives to be: 30, single, living alone and attempting, (in my mind failing), to conquer adulthood. Which is how I ended up here in the fi...

By: Dani Parmacek, LPC Whether you have been dating someone for 5 weeks or 5 years, break ups are never fun. Break ups are change and loss. With change can c...

I don’t know about you, but I still haven’t fully accepted that winter has arrived. If you live in Chicago, then you know the deal. We wait all year for summ...

By Colleen Lennon, LCSW It’s amazing that in this day and age of social media, where people are willing to share almost every detail of their lives, that the...

But being single is actually evolving and now is probably the best time in the history of civilization to be single. Gone is the stigma of a