Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At Urban Wellness, we are committed to social justice and anti-racism. We are dedicated to providing services to individuals, couples, and families that are accessible, culturally relevant, and free of stigma.
Here at Urban Wellness, we celebrate and affirm all backgrounds and identities. We strive to provide a brave space where voices can be heard and liberated.
You’re hurting and experiencing something painfully new. A deep and profound sense of loss.
You feel changed since starting to grieve. You never doubted your ability to tackle bad life circumstances and believed you could handle things that came your way. Yet, when your loss happened your world changed. Life, in general, was turned upside down.
So here you are, grieving, and you’re starting to believe life will never feel normal again.
Every day you walk around in a haze. You’re in disbelief about what happened to you, your family, your loved ones or the plans you made for your future. Or you completely shut out any feelings and become numb.
It’s impossible to hide the fact that you went through something significant. But you don’t want to be in mourning for the rest of your life. Rather, you want to feel in control of your life again and to trust yourself.
What you didn’t anticipate was how difficult this change would be. That something so unexpected could impact you to your very core. And you certainly didn’t imagine you’d be rebuilding yourself and your life from the ground up.
You’re able to get through your days. But going through the motions doesn’t feel very satisfying.
Grief and Loss Counseling is best for those who understand that a significant event in their life is negatively impacting them. Grief and Loss Counseling helps you understand the complexity of your experience and address it so you can start to heal.
You will benefit from Grief Focused therapy sessions if:
There are certain situations where you might not be ready for counseling sessions with Urban Wellness. These situations include, but are not limited to:
If you are currently experiencing a severe mental illness, we recommend you seek outpatient services at a local program like Thresholds. If you are currently experiencing substance abuse or dependence, please see our other specialized service.
Grief and Loss Counseling is meant to help you acknowledge that there is no one right way to mourn an unexpected change in your life. Together, you and your therapist will strive to reduce your anger, denial, and isolation and improve your ability to accept your loss. You will discover ways to care for yourself during the grieving process and acknowledge your pain without losing hope that things will get better.
You and your therapist will meet together weekly for 55-minute sessions. Therapy is best done with at least an 8-week commitment. We find that clients who cannot commit to at least 8 weekly sessions and meet less than weekly tend to have more difficulty in establishing a relationship with their therapist and often spend their sessions recapping the previous weeks instead of focusing on forward movement. After 8 weekly sessions, you and your therapist can discuss the movement toward your treatment goals and whether reducing sessions to biweekly or terminating therapy is the next step.
During this initial session, you will meet with your therapist to define the counseling relationship and discuss the details of informed consent. Your therapist will gather information about you and your biological, psychological, and social history and how this is impacting your current situation. You will also discuss the goals you have going forward together.
Together, in each subsequent session, you and your counselor will use evidenced-based psychotherapy models to treat the struggles you are experiencing after your traumatic event.
Each session is designed to discover how your loss is impacting your grieving process. Together, you and your counselor will walk through common reactions to grief and help you better manage them when they come up.
Therapists at Urban Wellness focus on providing a safe space for you to process and discuss any issues that arise from your recent loss. With their help, you can learn skills to help you understand and work through your grief.
In your final sessions, you will review your goals to ensure you are satisfied with your counseling experience and that the work with your therapist has met your expectations. You will also outline a plan going forward so that you are able to retain what you and your counselor have worked on together and implement all you have learned outside of session.
Counseling is a fee for service program and Urban Wellness accepts all major forms of payment.
Initial sessions cost $195 and each follow-up session costs $170 and we recommend at least an 8-week commitment.
Urban Wellness accepts insurance and offer in network and out of network benefits. We accept BCBS PPO, Humana, and United Healthcare insurances, at their contracted rates. For your convenience, we will do a benefit check on your behalf and notify you of our in network or out of network benefits. Copays, deductibles or any out of pocket costs are due at the time of service.
You are capable of getting out of bed and facing the day without panicking. It is possible to accept the unknown about your life and move forward while feeling like you will be ok even if something bad does happen. You will be able to experience new situations without feeling terrified that something will be out of your control.
It’s true your anxiety has made you question your ability to live a full life, but that does not mean
you cannot start to get a handle on the things that shut you down. Urban Wellness can help.
Call +1 (773) 774-4444×0 or Email [email protected] or fill the form out below to schedule your Anxiety Counseling session today.
Schedule your first appointment. For follow up appointments (existing clients), please contact your therapist at 773-774-4444.
Urban Wellness Helps the Members of Our Community Thrive
Our practice is designed to meet the needs of everyone in our community by offering a variety of counselors with diverse backgrounds and specialties. Our counselors vary in their expertise, working with clients across the lifespan with a wide range of issues and it is our goal to find the therapist that is the right fit for you and your loved ones. We are constantly growing our specialties through education and supervision so that we can continue to help our clients and provide therapy for the whole family.
Regardless of the cause, experiencing anxiety in your life can be debilitating. Maybe you’re feeling reluctance to leave your house or engage in social situations. Or your heart races every time you drive past the scene of an accident. Or you might find yourself continuing to think about what-if situations even when they are very unlikely. We can help–this is a safe place. Urban Wellness’ anxiety focused therapists can provide you with the help and space you need to begin to navigate through anything that causes you to worry.
Land Acknowledgment: Urban Wellness acknowledges that the lands on which our practice resides with locations in Chicago and Forest Park, Illinois, are on occupied land, and was originally inhabited by Peoria, Bodwéwadmi (Potawatomi), Myaamia, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ, Hoocąk (Ho-Chunk), and Kiikaapoi (Kickapoo) peoples before their forced assimilation, labor, and removal from their ancestral lands. We recognize the Native peoples of these lands and invite all to consider supporting Indigenous communities and the fight for Indigenous racial justice.
