At a glance
Who Am I?
Welcome! My name is Page (he/him). I’m a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who has been in the field for over ten years, working with adolescents, adults, and seniors. We listen, and we really don’t judge. My job is to help you connect your therapy goals to your own strengths and build a safety net of coping skills, awareness, and self-worth.
I specialize in working with:
- LGBTQIA+ adolescents navigating high school and future life paths
- Trans and non-binary folx seeking gender-affirming care (including medical letters of readiness)
- People walking through grief
- Couples
- People who have experienced complex trauma and addiction (substance and process)
- Seniors
How I help
Therapy is weird, and few things are scarier than opening up to a stranger about your innermost feelings and fears. My job is to support your mental health first, including making sure the stranger you just met is the right fit (even if it’s not me), and helping you gain the tools to be your own therapist between sessions. My purpose is fostering connection, to your own needs and to a safety net of your own. I’ll ask hard questions and challenge stuck points while affirming and identifying strengths. The frameworks I use often are Internal Family Systems (parts therapy), DBT, cognitive processing, and ACT, and with couples I lean on emotion-focused therapy and attachment. I often help people with trauma and LGBTQ+ affirming care.
What a session with me is like
First rule: I won’t be a fit for every client, and that’s okay. Take your time to decide if my office is the right place for you to heal, and we’ll talk about it in the first month. Some sessions are verbal processing, some get down to business with a stuck-point worksheet, and every session we check in on what is and isn’t working for you.
What I believe
You can never be where your mind is not at, at the time. Healing takes time. Therapy is like a junk drawer: you have to dump everything out before you put it back together, and the outcome is a clean(ish) drawer and a regulated nervous system.
A little more about me
Outside of work I love to cook, read, hike, and spend time with my friends and my community.
A few common questions
Are you accepting new clients?
Yes
Do you offer virtual sessions?
Yes, I see clients virtually across Illinois, and in person at our Forest Park office.
Do you provide gender-affirming care letters?
Yes, I work with trans and non-binary clients seeking gender-affirming care, including medical letters of readiness.
What do you help with most?
LGBTQ+ affirming care, complex trauma, grief, addiction (substance and process), and couples work.
What insurance do you take?
BCBS, Northshore, Optum, Cigna, and Aetna.
- AetnaBCBS PPOCignaEndeavor/Northshore HMOOptum/United
