Individual therapy in Illinois for chronic illness, anxiety and stress
Come Home to Yourself
Care for those navigating complexity, burnout, or the quiet weight of holding everything together. You don’t have to do it all alone here.
Start with a free 15-minute consultation
What Individual Therapy Looks Like at Lumara
Individual therapy at Lumara is a collaborative, relationship-centered process rooted in trust, curiosity, and care. Together, we explore how your experiences shape your nervous system, relationships, identity, and health. Together, we explore how your past and present experiences shape your nervous system, relationships, identity, and health.
Our sessions weave insight with embodiment, and compassion with challenge. We may explore inherited beliefs, somatic cues, cultural dynamics, and environmental stressors—all through a lens of respect and curiosity.
This isn’t just “talk therapy.” It’s reflective, integrative, and attuned to the full complexity of being human.
What We Might Explore Together
I support adults navigating complexity, and the tension of being human in a world that often feels misaligned. Here are some of the areas we may work with together:
Chronic Illness & Health
- Fatigue, brain fog, nervous system dysregulation
- Mold illness, environmental sensitivity, or chronic inflammation
- Medical trauma, gaslighting, or invalidating healthcare experiences
- Grieving changes in health, capacity, identity, or sense of self
Emotional & Mental Health
- Anxiety, panic, or persistent feelings of overwhelm
- Emotional shutdown, numbness, or burnout
- Mood-related struggles, including depression
- Shame, perfectionism, and self-criticism
- Building emotional awareness and inner safety.
Neurodivergence & Sensory Sensitivity
- ADHD, executive function, or focus challenges
- Sensory overload, emotional intensity, or nervous system sensitivity
- Navigating systems that weren’t built with your brain or needs in mind
Relationships & Attachment
- Relational conflict, misattunement, or disconnection
- Fear of intimacy, vulnerability, or being “too much”
- Building safer, more authentic connections
- Exploring patterns of closeness, boundaries, and safety in relationships.
Trauma, Grief & Identity
- Developmental trauma and early attachment wounds
- Grief that’s complex, unseen, or intergenerational
- Spirituality, purpose and meaning
- Personal discovery & growth
Life Transitions & Work
- Career fatigue, values clashes, or emotionally toxic work settings
- Role shifts (e.g., caregiving, moving, parenthood, post-grad transitions)
- Identity renegotiation in times of change or loss
My Approach
My work is grounded in:
- Relational depth psychotherapy that honors the healing power of connection
- Somatic awareness and nervous system attunement
- Mind-body integration and ecological sensitivity
- Trauma-informed care centered on safety, choice, and context
- Interpersonal process and insight-oriented approaches that explore relational dynamics
- Cognitive and behavioral tools to support clarity, coping, and growth
Together we may:
- Track stress physiology and build nervous system regulation skills
- Explore how early relationships and current dynamics shape your inner world
- Identify thought patterns and behaviors that no longer serve your healing
- Restore connection to breath, body, and rhythm
- Grieve, integrate, and reconnect with meaning, identity, and agency
- Strengthen relational capacities through reflection, feedback, and new ways of relating
What to Expect in Therapy
- Compassionate, one-on-one telehealth sessions via a secure, HIPAA-compliant platform
- Tailored for adults (18+) currently living anywhere in Illinois
- A free 15-minute consultation to see if we’re the right fit
- Flexible pacing—offering support for both short-term goals and deeper, long-term healing
- Grounded in safety, collaboration, and respect for your pace, needs, and autonomy
Schedule Your Free Consultation
If you’re seeking more ease, more support, or more space to be yourself—you’re welcome here. You don’t need the perfect words to begin; curiosity is enough.
We’ll begin at a pace that honors your nervous system, your story, and the healing you’re ready for—even if you’re not sure where to start. This is a space where you can bring the complexity of your experience and be met with care, not judgment.
