Our Therapy Approach

Experience compassionate, evidence-based therapy at Downers Grove Counseling and Wellness that promotes clarity and goal-setting, encourages introspection, and creates strategies to identify and overcome life's challenges. We help you to develop your capacities, harness your strengths, and build skills that lead you towards healing, growth, and emotional resilience. 

Through experience, we have learned that an interactive, client-centered, and collaborative treatment approach is most effective. We understand that a secure, consistent, and trusting relationship is the foundation of excellent therapy and strive to provide this experience every day.

At DGCW, we navigate life’s unexpected twists with you. Whether you're facing anxiety or depression, seeking support, or aiming to build deeper connections with others, our therapy approach is personalized and rooted in practice knowledge, so you don't have to struggle alone. We have the tools and resources to help you.

We utilize effective, research-backed therapy approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), The Gottman Method for couples, Trauma-informed, Family Systems, EMDR, Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), Psychodynamic Therapy, Play Therapy, and more.