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About My Clients
Clients who work well with me are those who are managing major life transitions, those navigating forms of traumatic history and experience, and those struggling with broad existential concerns around meaning-making and purposefulness in life. I have ongoing experience working with individuals from a variety of backgrounds, including young adults, those with high-pressure careers, LGBTQIA+ persons, those who are polyamorous and those in Open relationships, and those with a religious background.
My Background and Approach
I have Advanced Training in Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Psychotherapies to approach concerns from a depth-oriented perspective while also utilizing cognitive and behavioral techniques for managing symptoms of depression and anxiety. I operate from a broadly existential place, attuning to client’s emotional needs in the present while also exploring a client’s past for traces of relational ruptures. Working with me includes attending to the past, present, and the future. Drew worked as a Staff Psychotherapist and Advanced Fellow in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at Depth Counseling in Chicago, in addition to completing an Advanced Certificate in Self-Psychology at CRPC. They are also completing a research degree addressing the realities of Religious Trauma in the context of White Evangelical Protestant Christianity, employing liberative methods through an anti-oppressive approach.
My Personal Beliefs and Interests
I believe that from the earliest moments of our lives we are searching for and in need of relationship and connection. I emphasize that all people are in a state of Becoming - who we are, how we understand ourselves, others, and the world around us is changing all the time. As a member of the LGBTQ+ community and someone who was raised in the Southern United States, the cultural and political challenges that come from living a full and unburdened life are things that I am uniquely aware of. Having been raised in the Evangelical Christian Church, I am intimately aware of both the comforting quality of community and the harmful qualities of religious ideology. I have advanced training, targeted education, and active research towards addressing religious harm and trauma. As a former athlete (baseball player) I am so glad to be in a city that hosts so many different sports teams. I am an active Chicago Cubs and Chicago Dogs fan (IYKYK)!