Tara Thompson LPC

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Hello, I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Illinois providing individual, family, and marriage counseling services.

Counselor in , IL

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Services

  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Child
  • Adolescent/Teen
  • Group

About My Clients

I have worked with a broad range of presenting issues, including but not limited to: Anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, OCD, ADHD, adjustment difficulties, college transitions, grief and loss, relationship problems, infidelity, family conflict, mood disorders, personality disorders, codependency, domestic violence, self-esteem, and women’s issues.

My Background and Approach

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Illinois providing individual, family, and marriage counseling services. I completed my Bachelor of Science degree (B.S.) in Rehabilitation Services in 2006 and went on to earn my Master of Science degree (M.S.) in Rehabilitation Counseling in 2015 from Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. I have worked in community mental health, corrections, residential treatment settings, and crisis services. I have provided mental health and substance abuse outpatient counseling, in addition to individual, group and family therapy. I also have experience in providing couples counseling.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I am passionate about all matters pertaining to mental and emotional health and well-being. I enjoy helping my clients to be able to identify their own strengths and to start believing in their capabilities to achieve their goals and realize their dreams. I feel that, often, the necessary ingredient for this to happen is simply having someone believe in you and to walk side-by-side in the journey.

Techniques I Use

Specialties

Addiction Counseling Relationship Counseling Trauma Therapy

Other Techniques

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Addiction Counseling
  • Anger Management Therapy
  • Art Therapy
  • Attachment Theory
  • Exposure Therapy
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Collaborative Couple Therapy
  • Couples Counseling
  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Family Systems
  • Family Therapy
  • Gottman Method Couples Therapy
  • Harm Reduction Therapy
  • Holistic Therapy
  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Nonviolent Communication
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
  • Person-Centered (Rogerian)
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Trauma Therapy
  • Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT)
  • Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy
  • Relationship Counseling
  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Issues I Treat

Specialties

Anxiety Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)

Other Issues

  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Adoption Issues
  • Aging Concerns
  • Anger Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Bipolar
  • Body Image Issues
  • Burnout
  • Cancer
  • Career Counseling
  • Child Issues
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Conflict
  • Gambling Addiction
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Insomnia
  • Learning Disorders
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Parenting
  • Personality Disorders
  • Physical Disability
  • Polyamorous and Open Relationships
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychosis and Schizophrenia
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Spirituality
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Teen Issues
  • Veterans/Military Service
  • Women's Issues

Client Focus

Languages
English

Qualifications

License
LPC, State of Illinois · #1881801108
Years in practice
20 years

Insurance Plans Accepted

  • Out of Network
  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Optum
  • TRICARE
  • Blue Choice
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
  • United Healthcare
  • United Medical Resources
  • UMR
  • Healthlink
  • Evernorth
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
  • Aetna PPO

I offer online counseling in the following states:

I have experience with the following

  • Agnosticism
  • Atheism
  • Christianity

Hours & Availability

New clients welcome
Currently accepting new clients
Telehealth
Available

At A Glance

  • Experience: 20 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $60 - 135/session

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