Stephanie Choo
Stephanie is a Nationally Board-Certified Counselor (NCC), and an LPC. She graduated from Northwestern University, Evanston, IL with a Master's in Counseling. She is excited to embark on this journey of healing with you all. She specializes in working with families and individuals who have experienced or are experiencing trauma and abuse. Her client population includes individuals who are suffering from anxiety, depression, self-harming tendencies, suicidal thoughts, or an eating disorder. While offering trauma-based treatment in her sessions, she truly focuses on the aspects of her clients that need closure and healing. She believes everyone, young and old, can recover from the past and lead their best lives! She believes, that with the right therapist, you can heal from your trauma! She allows her clients to take the lead in therapy, but she is also not afraid to challenge her clients whenever appropriate. While she is a person-centered therapist, positive psychology, CBT (Cognitive Behavioral Therapy), DBT, and ACT as some of her therapeutic modalities. She meets you where you are and respects your worldview. Being able to view life from another person’s lens is one of the most important building blocks she will have with her clients as it is imperative to form a strong therapeutic alliance with her clients. She is fully trained in EMDR and believes this treatment modality helps facilitate the processing and healing of trauma. Her areas of expertise also include working with those who are grieving the loss of a loved one. When it comes to offering grief counseling, she is a Certified Grief Counseling Specialist and is trained to provide body-based treatment composed of emotional and behavioral regulation components. She is trained in Grief therapy, understands the circumstances of bereavement, and offers appropriate grief counseling treatment approaches to those who are hurting as a result of the loss of someone.
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