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How to Plan Trips With Your Partner and Leave the Messy Fighting Behind

Relationship Advice, Blog, Relationships

Traveling with your partner can be an exciting and enriching experience—but it can also come with its fair share of challenges. While vacations are meant to be fun and relaxing, the reality is that navigating different travel styles, budgets, and expectations can...

Financial Anxiety Therapy: 5 Proven Ways to Finally Feel in Control

Blog, Financial Anxiety, Relationship Advice, Relationships

If financial anxiety therapy isn’t something you’ve considered before, you might be surprised by how much it can help. Most people associate therapy with relationships, self-esteem, or anxiety. But money is one of the most emotionally charged areas of life...

Couples Therapist in Chicago: Finding the Right One For You

Couples Therapy, Relationship Advice, Tips

Choosing to seek couples therapy can be a pivotal decision in nurturing and revitalizing relationships. Whether you’re facing communication issues, navigating conflicts, or simply seeking to strengthen your bond, finding the right couples therapist is crucial. In this...

Travel Planning With Your Partner: My Newsweek Interview

Relationship Advice, Tips

Traveling with a partner can be incredibly rewarding, but it also comes with its own set of challenges. The success of your trip often hinges on effective travel planning and managing expectations. Recently, I had the pleasure of being interviewed by Newsweek for an...

Essential Cohabitation Skills for Gen Z Couples

Blog, Relationship Advice, Tips

In today’s financial climate, many Gen Z couples are moving in together sooner than expected, driven by rising rent prices. This trend, while primarily economic, also necessitates the development of essential skills for successful cohabitation. Understanding how to...

Effective Conflict Management for Healthy Relationships

Relationship Advice

Effective conflict management can help build healthy relationships. Arguments or disagreements in relationships are a natural part of life, but how we handle them can make all the difference. Disagreements can lead to stress and emotional strain, but with the right...
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If something feels tender, even in a season of growth…

Not all grief comes from loss you can name easily.

Sometimes it’s the quiet realization that a version of you no longer exists in the same way.

This blog explores how to hold both gratitude and grief without pushing either away.

👉 Link in bio to read.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #LincolnParkChicago #IdentityShift #EmotionalHealth

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If something feels tender, even in a season of growth…

Not all grief comes from loss you can name easily.

Sometimes it’s the quiet realization that a version of you no longer exists in the same way.

This blog explores how to hold both gratitude and grief without pushing either away.

👉 Link in bio to read.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #LincolnParkChicago #IdentityShift #EmotionalHealth

Today we’re celebrating Jack Smith-Moore and his 2-year anniversary at LPTG 💛

As our Clinical Director, Jack brings a steady, thoughtful presence to both his leadership and clinical work. His belief in honoring each person’s lived experience, building genuine trust, and helping people uncover their own strengths has made a meaningful impact on our clients and the therapists he supports.

We’re so grateful for the guidance, perspective, and dedication Jack has brought to LPTG over the past two years. Happy anniversary, Jack — we’re excited for all that’s still ahead 💛

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Ravenswood, Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #LincolnParkChicago #MentalHealth

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Today we’re celebrating Jack Smith-Moore and his 2-year anniversary at LPTG 💛

As our Clinical Director, Jack brings a steady, thoughtful presence to both his leadership and clinical work. His belief in honoring each person’s lived experience, building genuine trust, and helping people uncover their own strengths has made a meaningful impact on our clients and the therapists he supports.

We’re so grateful for the guidance, perspective, and dedication Jack has brought to LPTG over the past two years. Happy anniversary, Jack — we’re excited for all that’s still ahead 💛

Therapy in Chicago. 
Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Ravenswood, Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #LincolnParkChicago #MentalHealth

You can love your life… and still miss who you used to be.

Growth doesn’t always feel expansive.

Sometimes it comes with a quiet kind of grief for the versions of yourself that no longer fit.

👉 Link in bio to read.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #LincolnParkChicago #LifeTransitions #EmotionalGrowth

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You can love your life… and still miss who you used to be.

Growth doesn’t always feel expansive.

Sometimes it comes with a quiet kind of grief for the versions of yourself that no longer fit.

👉 Link in bio to read.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #LincolnParkChicago #LifeTransitions #EmotionalGrowth

When parenting feels uneven, it can start to affect everything.

Meet Maeve, who supports parenting dynamics, relationship stress, and emotional balance.

Maeve works with individuals and couples navigating imbalance and frustration, helping make invisible labor visible and rebuild a sense of shared responsibility.

Learn more about Maeve or request an appointment via the link in our bio.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #LincolnParkChicago #RelationshipSupport #Parenting

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When parenting feels uneven, it can start to affect everything.

Meet Maeve, who supports parenting dynamics, relationship stress, and emotional balance.

Maeve works with individuals and couples navigating imbalance and frustration, helping make invisible labor visible and rebuild a sense of shared responsibility.

Learn more about Maeve or request an appointment via the link in our bio.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #LincolnParkChicago #RelationshipSupport #Parenting

The mental load isn’t always visible.

It’s the remembering, planning, anticipating, and holding everything together.

And over time, that adds up.

👉 Link in bio to read.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #LincolnParkChicago #ParentingStress #EmotionalLabor

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The mental load isn’t always visible.

It’s the remembering, planning, anticipating, and holding everything together.

And over time, that adds up.

👉 Link in bio to read.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #LincolnParkChicago #ParentingStress #EmotionalLabor

Carrying everything quietly doesn’t mean it’s sustainable.

Meet Olivia, who works with parenting dynamics and emotional load.

Olivia supports families, including parents who feel responsible for holding everything together, to help them name the mental load and begin shifting patterns that lead to burnout and resentment.

Learn more about Olivia or request an appointment via the link in our bio.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #LincolnParkChicago #ParentingSupport #MentalLoad

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Carrying everything quietly doesn’t mean it’s sustainable.

Meet Olivia, who works with parenting dynamics and emotional load.

Olivia supports families, including parents who feel responsible for holding everything together, to help them name the mental load and begin shifting patterns that lead to burnout and resentment.

Learn more about Olivia or request an appointment via the link in our bio.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #LincolnParkChicago #ParentingSupport #MentalLoad

“What can I fully own?”

It’s a small question, but it can change the way responsibility feels at home.

Shared parenting isn’t only about dividing tasks. It can also mean taking something from start to finish — noticing it, remembering it, planning for it, and following through.

That kind of ownership can make partnership feel more shared.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ParentingSupport #MentalLoad

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“What can I fully own?”

It’s a small question, but it can change the way responsibility feels at home.

Shared parenting isn’t only about dividing tasks. It can also mean taking something from start to finish — noticing it, remembering it, planning for it, and following through.

That kind of ownership can make partnership feel more shared.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ParentingSupport #MentalLoad

If you’re reading this running on three hours of sleep, you’re not alone.

Some nights the exhaustion doesn’t turn off the thoughts, it just makes them louder. You’re tired enough to sleep and awake enough to spiral anyway.

Therapy can help quiet the noise, not by ignoring it, but by understanding what it’s trying to tell you.

👉 Link in bio to book.

Therapy in Chicago.
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #AnxietySupport #TherapyInChicago #MentalHealthMatters

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If you’re reading this running on three hours of sleep, you’re not alone.

Some nights the exhaustion doesn’t turn off the thoughts, it just makes them louder. You’re tired enough to sleep and awake enough to spiral anyway.

Therapy can help quiet the noise, not by ignoring it, but by understanding what it’s trying to tell you.

👉 Link in bio to book.

Therapy in Chicago. 
Lincoln Park • Lakeview • Ravenswood • Wicker Park 
#ChicagoTherapy #ChicagoTherapist #AnxietySupport #TherapyInChicago #MentalHealthMatters

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