Counseling
Partial Hospitalization Center & Mental Health located in Burr Ridge, IL
Counseling Services Offered In Burr Ridge, IL
Counseling uses focused conversation to help people understand and manage their mental health challenges. The team at EQ Perspectives in Burr Ridge, Illinois, are experienced counselors offering in-person and telehealth services to children and adults. They use techniques ranging from dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) to acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) to help with depression, anxiety, and many other disorders. Call EQ Perspectives today or schedule a consultation online to learn how you can benefit from counseling.
Counseling Q&A
What is counseling?
Counseling (psychotherapy or talk therapy) provides a safe place for people with mental health disorders to discuss their problems and receive expert support. It’s a valuable treatment for:
- Major depressive disorder (MDD)
- Bipolar disorder
- Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
- Anxiety disorders
- Eating disorders
- Trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD)
- Substance use disorder
- Personality disorders
- Other mood disorders
Counseling can happen in a one-to-one setting, just you and your counselor. Or it can involve meetings with family members, partners, or groups.
What methods do counselors use?
EQ Perspectives uses various counseling methods, including:
Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT): CBT helps people learn how to manage the thoughts and feelings that make them angry, depressed, or anxious. It focuses on changing your distorted views of yourself and helping you improve your ability to identify and manage the stressors that affect your condition. CBT can show children practical ways to increase their frustration tolerance and head off angry outbursts. It also teaches them coping skills for their anger and how to identify and adjust distorted ideas and thoughts that contribute to their outbursts.
Dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT): DBT reduces harmful behaviors, emphasizes strengths, and helps you balance change and acceptance. It has many uses but is particularly effective for patients with mood disorders like bipolar disorder.
Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT): ACT shows you how to accept yourself for who you are rather than feeling that you must change everything about yourself.
Counselors also use psychoanalytic methods to explore the underlying memories, traumas, and beliefs that influence poor mental health.
What happens in individual counseling?
Individual counseling is a private conversation between you and your therapist. You can feel safe knowing that everything is confidential and that your therapist won’t judge you for your thoughts or actions.
Their only concern is to help you understand your condition and work toward reducing its effects on your health. They select the therapy methods that they think will work best for you. They might use elements from several approaches to achieve the best results. They might also prescribe medication to support your recovery.
What is family therapy?
Family therapy sessions involve one or more family members. This approach is beneficial for children and teens and their parents. It helps the counselor form a better picture of the child’s home life and relationships and enables children and parents to see each others’ points of view.
Brothers, sisters, grandparents, or anyone else who is an important family member can attend family therapy.
EQ Perspectives also offers partial hospitalization programs (PHPs), intensive outpatient programs (IOPs), and telehealth services.
Call EQ Perspectives today or book an appointment online to benefit from the team’s counseling expertise.