Therapy for Self-Esteem in Chicago
Identity-affirming care in an intentionally-small and inclusive environment in Logan Square and Avondale
Are you struggling with low self-esteem and curious about self-acceptance?
While self-esteem can be a helpful focus, therapists at Common Thread Counseling will also help support your journey to self-acceptance.
An important part of self-esteem therapy will explore the core root of how yours was developed. Through a familial, social, and cultural lens, we can look at the origins and beliefs you have about yourself.
Therapy can help you define what it actually means to have high self-esteem, what aspects of your life that could change, and how that might look for you.
At Common Thread Counseling Chicago, we hope to validate your experience, help you feel understood, connect you with resources, and develop practical tools for improving your self-esteem and developing a kinder, more compassionate relationship with yourself.
Our Specialized Approach to Therapy for Self-Esteem
We’ll look at your current strengths and how to utilize those in the real world. If you’re not sure what your strengths are, as we continue our work together, we can help identify them with you. We’ll celebrate the wins and work on self-compassion. Using acceptance and discovery, sessions will focus on your unique experience, quieting your harsh inner critic, and shaping a life that resonates with your values.
We want to provide a space for you to feel heard and understood.
CBT can help examine how thoughts, beliefs, and actions are connected; ACT can help you separate from your thoughts and continue to take actions that align with your values and what is actually important to you.
Therapists at Common Thread can help.
Techniques We Use at Our Therapy Practice
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The most evidence-backed approach for habits; focuses on the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, and directly targets the patterns that maintain a habit.
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Helps you make room for uncomfortable urges/emotions without acting on them, while committing to actions aligned with your values, as well as practicing cognitive defusion.
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Dialectical behavioral therapy, which is useful when habits are tied to emotional regulation difficulties; teaches distress tolerance, mindfulness, and alternative coping skills.
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Reduce stress reactivity and improve your awareness of body sensations, emotions, and cycle-related patterns.
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Strengthens communication and support in your relationships, especially during role transitions and midlife changes.
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Support women whose symptoms are tied to past trauma or who feel disconnected from their bodies.
