Amanda Atkins Counseling Group

03/29/2025

Two new group offerings coming this Spring! https://www.amandaatkinschicago.com/groups

03/19/2025

Join Tera Gurney in this 6-week therapeutic group for pregnant people! All are welcome.

02/17/2025

Parenting in 2025! -

02/17/2025

Check out our newest blog post on parenting by the amazing Tera Gurney, LCSW!

Picking up toys. Driving your kids to practice. Folding the laundry. Making dinner. Changing the sheets. Checking homework. In these mundane parenting tasks we don’t often feel like we are making a difference. We are simply doing what needs to be done. But what if I told you that routine tasks car

01/22/2025

Therapy: Because Talking to Your Dog Isn’t Enough -

11/03/2024

Monthly Mindset - ELECTION SPECIAL EDITION! - https://mailchi.mp/f52350ac84ff/wanted-unwanted-change-13869694

10/16/2024

The Psychology of FEAR! - https://mailchi.mp/4d3dde4c6372/wanted-unwanted-change-13869112

09/20/2024

Check out Kira Silverstein's newest blog post on IFS and change!

Most people seek out therapy for one of three reasons: Clients hold a deep desire to create change in their relationship to self or with others (partner, friends, family, colleagues). Clients are forced to adapt to unwanted change: loss of a loved one, illness, divorce, social injustice. Cl

09/17/2024

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07/28/2024

Self care has become a sometimes maddening catch phrase, hasn't it? Yet self care is so necessary! Our newest staff therapist Isabella Pumo, MSMFT recently wrote about the importance of caring for ourselves in the way we care for others.

As the age-old adage goes, “life is hard.” While virtually all of us have known this to be true, this statement perhaps weighs more heavily on society's shoulders after enduring the past few years. Navigating a pandemic, staying afloat in unpredictable political waters, and managing our nervous ...

07/20/2024

Check out staff therapist Sarah Young's newest blog post!

My wife and I just welcomed our first baby one month ago. Little baby Niko is the light of our world, and we are in the thick of learning how to be the best mommies we can be. The past month has been a whirlwind of joy, tears, anxiety, and so, SO much heart-bursting love. As I am brand new to this p

02/20/2024

Staff therapist Milea Lind, LPC, recently dug into the ways we get in our head during conflict and create unhelpful stories. It’s all about the meaning we attribute to our partner’s actions.

The next time you’re in conflict, ask yourself the following questions: “what story am I telling myself? And can I take a moment to fact check?” There’s a high likelihood that you might be projecting meaning into your partners actions (or inactions). Check in with your partner with an open mind and be open to changing your story!