CST Counseling & Consultation PLLC

11/01/2025

Enabling behaviors often come from a good place: love, care, and wanting to protect someone we care about. We want to make things easier, help them avoid pain, or keep the peace.

But here’s the tricky part: enabling can sneak in quietly. It doesn’t always look obvious. It can sound like…
“I’ll just handle it.”
“They didn’t mean it.”
“I don’t want to upset them.”
“They’ll do better next time.”

Over time, what starts as care can unintentionally keep unhealthy patterns in place, for them and for you.

🌿 The good news? Change is absolutely possible. Awareness is the first step. Boundaries aren’t a rejection, they’re an act of love for both people.

If this resonates, know that you’re certainly not alone, and support is out there to help you build healthier patterns.

10/29/2025

If you’re always saving somebody, you’re not helping them… you’re helping their problem.

Here are 4 ways to break the cycle of enabling behavior. Psychology Today

10/27/2025

As the seasons change, so can you pace. Slow down, and let your rhythm match your season.

Your energy isn’t fading, it’s evolving. Embrace the cozy shift!

10/24/2025

We are over the moon thrilled to welcome Jordan Rieke, Board-Certified Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC), to the CST Counseling & Consultation team!

Jordan provides comprehensive psychiatric evaluations, individualized medication management, and evidence-based treatment plans designed to address each person’s unique needs. Her approach is warm, collaborative, and patient-centered, focusing on building trust and fostering resilience. Whether helping someone navigate anxiety, depression, recovery from substance use, or the complex emotions tied to OCD and eating disorders, Jordan works to create a safe and nonjudgmental space where real change can happen.

Jordan will begin seeing patients on October 29th.

To schedule an appointment with Jordan, call 847-232-6137.

10/22/2025

The field of mental health is doing big things!

Check out these 5 advancements currently taking place.

10/20/2025

Take a moment to meet our partnering therapist, Phet Coggin, owner of PCK Behavioral Health Group.

Phet is certified in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and fully trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), specializing in working with clients with post-traumatic stress (PTSD), especially those affected by narcissistic abuse and emotional, physical, or sexual trauma.

In addition, Phet is certified as a Transgender Care Specialist. She supports individuals, families, and medical providers throughout the gender transition process. This includes working with clients who are exploring their gender identity, seeking letters for hormone therapy or gender-affirming surgery, and those considering or navigating detransition.

To make an appointment with Phet, call (224) 699-0196.

10/19/2025

10/17/2025

Subtle doesn’t mean safe.

Early signs matter and red flags don’t always look dangerous at first. Your relationship with food and your body should feel free, not fearful.

If you recognize any of these red flags in yourself, don’t wait for things to get “bad enough.” Start the conversation now.

10/15/2025

“I’m just trying to be healthy.”

It doesn’t always start with a diet. Sometimes it’s skipping meals, feeling guilty after eating, or body checking.

Here are a few early warning signs that eating habits are becoming unhealthy:
- increased body checking
- guilt about food, and food choices
- “healthy” rules that get stricter
- becoming more obsessive with working out and how the body looks.

Just because it’s not a “full-blown eating disorder” doesn’t mean it can’t be unhealthy.

If this hits close to home, talk to someone you know or give our office a call 847-232-6137

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10/15/2025

Weighing yourself may seem like a neutral or “healthy” habit, but for many people, frequent weighing can seriously damage body image and contribute to disordered eating patterns. Here are the key ways weigh-in's can affect mental health and self-perception, based on current research and clinical practice:

1. Shift focus from health to a number
2. Reinforces negative body image loop
3. Frequent weigh-in's are strongly correlated to obsessive behavior, anxiety, and depression
4. Weight does not reflect health or worth
5. Reducing or eliminating weigh-in's helps support mental health healing

If you are struggling with body image concerns, disordered eating habits, or obsessive body checking, contact our office 847-232-6137

10/09/2025

Ahh the change of a seasons, the love/hate relationship we all have. Many of us love fall, but dread the winter that follows.

As much as we have to learn to embrace the change of the seasons, here are a few things you can do to prep to make the transition as smooth as possible!

09/30/2025

Real words from one of our clients.

"Therapy didn't change who I am, it reminded me who I've always been."

As su***de prevention month comes to a close, we want to remind you that su***de prevention is never limited to a single month.

At CST Counseling & Consultation, we believe every day is an opportunity to support, listen, and stand beside those who are struggling. You are never alone, help is always just a phone call away.

Your story matters.
Healing is possible.
Support is here.

847-232-6137