Obsidian Counseling and Wellness

12/11/2025

Healing starts with understanding.
In this clip from a recent Wellness Summit conversation, Kari and Ilyssa talk about what trauma really is—and why so many people never realize they’ve experienced it.
You deserve care that sees the whole you. Reach out to us with questions!

12/08/2025

The holidays are officially HERE and Dr. Goodboi has decided we all need a self-care intervention. 🐶✨

❄️Step 1: Go outside and perform at least one (1) dramatic snow zoomie.
It won’t solve everything, but it will confuse your stress into backing off for a minute.

🎨 Step 2: Make art. Any art.
Underwater stop-motion? Absolutely.
Does it make sense? No.
Does Dr. Goodboi consider it award-winning? Yes.

🤍 Step 3: Apply Weighted Blanket Dogtor™ directly to the body.
Side effects include warmth, love, and inability to move for 45 minutes.

The holidays are stressful, chaotic, and full of complex family dynamics…
so Dr. Goodboi says: “Do whatever keeps your tail wagging.”

12/04/2025

Help your child (and yourself!) feel calmer, more focused, and more connected with these 4 simple breathing exercises. In this short video, Ilyssa Lasky, a licensed clinical professional counselor, will walk you through kid-friendly techniques you can use at home, in the car, before school, during big feelings, or anytime your family needs a moment to reset.

These exercises support:
✨ Emotional regulation
✨ Focus and attention
✨ Mind-body awareness
✨ Calming anxiety and overwhelm
✨ Building connection between you and your child

You’ll learn:
✔️ Rollercoaster breathing
✔️ flower breathing
✔️ Flower breathing
✔️ Taco Breathing

These breathing tools are an easy way to nurture those moments of calm for your child and for you. Great for educators, therapists, and other caregivers who want to help kids build strong self-regulation skills!

Learn more or get support at: www.obsidiancounseling.com

ilyssa@obsidiancounseling.com
| 847-564-3460

12/01/2025

Ever wish your brain had a refresh button?
Same. 😅

That’s basically what EMDR helps with.

When something overwhelming happens, the brain tries to “download” the experience… but sometimes the file gets stuck.
(Think: spinning wheel, endless loading, 1999 dial-up energy….did I just age myself? 🤣)

EMDR helps your brain finish processing the memory so it can finally move to the right place — less glitching, less buffering, more clarity.

✨ No reliving everything
✨ No overthinking needed
✨ Just your brain doing what it was always meant to do… but with better “Wi-Fi.”

If you’re tired of emotional pop-ups, frozen files, or internal “why am I like this?” moments — EMDR might be the gentle reboot you need. 💚

Want to learn more? Send me a message or visit obsidiancounseling.com.

11/25/2025

Welcome to therapy with Dr. Goodboi.

He offers excellent eye contact, zero judgment, and dramatic flops when the feelings get big.🐶💛

In all seriousness, emotions live in the body, and sometimes they make us feel heavy, slow, or stuck. That’s what therapy is for.

Dr. Goodboi and our actual human therapists are here to help you understand what your feelings need and help your nervous system feel safe again.

✨ Curious about deeper healing?
We offer EMDR Intensives for fast, focused trauma processing.

👉 Link in bio to learn more.

11/25/2025

11/18/2025

Our first Religious Trauma presentation is officially a wrap! ✨

Religious trauma happens when faith is intertwined with control when shame, guilt, fear, or punishment are used to dictate identity, behavior, or worth. These experiences can impact mental health, relationships, and the ability to trust yourself long after leaving the environment.

If you recognized your own story in any part of this conversation, we want you to know: healing doesn’t mean abandoning your faith. Healing means reclaiming your voice, your intuition, and your connection to the divine on your terms.

We’ll be hosting this presentation again soon, and our team is here if you’d like support in processing your experience.
📩 Reach out anytime we’re here.

11/10/2025

The good news is that religious trauma is healable. 💚

Healing doesn’t mean abandoning your faith it means reclaiming safety, trust, and agency in your relationship with the divine, however you define it.

At Obsidian Counseling & Wellness, we help you reconnect with yourself, your values, and your sense of peace — in a way that feels safe and authentic. 🌈

If this message speaks to you, know that you’re not alone.
👉 www.obsidiancounseling.com

10/07/2025

Thank you, Dr. Jill Green for putting together the North Shore Women’s Wellness Summit and including Obsidian Counseling and Wellness as part of the panel! 🫶🏻 ✨ 🎉

Reposting the info from Dr. Jill here for friends and colleagues: We’re hosting the North Shore Women’s Wellness Summit, happening Wednesday, November 12, 2025 at 11:00 AM (virtually online - at your own pace). 
We have put together a team of 14 local to our community, female-owned medical, health and wellness practices. We’ll dive into science-backed wellness tools in unique and relevant topics to women’s health:
Longevity, functional medicine, integrative cancer care, mental health, mind body health, pelvic floor health, nutrition, psychedelics, lymphatics, peptides and hormones.
You’ll get access to 14 expert-led talks, plus exclusive perks & discounts, and two weeks of replay access so you don’t have to worry about missing anything. Listen at home, in the car, on a walk… wherever works for you on demand.
➡️ Register now to claim your spot and treat yourself to a day (or two) of learning, connection, and empowerment. Plus learn from local experts in our very own community who own their practices. Let’s rise together ✨
Registration link: https://www.medlogicmd.com/north-shore-women-s-wellness...
Special discount code for this group (limited time until 10/21) - Wellness25 to get 25% off
Speak list/ topics:
Meet Your Speakers
✨ Dr. Rajka Galbraith MD – Women’s Longevity: hormones, genomics & peptides
✨ Dr. Jill Green MD– Supplements: safe use, best picks for women 20–60, common pitfalls
✨ Dr. Lauren Towle MD – Stress & Cortisol: reset your HPA axis
✨ Dr. Jennifer Ron MD– Integrative Oncology
✨ Dr. Rowena Chua MD– Hormone health & HRT
✨ Dr. Amber May MD– Psychiatry & lifestyle medicine
✨ Dr. Jen Stotlar, ND, CNS, LDN – Lymphatic Drainage, Into to Functional Nutrition
✨ Dr. Kate Uttech DPT– Pelvic floor health across the lifespan
✨ Michele Frese, NP – The Emsella Device: local breakthrough treatment
✨ Jana Bricker, L.Ac – Acupuncture, herbal medicine & photobiomodulation
✨ Ilysa Lasky, LCPC– Trauma and EMDR
✨ Kate Levinson – Psychedelics 101: micro vs macro dosing
✨ Jessica Yezek – Myofascial stretching & body freedom
✨ Jenny Cornejo – Grief navigation & transformational coaching

https://www.medlogicmd.com/north-shore-women-s-wellness-summit?fbclid=IwdGRjcANSKTtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHnI6fTe_eTxdXmygfO8RFbZqvKreoVfrIhbZEwgf_EZyGWDs_8foPtMUa4-C_aem_I0XQH7wGprRy0ZI31oCsMg

Are you ready to feel your best and explore cutting-edge wellness tools available right here in the North Shore community? The North Shore Women’s Wellness Summit brings together powerhouse female-owned medical and wellness practices to share insights, strategies, and breakthroughs you may not eve...

09/22/2025

🌿 Circle of Security Parent Group 🌿
✨ Strengthen your child’s sense of security. Deepen your connection. Grow together.

📅 Tuesdays, Oct 7 – Dec 2 (no class Nov 25)
🕖 7–9 PM
📍 Counseling Center of the North Shore, Winnetka
💵 $350 per participant

This 8-week, research-based parenting program offers a supportive space to:
💡 Understand your child’s emotional world
💡 Support your child in managing emotions
💡 Nurture self-esteem and confidence
💡 Build lasting parent–child trust

Through video-based learning and guided discussions, you’ll gain practical tools to respond with empathy and confidence.

Facilitated by Molly Pope, Ed.S., IECMH, and Ilyssa Lasky, LCPC (Obsidian Counseling & Wellness).

🔗 Register today: https://forms.gle/1ciDHuKhBfKdMcdE8

Molly Pope Coaching and Consulting Obsidian Counseling and Wellness

09/19/2025

Unlock the Secrets to Confident, Connected Parenting - in partnership with

Obsidian Counseling & Wellness is proud to bring the Circle of Security Parenting Program to our community in partnership with The Alliance for Early Childhood

07/29/2025

We’re honored to have been selected as one of sixteen companies from across the globe enrolled in the Morgan Stanley Small Business Academy.

Learn more here: https://www.morganstanley.com/about-us/supplier-diversity/small-business-academy1