There's no right way to grieve.
Whether your loss is recent or years behind you, grief counseling in Chicago gives you a steady place to feel what you feel and find your footing again. Available in person and online across Illinois.
Covered by insurance
Grief can feel isolating.
Loss can change your days in ways the people around you don't always see. Some mornings feel almost ordinary, and then a song or a familiar street brings it all back. You might feel numb one week and flooded the next, or sense that everyone expects you to have moved on by now. Grief counseling in Chicago makes room for all of it, with no timeline.
Grief counseling in Chicago: support at your own pace
Healing after loss looks different for everyone. In therapy you can make sense of what happened and slowly build a life that holds room for both your grief and what comes next.
Does any of this feel familiar?
Waves of sadness that arrive without warning, even long after the loss.
Trouble sleeping, or finding it hard to focus and get through the day.
Feeling distant from people who haven't been through a loss like yours.
Grief counseling can help you carry the loss and find steadier ground.
Grief counseling can help with…
Loss of someone you love
Support after the death of a partner, parent, child, sibling, or close friend.
Grief that won't ease
When months or years pass and the pain still feels as sharp as the first week.
Anticipatory grief
Grieving while a loss is still unfolding, like caring for someone who is seriously ill.
Loss beyond death
Mourning a divorce, a miscarriage, or a major change to the life you pictured.
Guilt and anger
The tangled feelings that surface after a loss and can be hard to say out loud.
Grieving as a family
Finding ways to support each other when everyone at home is hurting at once.
You don't have to grieve alone.
Grief counseling in Chicago gives you a place to set down some of what you're carrying instead of holding it on your own. In a supportive, confidential space, you can find steady support and slowly build a life that holds room for both your loss and your future.
A safe, confidential space
An open, judgment-free environment where you can express what you're really feeling.
Practical tools & techniques
Real support for the hard days, plus gentle ways to carry your grief between sessions.
A true collaboration
We listen closely and work alongside you, sometimes with exercises to practice between sessions.
Tailored to you
The length and rhythm of your sessions flex to fit your needs and your therapist's approach.
A wide range of evidence-based approaches
Empowered Therapy is a multidisciplinary practice with clinicians trained across many modalities, so your care can be shaped around what works best for you.
Get started in three steps
Put yourself first and begin the process to feel like you again.
Fill out the form
Your first step to healing starts here. Reach out by form, call, or email.
Schedule your appointment
Our team helps you book a convenient time with a therapist who's the right fit for you.
Feel like you again
Begin your tailored sessions and rediscover your true self, one step at a time.
Meet your therapists
Licensed clinicians who specialize in anxiety, trauma, and the things that get in the way of feeling like yourself. We'll help you find the right fit.
Jessie Levinson
A Licensed Clinical Social Worker who creates a warm, non-judgmental space. Jessie takes a collaborative, strengths-based approach to perinatal mental health, life transitions, and changing identities.
Kathryn Krause
Drawn to people's stories, Kathryn helps individuals and couples work through anxiety, perfectionism, grief, and life transitions in a collaborative, authentic space where you feel truly heard.
Michael Han
A process-oriented therapist offering a warm, affirming, culturally sensitive space. Michael's approach is casual, direct, collaborative, and trauma-informed across identity, anxiety, depression, and trauma.
Alexandra Oeser
An art therapist with an integrative, person-centered style. Alexandra supports clients through grief and loss, ADHD, anxiety, and depression, often weaving creativity and humor into the work.
Trusted by the Chicago community
Linda was great getting me onboarded. She made it very personal and after calling multiple therapy offices, I feel like she made it very easy for me to find somewhere I would be comfortable. Looking forward to starting therapy now!
I utilized Empowered Therapy for both individual and couples counseling and had wonderful experiences with both!
Frequently asked questions
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Telehealth & in-person sessions
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- In-network with major insurance
- Licensed Chicago therapists
- In-person & virtual sessions
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