Diana Jean Louis
Psychotherapist - LCSW
I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specialize in working with individual, couples, and families that struggle and continue to struggle with the common complications of life that has unfortunately resulted in increase unhappiness, anger, anxiety and depression.
I have over 14 years of experience working with a diverse population of client and families in crisis situations and struggling with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues. I have received extensive training in working with victims of sexual assault, and trauma as a Rape Advocate at the YWCA and Community Counseling Centers of Chicago. I also completed the 40-hour Domestic Violence Training and the 40-hour Sexual Assault Training in the State of Illinois.
My areas of expertise including working for Community Counseling Centers of Chicago (C4) as a Screening Assessment Support Services (SASS) clinician-providing crisis based services for children, adolescents and families in the Chicago land area. As a SASS clinician, I complete crisis assessments, and facilitate hospitalization and intense solution focused therapy to help restore healthy functioning for families.
My craft and skill when working with others incorporates, compassion, optimism, intuition, and working as a team. My clinical methods include being honest and forthcoming, without being insensitive, uplifting and encouraging, without applying any pressure, and understands the importance of being approachable and friendly.
“I’d rather joke with people than judge them and, though I love to talk, I find listening to be just as powerful “ Treatment is client centered and is tailored to the specific needs of the individuals and families. I believe that the relationship between the therapist and client is essential in order to provide effective and appropriate services. “ Shop for a therapist like shoes, keep searching until you find the right fit” .
Skills and Expertise
Abandonment
Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
Adjustment to College
Addiction
Alcohol Use
Anger Management
Anxiety
athletes
Attachment Issues
Batterer Intervention
Behavioral Issues
Behavioral Issues
Blended Family Issues
Body Image
Borderline Personality
Breakups
Career Counseling
Caregiver Issues or Stress
Child or Adolescent
Codependency
college age
Commitment Issues
Communication Problems
Control Issues
Compulsive Spending and Shopping
Coping Mechanisms
Couple Counseling
Couples therapy
Depression
Divorce
Divorce and Divorce Adjustment
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Drug Use
Dual Diagnosis
Eating Disorders
Emotional Abuse
Emotional Disturbance
Emotional Intelligence
Emptiness
Family of Origin Issues
Fatherless
Family Conflict
Fear
Fertility Issues
Forgiveness
Gambling
Gay Issues
grief
Guilt
Helplessness and Victimhood
Highly Sensitive Persons
Identity Issues
Impulse Control Disorders
Inadequacy
Individuation
Infidelity and Affair Recovery
Irritability
Isolation
Jealousy
LGBTQ
Life Coaching
Life Purpose
Loss
Loss or Grief
Marital Therapy
Marriage Couseling
Men
Mens Issues and Problems
Midlife Crisis
Military Issues
Mindfulness based therapy
Mood Disorders
Navigating Identity in Relationships
Parenting
Peer Relationships
Perfectionism
Postpartum Depression
Premarital Counseling
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
Sex Therapy
Sexual Abuse
Sexual assault
Single Parenting Issues
Stress
Substance Use
Suicidal Ideation
teen
Teen Violence
Teens
Thinking Disorders
Transgender Issues
Trauma
Trauma and PTSD
Veteran Issues
Women's issue
Treatment Orientation
Acceptance Commitment Therapy
Coaching
Child Parent Psychotherapy
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Cognitive Processing Therapy
Couple and Family Systems Therapy
DBT Informed Therapy
EMDR
Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)
Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy
Family Systems Therapy
Family/Marital Therapy
Feminist
Gottman Method
Gottman Method Couples Therapy
Interpersonal
Marital Couple/ Family Communication Therapy
Mindfulness
Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy
Motivational Interviewing
Narrative
Person Centered Therapy
Psychodynamic
psychotherapy
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Solution Focused Therapy
Telehealth-based
Therapy unique to each client
Trauma Focused Therapy
Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Modality