Licensed to practice in Illinois and accepts 46 insurances. Specializes in Anxiety, Couples Counseling, Spirituality and 8 more.
Paula Mathiasen
About me
I am passionate about helping people get unstuck. You are worth it and have unique strengths and purpose! I work with individuals, couples, and groups to pursue healthy relationships, personal growth, and emotional wholeness. My desire is to bring hope, guidance, and be a safe place for you to process and find solutions to your challenges. I look forward to working with you on the journey of hope and fulfillment.
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In our first session together, we'll start with with brief introductions, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a plan for us to work through together.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
Many years of experience, with a heart to help people. To help them with skills and ways to get unstuck.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I am passionate about helping people get unstuck. You are worth it and have unique strengths and purpose! I work with individuals, couples, and groups to pursue healthy relationships, personal growth, and emotional wholeness. My desire is to bring hope, guidance, and be a safe place for you to process and find solutions to your challenges. I look forward to working with you on the journey of hope and fulfillment. I work with individuals struggling with anxiety, anger, communication issues, and healing from past hurts. I treat from a wholistic perspective - physical, emotional, and spiritual. I focus on developing healthy skills to problem solve and manage life's challenges.
Specialties
Top specialties
Anxiety
Couples Counseling
Spirituality
Other specialties
Anger Management
Career Counseling
Coping Skills
Family Conflict
Grief
Life Transitions
Peer Relationships
Women's Issues
Identifies as
Woman
Serves ages
Adults (18 to 64)
Elders (65 and above)
Licensed in
Illinois
Accepts
Aetna
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - Lucent Health
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Medicare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Amerihealth NJ Medicare Advantage
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Anthem
Independence Blue Cross
Independence Administrators
Cash - $150 per session
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
EAP:Cigna
EAP:Evernorth
EAP:UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Evernorth
GTEB
Golden Rule
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Humana - Medicare
Humana Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
UMR - Advocate Aurora Health
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Dual (Medicare & Medicaid)
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicare
UnitedHealthcare Complete Care (C-SNP)
Location
Virtual
My treatment methods
Attachment-based
I enjoy and have experience helping clients form secure attachments and improve their relationships.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
I enjoy helping people identify and heal the sub-personalities, or "parts", that make up their mental system. The goal is to live out of the true self.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Working with individual who have anxiety, helping them to use realistic thinking. Staying current and grounded in today.
Couples Counseling
Experience with helping couples with their struggles. Often using Gottman methods.
Faith based therapy
Helping people find their way in their faith, purpose, and life matters.