After starting my career in advertising, I realized through self-discovery and soul-searching that my real passion in life is helping others. In 2010, I decided to go back to school to be clinically trained in social work at Loyola University Chicago, where I spent extensive time working with both adolescents and adults. I have been practicing since 2012 and have been helping clients globally with a variety of issues in my core areas of expertise, including addiction, mood disorders, and identity issues. I am also certified in Financial Social Work, bridging my passions for personal finance and emotional well-being. I live in Chicago and enjoy sports, travel, reading, and quiet Sundays at home.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

Our first session will consist of a brief introduction of who we both are, allowing for questions to help us better understand one another. Confidentiality concerns will also be addressed before we explore the specific challenges you're facing. This will help us create a roadmap for us to follow in future sessions. Clients will leave our first session feeling seen, understood, and with a strong sense of hope that circumstances in their lives can change.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

My greatest strengths in working with clients are my life experience, my sense of humor, my openness to all situations, and my ability to see solutions when they may not seem easily accessible. We are all fallible humans and I don't believe that one person's worth is of more inherent value than another's.

About Phillip Barker

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