Licensed to practice in Illinois and accepts 34 insurances. Specializes in Anger Management, Anxiety, Men's Issues and 2 more.
Regardless of how often we meet, be it once a week, once per month, or once in a lifetime, my goal is to create an atmosphere free from external judgment. This will allow you room to develop both clarity and confidence in the decisions you make while you determine the best manner in which to live your life. As you gain greater insight into ongoing challenges, I will provide theory based reflective and directive clinical support. Through this process, you may find your ability to grow and change has a limitless capacity. It's time to experience life on your terms.
In the first session I spend a significant amount of time assessing the client's clinical needs. This is a crucial part of the process as I value my clients time and my professional goal is to make sure that every second my clients are in my care is clearly focused on helping them to resolve the presenting problems.
My motto is, "helping clients to live life on their terms." I am focused like a laser beam on helping my clients to develop the internal strength to handle any life obstacles as they work to gain full control of the most important thing, the direction of their lives. My goal is to give every client something that helps them reach this goal by the end of the 1st session.
I enjoy helping clients of all walks of life from executives to educators, tradespeople and college students. Very often my clients come in for help struggling with uncertainty. In therapy my approach is empathetic and direct. I help clients work to determine what contributes to the underlying problems, address their concerns head on and make effective changes.
Other specialties
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Cash - $100 per session
Aetna
Aetna - Allied Benefits
Aetna - ASR Health Benefits
Aetna - Luminare
Aetna - Moda
Aetna - WebTPA
Aetna – HealthEZ
All Savers
Amerihealth Administrators
Anthem
Arlo
AvMed
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Centivo
Cigna
Cigna - HealthEZ
Evernorth
Golden Rule
GTEB
Harvard Pilgrim/UnitedHealthcare
Independence Administrators
Independence Blue Cross
Optum
OptumHealth Complex Medical Conditions
Oscar
Oxford
Surest (formerly Bind)
Tufts Health/Cigna
UMR - Advocate Aurora Health
United Medical Resources
UnitedHealthcare Life Insurance
UnitedHealthcare Shared Services
UnitedHealthcare StudentResources
UnitedHealthcare/Optum
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
I have found that helping clients to understand how their thoughts and feelings influence their actions is an effective approach to providing treatment.
Reality Therapy
Choice Theory, as it is also commonly referred to has been a mainstay in my therapeutic approaches to supporting my client's mental health needs. As well, the correct practice of this theory increases the client's sense of personal power and self-control by making actionable decisions.
Existential
The meaning of life and those greater purposes that drives people to take action in making tough decisions remains an integral part of helping clients that are lost, afraid and unsure of how and what direction to move in.
3 ratings with written reviews
December 24, 2025
sorta felt like talking to a friend, which for me allowed me to open up much easier. I find it hard to talk to some therapists who are too "professional".
November 1, 2025
Greatly appreciated him getting to know my history for context of my issues. Asked a lot of good questions to help us as a team come to understanding of my current issues which lead to developing tools and possible solutions to try. I really appreciated him asking about previous therapy, counseling, and rehab strategies that I found effective to help with our process of working together with tools that we both know work for me.
February 25, 2025
I was my first time seeing a therapist and Mike made me feel welcome and comfortable.