LCSW, 14 years of experience
Michelle Maddalozzo is an LCSW in private practice in Illinois. She holds a Masters in Social Work from the University of Chicago and a Doctorate in Social Work from the University of Tennessee. Michelle has been working with mood disorders, depression, anxiety, and trauma for over the past ten years while specializing in military mental health. She incorporates different treatment modalities into her work, with an emphasis on body-oriented techniques. She sees adults and adolescents for individual therapy. She has successfully worked with many diverse clients, who presented such issues as depression, anxiety, traumatic stress (including experiences of domestic violence, sexual assault, adult survivors of childhood abuse, medical trauma, and single or complex incident traumas such as car accidents/combat), grief, relationship difficulties, difficulty transitioning to parenthood, college or career. Michelle has a strong passion for helping individuals meet their life goals and uses evidence-based practice and body-oriented techniques to help clients manage their challenges, celebrate the joy, and recognize their full potential, self-esteem, and stress management.
In our first session together, we'll start with brief introductions, then dive into the specific challenges you're facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow-up sessions.
Michelle integrates psycho-dynamic psychology. By utilizing these complementary methodologies and techniques, she is able to offer a highly personalized therapeutic approach, tailored to each client. Providing compassionate support and practical feedback, Michelle helps clients effectively address life’s tough challenges teaching them how to build on their strengths and work towards attaining the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing.
Military Women Adults: ages 18 and up Teens I enjoy working with teens through adults. My experience also includes working with active duty military and first responders.
I am trainined in CBT and have been using it for over 14 years.
By using EMDR we take a bottom up approach to trauma recovery and healing.
I am trainined in ACT and have been using it for over 11 years.
I am trainined in DBT and have been using it for over 11 years.
2 ratings with written reviews
August 16, 2025
I have been working with Michelle for a few years now and she continues to challenge me and help me grow and evolve in all areas of my life. It is evident that she deeply cares about every single patient she works with!
June 24, 2025
Michelle's approach is very thoughtful and solution oriented. I worked with Michelle after the toughest year of my life and developed sustainable habits to slowly change my ways of thinking to help live in a happier way. My relationships with others in my personal and professional my life have also drastically improved through this process. Thank you Michelle!