963 Results forCounselors near East Saint Louis, IL
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Learn more about Counselors
A counselor provides support and guidance to individuals, couples, families, and groups. Counselors work in a variety of settings to help people work through or overcome their personal, social and psychological challenges. A counselor who offers primarily mental and behavioral health counseling may be known as a mental health counselor or therapist. Guidance counselors help people with their educational and career goals.
The practice of counseling varies depending on the counselor’s specialty, setting and patient. In general, a counselor may:
- Provide individual, group, family, and couples/marriage counseling
- Provide school and career planning guidance
- Advocate for patients and certain populations, such as abused women, children, and the disabled, to help them overcome institutional and social barriers
- Perform risk assessments and personality tests
- Evaluate and develop counseling plans for their patients, re-evaluating and modifying these plans as needed
- Provide coping skills and therapeutic techniques to patients, such as breathing techniques, talk therapy, and the use of visual imagery
- Collaborate, refer, and consult with other professionals, such as teachers, psychologists, social workers, and psychiatrists
- Involuntarily commits patients in emergency situations
Many different types of healthcare professionals can practice counseling, including licensed counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and psychologists. Counselors may also be known by the following names: therapist, psychotherapist, psychoanalyst, and guidance counselor.
There are 963 specialists practicing Counseling in East Saint Louis, IL with an overall average rating of 4.1 stars. There are 6 hospitals near East Saint Louis, IL with affiliated Counseling specialists, including Barnes Jewish Hospital, Gateway Regional Medical Center and Mercy Hospital South.
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- 6780 Southwest Ave Ste 2ASaint Louis, MO 631437.7 miles away
Biography: Michelle Treece is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who has more than 10 years of professional experience assisting adult and senior clients who are struggling with stress, trauma, PTSD, women’s issues, anxiety, depression, anger, dysfunctional relationships, poor coping skills, difficult life transitions, low self-esteem, and more. Michelle utilizes a strengths-based, client-centered, and humanistic therapeutic approach. She is trained to be non-judgmental, empathetic, genuine, and accepting of the client and where and how they are feeling. Michelle works with diverse clients on a spectrum of mental health needs. She is experienced at adapting therapeutic interventions for clients experiencing acute to severe and chronic mental health issues. Michelle welcomes individuals that just need to talk and figure out how to cope and manage the difficulties that life throws our way, in addition to those clients that need treatment for more severe mental health issues. Michelle offers a supportive, safe, and collaborative effort to help clients understand and identify their challenges, and create goals that are unique and personalized.
- 6780 Southwest Ave Ste 2ASaint Louis, MO 631437.7 miles away
Care Philosophy: As someone with a broad range of lived and professional experiences, I strive to help people of all ages and walks of life meet their goals for mental health and personal wellbeing.
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