Rachel Countryman, LPC.

I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor dedicated to guiding young adults through the whirlwind of life transitions and the weight of anxiety. Whether you’re graduating college, launching your career, moving cities, or navigating evolving relationships, I provide a warm, nonjudgmental space where you can safely explore the uncertainty and change you’re facing.

My Approach: I blend evidence-based, skills-focused therapies to tailor support for your unique season of life:

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for identifying and reframing anxious thoughts about the future.
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help you embrace change, clarify personal values, and commit to meaningful action.
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) for building present-moment awareness and reducing anticipatory anxiety.
• Narrative Therapy to rewrite the stories you tell yourself about transitions—shifting from “I can’t handle this” to “I’m growing through this.”

Who I Work With: Young adults (ages 18–30) experiencing:

• Life Transitions & Changes: college graduation, first jobs, relocations, breakups/divorces, family shifts
• Anxiety Presentations: generalized anxiety, social and performance anxiety, health anxiety, transition-related worry
• Identity & Direction: questions around purpose, self-esteem dips tied to change, imposter syndrome in new roles

What You’ll Gain:

• Concrete anxiety-management tools (thought logs, breathing practices, exposure steps)
• A personalized roadmap for navigating change—complete with short-term milestones and long-term goals
• Enhanced self-compassion and resilience so you can face future life transitions with confidence

Let’s Connect. If you’re a young adult ready to move beyond anxious “what-ifs” and discover your footing amidst life’s changes, I’m here to walk alongside you. Together, we’ll transform anxiety into actionable insight and chart a path through your next chapter.

I’m a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with forty years of experience helping adults untangle attachment wounds and process childhood patterns that still shape their relationships today. If you grew up learning to “keep the peace” at home, felt unseen by caregivers, or bounced between affection and distance, you may carry an insecure attachment style—anxious clinging, avoidant withdrawal, or the chaotic push-pull of disorganized attachment. My mission is to help you rewrite those early relational scripts so you can form secure, nourishing connections now.

My approach blends a secure-base framework with targeted, evidence-informed interventions: 

•  Schema Therapy – identifying lifelong schemas rooted in childhood (Abandonment, Mistrust/Abuse, Emotional Deprivation) and practicing “limited reparenting” exercises to meet unmet developmental needs.   
• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) – mapping the cycle of attachment distress in your current relationships, then creating new bonding patterns through enactments and vulnerability sharing.   
• Internal Family Systems (IFS) for Inner Attachment Repair – befriending exiled parts that hold childhood pain, negotiating with protective parts that push people away, and integrating self-energy as the stable, compassionate core.   
• Polyvagal-Informed Somatic Resourcing – teaching nervous-system regulation skills (ventral-vagal grounding, co-regulation exercises) so you can stay present instead of dissociating or hyperactivating when attachment fears arise.

Who I work with:  

• Adults striving to move from anxious or avoidant attachment into secure‐base safety   
• Individuals wrestling with childhood emotional neglect, parental inconsistency, or relational trauma  
•  Partners repeating old relational patterns and craving new ways to connect without fear  
•  Professionals who excel at solving problems outwardly but struggle to trust, ask for help, or set boundaries

What you’ll gain:  

•  A secure relational blueprint: tangible skills for self-soothing, communicating emotional needs, and sustaining closeness without anxiety
• Deeper insight into how your childhood attachment history shows up in adult friendships, partnerships, and work relationships   
• Measurable shifts in attachment security, tracked through self-report tools like the Experiences in Close Relationships questionnaire   
• Reclaimed capacity for joy, intimacy, and trust in every area of your life
• Let’s walk this path together. 

By blending corrective relational experiences with rigorous processing of childhood attachment wounds, you’ll build durable security and the freedom to connect more fully—both with yourself and with those you love. If you’re ready to transform old attachment stories into a new legacy of secure bonds, I invite you to reach out

I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor devoted exclusively to helping adult survivors of sexual trauma heal from PTSD. I know firsthand how intrusive flashbacks, hypervigilance, shame, and self-blame can hijack your sense of safety and self-worth—and I’ve built my entire practice around dismantling those trauma symptoms.

My Approach: 

• Trauma-Focused CBT (TF-CBT) – structured sessions that target trauma memories, challenge self-blame, and build coping skills for nightmares, triggers, and avoidance.  
• DBT Skills for Trauma – Distress Tolerance “TIPP,” Emotion Regulation modules to calm flashbacks, and Interpersonal Effectiveness strategies to set boundaries in relationships.  
• Somatic Stabilization – mind-body exercises drawn from Sensorimotor Psychotherapy to release trauma lodged in the nervous system and reclaim a grounded sense of safety.

Who I work with: 

• PTSD symptoms (intrusive memories, hypervigilance, startle response)   – Emotional numbing or dissociation under stress   
• Chronic shame, self-criticism, and relationship mistrust   
• Co-occurring anxiety, depression, or self-soothing behaviors (e.g., substance use)

What You'll gain:

Your healing journey will be guided by clear, measurable milestones—like reductions in PCL-5 scores for PTSD or DBT Skills Usage Logs—so you can see real progress in your capacity to tolerate distress, engage in safe relationships, and live beyond survival mode.

I’m honored to serve survivors across all identities, including LGBTQIA+ folks, people of color, and those practicing consensual ENM. If you’re ready to reclaim your agency, calm your nervous system, and rewrite your trauma narrative, let’s connect. Together, we’ll craft a treatment plan that moves you from traumatization to post-traumatic growth.

Stephanie is a Board Certified fully Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC in IL), fully Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC in TX and NJ), certified substance abuse counselor (CSAC), and a certified clinical trauma specialist (CCTS-I). She has a passion for helping others and a passion for learning. She received her Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Adler University in Chicago, and has specialized training treating trauma from the Arizona Trauma Institute. Stephanie has over 10 years of specialized training as a Certified Narcissistic Abuse Therapist (NATC). She is also trained in Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT).

Stephanie’s specializes in trauma recovery/PTSD, substance use, and works with individuals and couples. She also has clinical interest and knowledge of working with clients with histories of domestic abuse/violence, and sexual abuse/assault as well as those who have been through human trafficking those and who are first responders. Stephanie also has an interest and specialized training/experience in working with those who have undergone narcissistic abuse. True healing takes time, care, and attention. Recovery, in whatever ways are important to the individual, it is possible!

Stephanie works through a lens that allows clients to have their voices heard, be understood, all while not being judged and cared for, to help clients with their specific needs and goals. Stephanie believes that her own past experiences have helped her connect with her clients and form trustworthy therapeutic relationships. She often works with individuals, and she hopes to bring a sense of compassion, kindness, trust, and empathy when working with these clients. Stephanie treats therapy like a casual conversation, meaning she listens and talks with you - not at you, and uses humor and sarcasm frequently. Think of chatting with a friend at a coffee shop, only she knows a thing or two about mental health - how to support clients and guide change.

Stephanie loves spending time with family and friends. When she is not counseling clients, Stephanie loves to watch interesting documentaries or fun movies; she also loves to listen to music or podcasts for self-care. She also trains Brazilian Jiu Jitsu (BJJ), a martial art, at her local academy in her spare time.

“My superpower is helping other people find their superpower.” - Eve Torres Gracie

I’m a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with over 20 years of focused expertise helping adults navigate major life transitions—career pivots, empty-nest shifts, divorce, relocation, retirement—and the depression and anxiety that often accompany them. I understand how role changes can trigger persistent low mood, loss of purpose, chronic worry, panic attacks, or social withdrawal.

Who I Work With   

• Adults in transition: new parents adjusting to post-partum roles, professionals facing career uncertainty, retirees redefining purpose, individuals rebuilding after relationship loss   
• Clients grappling with depressive syndromes: Major Depressive Disorder, Persistent Depressive Disorder, seasonal affective patterns  
• Individuals overwhelmed by anxiety presentations: generalized worry (GAD), panic disorder, social-performance anxiety, transition-related anticipatory stress

My Approach: I blend structured, evidence-based protocols with narrative reframing to address both the “what changed” and the “how you feel”:   

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) – Behavioral Activation to counteract anhedonia; cognitive restructuring to challenge “I’m stuck,” “I’ll never adjust” thoughts   
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT) – role-transition modules targeting grief around lost identities, communication skill-building for boundary setting in new life chapters   
• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) – values clarification to guide action during uncertain times; defusion exercises for rumination and “what-if” fears   
• Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) – present-moment awareness practices to prevent relapse into depressive or anxious loops during stressful transitions   
• Narrative Therapy – externalizing problems like “The Divorce Narrative” or “Empty-Nest Void” to rewrite your story with agency and resilience

What You’ll Gain   

• A personalized transition roadmap with short- and long-term milestones
• Practical anxiety-management toolkits (exposure hierarchies, breathing protocols)   
• Concrete strategies to rebuild identity, self-esteem, and connection in new life phases   
• Enhanced capacity for self-compassion and adaptive coping beyond therapy

Hello! I hold licenses as a clinical social worker and a clinical addiction counselor. My educational background includes a BA in Psychology from Purdue University, obtained in 2003, and a Master's in Social Work from Indiana University, completed in 2006. Since 2006, my professional journey has encompassed 4 years in private practice, 12 years addressing the needs of DCS/probation/court-ordered clients, 7 years in a jail setting (including 6 years as a clinical supervisor), and a role as a clinical director at an addiction recovery center. 

My experience spans working with groups, couples, and individuals grappling with anxiety, depression, PTSD, bipolar disorder, OCD, ADHD, suicidal thoughts, crisis situations, gender issues, adjustment disorder, parenting challenges, stress, self-esteem, codependency, relationship difficulties, and more. My particular area of passion lies in aiding those struggling with addiction, a field in which I have nearly two decades of experience.