Aleysia Chambers

I'm a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois with a Master of Science in Rehabilitation Counseling, and I'm also a Certified Vocational Evaluator and Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor. That mix matters, because it means I've spent years sitting with the overlap most people get told to separate — your mental health, your disability or diagnosis, and your working life.

Most of the people I see are women and people of color between 18 and 45 who are going back to school, changing careers, or figuring out how to keep working while adjusting to a disability. I work with ADHD and learning differences, depression, anxiety, PTSD and trauma, and I've spent a long time with LGBTQIA+ clients and with people from a range of ethnic and faith backgrounds. Knowing what it costs to be the person explaining yourself in every room, I try to make this the place you don't have to.

My work leans on reflection, acceptance, and action. Practically, that means motivational interviewing, dialectical behavior therapy, and acceptance and commitment therapy — but which of those we use depends entirely on what you're actually trying to do.

We start from your values, interests, and strengths rather than a deficit list, and we build next steps that are realistic for the life you're currently living. I'm authentic with my clients and I don't expect perfection from anyone. Acceptance, progress, and growth are the goals — in that order.

The first session is mostly me listening and asking questions — about what brought you here now, what you've already tried, and what you want to be different in six months. You don't need to arrive with it organized.

By the end we'll have named one or two things to work on and agreed on how we'll know it's working. If it turns out I'm not the right fit for what you need, I'll tell you that directly and help you find someone who is.