Anabelle Doulas

As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor in Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan, I believe that therapy is your space, shaped by what you need right now.

With 13+ years of experience in community mental health, residential treatment, and inpatient psychiatry, I provide therapy and parent coaching to:

• Children (5 years and older) & Families
• Young Adults & Adults
• Parents & Caregivers

I work alongside individuals navigating hard moments—especially those who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or powerless. Often, the people I work with are themselves experiencing or have a loved one impacted by:

• major life stress or conflict at home or school/work
• trauma
• grief and loss
• depression
• anxiety
• psychosis
• mania
• substance use

You are the expert on your own life and your own healing. My role is to meet you where you are and walk with you on your path, sometimes guiding, sometimes following, but mostly walking side-by-side.

I provide a warm, validating, and nonjudgmental space as a means to seek understanding about the "why?" of what you have experienced and figure out the "what now?". My clinical philosophy centers on a person- and family-centered, attachment-focused, trauma-informed, evidence-based, and culturally-responsive framework. Depending on your preference and goals, our sessions can be structured, open-ended, or a flexible combination of both to meet your changing needs.

While leading with warmth and gentle challenging, I integrate a variety of clinical specialties into my work, such as:

• Cognitive & Behavioral Therapies: CBT, Trauma-Focused CBT, DBT
• Expressive & Play Therapies: Play Therapy, Sand Tray Therapy, Trauma Art Narrative Therapy (TANT)
• Support for Caregivers & Families: Parent Management Training (PMT), Youth Mental Health First Aid
• Crisis Recovery: Psychological First Aid, Skills for Psychological Recovery, Therapeutic Crisis Intervention (TCI)

Whatever brings you into therapy, we will build a path forward that feels authentic and aligned with your personal goals.

Your first session will be shaped by your immediate needs. We may spend time getting to know each other and discussing how we can work together, or begin to talk about what feels most important now. I will ask about your hopes for therapy, past therapy experiences, and how things are going at home, work, or school.

You are the expert on your own life, and I will ask questions to better understand your experience. Together, we will identify goals and a path forward. Building a full picture takes time, so our intake and goal setting will naturally unfold across our first few sessions as we tailor therapy to you.