Breda Doak, MA, LCPC

Breda Doak, MA, LCPC
Profession(s): Psychotherapy, Mental Health Counseling, Coaching
License Status:  I'm a licensed professional.
License Type:  LCPC
License Number:  180-000654

My Approach to Helping

I began work as a psychotherapist in 1989 beginning in community mental health and have been in private practice for 15 years. I have worked using a psychoanalytic model of therapy since my early training, and have continued to gain further training and education in this area. I view this as a very effective and helpful orientation for understanding human concerns, difficulties and desires, as well as a means to achieve the goal of living a vital and fulfilling life, throughout the joys and traumas that occur as part of the human condition. I work with adults, adolescents and couples with a focus on how our inner thoughts and emotions often interfere with the kind of life and relationships we desire. A deeper understanding of and a greater capacity for compassion and acceptance for ourselves and others is often a result of such therapy.
 

Services I Provide

  • Individual Therapy & Counseling
  • Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
  • Mediation
  • Consultation
  • Clinical Supervision
  • Distance or Phone Therapy
 

Ages I Work With

  • Teens
  • Adults
 

Languages I Speak

  • English
 
 

Therapy Approaches I Use

  • Mindfulness Based Approaches
  • Psychodynamic
 
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Locations & Maps
Office 1: 
942 Maple Avenue first floor
Downers Grove, IL 60515 United States
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Concerns & Issues I Help With

  • Abuse / Survivors of Abuse
  • Abandonment and/or Fear of
  • Abortion / Post Abortion Issues
  • Adjusting to Change / Life Transitions
  • Adoption / Reunion Issues
  • Aggression
  • Anger
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Issues
  • Communication Problems
  • Depression
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce / Divorce Adjustment
  • Eating & Food Issues
  • Emptiness
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Emotional Intelligence
  • Emotional Overwhelm
  • End-of-life Adjustment
  • Family Problems
  • Family of Origin Issues
  • Forgiveness
  • Gay, Lesbian, Bi-sexual, & Transgender Issues
  • Grief & Loss
  • Identity Issues
  • Irritability
  • Isolation (Emotional & Social)
  • Life Purpose/Meaning/Inner-Guidance
  • Men's Issues
  • Midlife Transition
  • Mood Disturbance
  • Mood Swings
  • Panic
  • Parenting
  • Post Partum Depression
  • Relationships & Marriage
  • Self-Harm (Cutting, etc.)
  • Sex / Sexuality Issues
  • Shame
  • Stress
  • Suicidal (Thoughts, Feelings, and Behaviors)
  • Women's Issues
  • Worry
  • Worthlessness