Helping People Find Therapists & Advocating for Ethical and Healthy Therapy & Marriage Counseling Practices

My Approach to Helping

Jim Cosenza is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a psychotherapy practice in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. Specialties in -Identity -Relationships -Health -Mood and anxiety disorders -Grief and loss -Addictions -Transgender persons seeking medical/surgical gender treatments -Spouses and families of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Queer persons -Spouses and families of transgender individuals -Non-traditional families: blended, multi-racial, polyamory, leather, kink, etc.

 

More Info About My Practice

4753 North Broadway, Suite 608, Chicago, Illinois 60640
jim@jimcosenza.com
www.jimcosenza.com
773-633-6643



Professional Affiliations:
-National Association of Social Workers
-Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association, Inc., (IAODAPCA)
-Employee Assistance Professionals Association, Northern Illinois Chapter
-WPATH, The World Professional Association for Transgender Health, Inc.
-The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance, the Greater Chicago Chapter
-Association for Contextual Behavioral Science
-Social Welfare Action Alliance

Services I Provide

• Individual Therapy & Counseling
• Marriage, Couples, or Relationship Counseling
• Family Therapy
• Group Therapy
• Coaching
• Home-Based Therapy

Ages I Work With

• Adults
• Elders

Languages I Speak

• English

Groups I Work With

Individual and couples counseling for all persons: straight, transgender, bisexual, lesbian, gay, queer, and those who are questioning. Spouses of transgender and gender variant persons.

Therapy Approaches I Use

• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
• Breathwork
• Client-Directed Outcome-Informed Therapy
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy /REBT
• Existential Psychotherapy
• Feminist Therapy
• Humanistic Psychology
• Integration of different therapy models
• Interpersonal Psychotherapy
• Mindfulness Based Approaches
• Narrative Therapy
• Self Acceptance Training
• Solution Focused Therapy
• Systems Theory /Therapy
• Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Concerns & Issues I Help With

• Identity Issues
• Attachment
• Reproduction
• Abuse: Emotional, Physical, or Sexual
• Trauma
• Occupational & Academic Issues
• Addictions & Compulsions
• Life Changes
• Social Skills & Problems
• Health & Body
• Emotion Management
• Anxiety, Fear, & Stress
• Depression & Mood
• Family Problems
• Relationships & Marriage
• Self-Esteem & Confidence
• Childhood & Adolescence
• Sexuality
• Spirituality
• Self-Harm & Suicide