Adam Marchiorello, LCPC

I am a therapist who specializes in treating individuals with PTSD as well as anxiety and depression. My approach is is an existential one though I do use tools such as EMDR to help clients when they feel stuck.

I have been a therapist for 5 years now. I have recently opened my own practice in Crystal Lake, Illinois. I use existential therapy and reflect with my clients on the givens of life: death, freedom, isolation, and meaning. I find a lot of joy in studying the ways that different therapies work so I incorporate different methods that have proven effective or feel like a good fit for working with trauma. These include IFS (internal family systems), narrative therapy, DBT (dialectical behavior therapy), and EMDR (eye movements desensitization and reprocessing). I have not found benefit for my clients when working with cognitive models such as CBT or REBT, so I do not use them.

My current philosophy is that if PTSD is defined as past trauma experienced in the present via different symptoms, then every clinical presentation is one of trauma. Trauma focused therapists, such as myself, look at every client as unique and that they do not (and never have) fit into the boxes that other therapists have wanted them to fit into. Trauma therapists look at your past to better understand where your symptoms come from and how to resolve them. You will have a chance to learn how to accurately look back and understand your past from your current perspective. You will learn what you avoid and how you avoid it. Our hope is that you will work with us so that you can develop a more courageous attitude and face your unfinished business so that you can live a better life.

If this works for you, then great! I would love to work with you. If not, then I challenge you to talk to me about it so we can hear each other out.