Experiential therapists in Bloomington, IL
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Merrisa Dawn Santos
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC, CCTMHP, CCTP
In the intricate tapestry of our lives, the pursuit of happiness, safety, and love is a universal quest. Yet, for many, the journey toward emotional wellness is fraught with challenges beyond their control. Trauma, familial history, and the burdens of life can cast shadows that obscure life's inherent beauty. I believe that each individual deserves to uncover, rediscover, and reclaim life's joy and purpose.
As a compassionate and dedicated psychoanalytical therapist, I aim to guide you through this transformative process with warmth and understanding. Through welcoming and conversational counseling services, I aim to create a space where you can explore the intricate connections between your mind, body, and spirit. This holistic approach seeks to assist you in reconnecting with your higher purpose, allowing you to navigate life unburdened by emotional pain.
5 Years Experience
Online in Bloomington, IL (Online Only)
Experiential
Mindy Ash Hypnosis Centers in Las Vegas and Hypnosis in Henderson Nevada
Hypnotherapist, Clinical Hypnotherapy Instructor, Hypnotherapist, NLP Practitioner, EQ Coach, Master Business Coach, Author
I believe lasting change begins when people feel truly heard, understood, and supported without judgment. For nearly 20 years, I have helped clients move beyond stress, anxiety, limiting beliefs, unwanted habits, and self-doubt through a personalized blend of hypnosis, NLP, and coaching. My approach is warm, practical, and focused on helping you create meaningful changes that carry into everyday life.
20 Years Experience
Online in Bloomington, IL
Experiential
Centered Therapy Chicago
Psychologist, PsyD
Our therapists offer relationship‑focused, trauma‑informed counseling that integrates emotional awareness, nervous system regulation, and mind–body therapy. We support clients in feeling more grounded, empowered, and connected—to themselves, their relationships, and their communities.
Guided by values of equity, inclusion, and social justice, we provide individual therapy, family therapy, clinical consultation, and professional training for clients and clinicians across Chicago and throughout Illinois. We offer both in‑person therapy in Chicago and secure online therapy statewide, expanding access to specialized, affirming, trauma‑informed care, particularly in communities where these services may be difficult to access.
13 Years Experience
Online in Bloomington, IL
Experiential
Dr. Stéphanie Gamache, PhD
Hypnotherapist, PhD
Something in you knows that what you're carrying runs deeper than the presenting problem.
Many of the people I work with are thoughtful, capable, and outwardly composed-yet internally they live with anxiety, depression, chronic tension or pain, relentless self-criticism, or a sense that something essential is blocked, muted, or just out of reach. These struggles may surface in mood, in the body, in behavior, or in relationships-including sexuality and intimacy-but they are rarely contained to any one area. They tend to reflect deeper emotional and relational patterns formed early in life, often before language, that continue to shape how a person approaches closeness, vulnerability, agency, pleasure, and self-expression.
My work centers on how early experience shapes the capacity for self-regulation, desire, connection, and meaning throughout life-and particularly on how people come to know what they need and want, how they learn to express or inhibit those impulses, and what happens when these capacities become conflicted, constricted, or difficult to sustain.
I integrate psychoanalytic hypnotherapy, somatic awareness, and clinical sexology within a reflective, depth-oriented process. Hypnosis functions as a central clinical tool-creating conditions for deeper internal contact with emotional, bodily, and unconscious experience that can be difficult to reach through conversation alone. The aim is not only relief from symptoms, but the development of a more coherent and compassionate relationship with one's inner life: sensations, emotions, impulses, and desires.
This work is oriented toward lasting psychological change-and toward greater freedom in how one relates to oneself, one's body, and one's capacity for connection, authenticity, and vitality. It is best suited to those ready to move beyond symptom management toward something more fundamental.
7 Years Experience
Online in Bloomington, IL (Online Only)
Experiential
Cindy Yu
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT
Cindy Yu is a bilingual (English and Mandarin Chinese) Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the states of Florida, Alabama, and Illinois. She is well-trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy, solution-focused therapy, Bowen’s theory, Gottman Method, CBT, and more. Cindy believes that each client is comprised of unique yet charismatic components such as personal upbringings, religious beliefs, and cultural backgrounds, that all contribute to narrate a cohesive personal story. This fundamental ideology has cultivated her into offering her clients unconditional positive regard and respect, while tailoring her treatment orientations to better serve each client’s individuality. Her passion is to help individuals, couples, and families to understand the misunderstood, to discover hope from the hopelessness, to speak the unspoken, and to seek possibilities through the impossible. Cindy also has a background in the medical field where she has obtained a strong foundational knowledge for medical diagnosis and medications. She understands the intricacy between medical burden and mental health.
5 Years Experience
Online in Bloomington, IL (Online Only)
Experiential Therapy therapists in Bloomington, IL Statistics
Experiential Therapy therapists in Bloomington, IL average 17 years of experience and charge around $198 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (91%), Depression (68%), and Self Esteem (66%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$198
Accept insurance
45%
Offer sliding scale
43%
Gender ID
| 63% |
Female |
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| 33% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 50% |
In Person and Online |
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| 50% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 91% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 68% | Depression |
| 66% | Self Esteem |
| 64% | Stress |
| 64% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 57% | Loss or Grief |
| 48% | Social Anxiety |
Ages Served
| 98% | Adult |
| 66% | Young Adult |
| 61% | Senior |
| 34% | Teen |
| 23% | Children |
Client Focus
| 55% | Women |
| 45% | LGBTQ+ |
| 39% | Men |
| 23% | Buddhist |
| 23% | Christian |