Loss or Grief therapists in Chicago, Illinois IL
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Loss or Grief
Danielle Jones
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
I support clients through a wide range of life experiences and emotional challenges. My training and experience include working with individuals navigating grief and loss.
9 Years Experience
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Loss or Grief
Kate Koslowsky
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Grief can take many forms, including the loss of loved ones, changes in identity, or the ending of an important chapter of life. In working with grief, I offer space to tell the story of what has been lost, to make room for the emotions that come with it, and to stay connected to the meaning of the relationship or experience. I am influenced by depth-oriented approaches to grief that view mourning as a natural and necessary process, one that unfolds over time and often benefits from being witnessed and shared rather than rushed or solved.
16 Years Experience
In-Person in Chicago, IL 60614
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois
Loss or Grief
Annette Popernik
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW
Grief and loss look different on everyone. Grief can happen when someone dies but it can also happen after a breakup, separation, friendship loss, job change/loss, injury, illness, a move, etc. The intensity and presentation of grief symptoms are different for everyone. Our culture and traditions can also inform our grief. Let's talk about it together.
9 Years Experience
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Loss or Grief
Gracie Orellano
Marriage and Family Therapist, ALMFT
Throughout life there will be numerous experiences with grief. Whether it is familial loss, pet loss, financial loss, etc. it can feel impossible to get through. With therapy, you can process what it means to you. It can be difficult to face these emotions on your own and can feel overwhelming to begin processing them. Through therapy we can utilize different tools to enhance your emotional awareness, understand what narratives arise from your grief, and engage in creative ways to hold the grief while you continue to live your life.
2 Years Experience
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Loss or Grief
Dr. Adam Shafer (Chicago, IL)
Psychologist, Psy. D., M.A.
When we lose important people in our lives we are left with indelible scars that remind us of the void we feel in their absence.
17 Years Experience
In-Person in Chicago, IL 60607
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois
Loss or Grief
Alyssa Lorenzo
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Healing from grief and loss is not a linear process. I partner with clients to build a supportive space to process loss, honor emotions, and find ways to carry grief while gradually rebuilding meaning, connection, and hope.
3 Years Experience
In-Person in Chicago, IL 60640
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois
Loss or Grief
Michael Keigher
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, LCSW
Grief isn’t just about death — it can come from breakups, identity shifts, big life changes, or even letting go of the future you pictured. I offer a space where you don’t have to rush your healing or tidy your emotions. We’ll sit with the hard stuff together and make room for both heartbreak and hope.
2 Years Experience
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Loss or Grief
Online Therapy for Anxiety, Burnout & Life Transitions -AZ, IL, OH
Counselor/Therapist, LPC, LCPC
I provide compassionate support for individuals navigating the pain, confusion, and emotional weight of loss. Whether you’re grieving the death of a loved one, coping with the end of a relationship, adjusting to a major life change, or experiencing a loss that feels difficult to name, therapy offers a steady and grounding space to process your emotions at your own pace. My approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with gentle, strengths‑based guidance to help you understand your grief, manage overwhelming thoughts, and find healthy ways to cope. For clients who desire it, I also integrate Christian Counseling, offering faith‑centered comfort, spiritual reflection, and biblically grounded hope during seasons of sorrow.
9 Years Experience
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Loss or Grief
Lincoln Park Psychology, Inc
Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Psychologists, LCPC, LPC, LCSW, LSW, CADC, AMFT
Grief is one of life's most profound and painful experiences, and navigating loss requires compassion, patience, and support. Our grief experienced clinicians provide a safe, understanding space to process the complex emotions that come with losing someone or something important to you—whether through death, divorce, job loss, health changes, or other significant life transitions. We recognize that grief looks different for everyone and doesn't follow a timeline. Through evidence-based approaches including specialized grief therapy for children, we'll help you honor your loss, work through difficult emotions like anger, guilt, and sadness, and gradually find ways to move forward while keeping meaningful connections to what you've lost. You don't have to grieve alone—we're here to support you through every stage of your healing journey.
17 Years Experience
In-Person in Chicago, IL 60657
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois
Loss or Grief
Allyson Stephens
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, LCSW
Loss and grief can be really hard for a lot of people. I think it is important to understand this can be a trauma. I like to provide support and implement healing for my clients. I use EMDR, Somatic Therapy, CBT, and DBT for this issue.
8 Years Experience
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Loss or Grief
Elaine Flockerzi
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
I specialize in Loss or Grief, as evidenced by my professional training, licensing credentials, and years of experience working successfully in this area of treatment.
8 Years Experience
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Loss or Grief
Empowered Wellbeing, Trauma/Complex Trauma (CPTSD), Dissociation and Addiction Recovery Care
Life Coach, view my credentials online at: www.recoveringfromwithin.com/credentialslongform
Our background in understanding trauma is steeped in the care for transitions, grief and loss. We honor the spiritual, religious and or secular beliefs and experiences of the individual. We are trained as a Certified Grief Educator through David Kessler's grief.com program. We have extensive training and background supporting folks through complex and acute grief recovery. We also address grief that is part of trauma work. Please feel free to ask if you have questions.
15 Years Experience
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Loss or Grief
Jason Herr
Psychologist, Psy.D.
I specialize in supporting individuals experiencing loss and grief across the lifespan. With professional experience in hospice and a dissertation focused on grief and loss, I bring both clinical expertise and deep compassion to this work. I take a companioning approach to grief, recognizing that healing often involves retelling your story many times as you move through it. Loss changes us permanently, and grief is the process of discovering who we are becoming. Together, we create space to honor your experience, process complex emotions, and find meaning and resilience moving forward.
16 Years Experience
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Loss or Grief
Maggie Reynolds
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC, EMDR Certified, NCC
Grief and loss, in all their forms, are among the hardest experiences we face as humans. They can bring up complex emotions and shake parts of your identity, relationships, and life that once felt secure. I provide a safe, supportive space to process everything you’re feeling, including the uncomfortable and darker emotions that can be hard to share. Together, we’ll honor what has been lost, make room for what’s true, and find ways to create meaning as you move forward and learn how to carry this with you.
16 Years Experience
In-Person in Chicago, IL 60611
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois
Loss or Grief
Subconscious Hypnotherapy
Hypnotherapist, C.Ht.
Experiencing loss or grief can feel overwhelming and all-consuming. Hypnotherapy helps process emotions, release tension, and navigate the healing journey at your own pace. Sessions support emotional resilience, inner calm, and a renewed sense of hope while honoring your personal experience.
3 Years Experience
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Loss or Grief
Dr. Kimberly E. Johnson
Psychologist, PsyD, HSPP, APIT
Unfortunately, we live in an age of excess uncertainty due to violence, natural disaster, disease, war and various health issues. Loss of loved ones or others close to us can lead to uncomplicated or complicated grief. I help clients accept and process the emotions and life changes caused by unexpected or anticipated loss.
19 Years Experience
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Loss or Grief
Natalie A Shafer
Counselor/Therapist, MA, NCC, LPC
Grief is not linear, nor is it limited to death or loss. Any uninvited change can bring feelings of mourning and sadness. I offer a supportive space to help you process your experience and find ways to adapt and cope.
2 Years Experience
In-Person in Chicago, IL 60607
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois
Loss or Grief
TriWellness
Counselor/Therapist, LCPC, LCSW, LPC, BCN, CIT, CYYT, QEEG-C, AAT-I
We support individuals and families navigating loss and grief with compassion and care. Our integrative approach includes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), trauma-informed and attachment-based therapy, family systems work, and mind–body interventions such as neurofeedback, biofeedback, yoga, and animal-assisted therapy. We help clients process loss at their own pace while building coping skills, resilience, and meaningful ways to move forward while honoring their grief.
8 Years Experience
In-Person in Chicago, IL 60646
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois
Loss or Grief
Jaylan Abd Elrahman
Psychologist, PhD
What an honor it is to be a supportive companion on your path to deeper wellness! I see therapy as a process wherein people can grow a more honest connection with themselves, learn and practice hope-generating perspectives and skills in their lives and stretch their imaginations for how to lovingly create a future that feels meaningful and liberating!
Dr. Jay works with adolescents and adults who:
* Struggle to manage the stresses of daily life and experience emotional distress, depression, grief and/or anxiety
* Are survivors of complex trauma, interpersonal, generational and/or collective trauma
* Yearn to clarify purpose in life, often exploring existential, spiritual, and identity-based questions
* Seek a space to dream beyond the moment they are in to create new futures for themselves and those they love
* Values justice-oriented, compassionate, and creative relational care
6 Years Experience
In-Person in Chicago, IL 60608
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois
Loss or Grief
Nostos Psychotherapy
Psychologist, PsyD
Loss and grief is a common experience, but can be uniquely challenging to navigate through. We are here to help you find understanding and coping for this challenging period of life.
12 Years Experience
In-Person in Chicago, IL 60661
Online in Chicago, IL Illinois
Chicago's size and diversity mean therapists here cover an exceptionally wide range of specialties, with strong representation in trauma, anxiety, depression, and cultural identity work across the city's distinct neighborhoods. The South and West Sides experience community-level trauma tied to violence and systemic inequity, driving particular demand for therapists who specialize in PTSD, grief, and resilience-focused work. The city is home to Rush University Medical Center, Northwestern Medicine, and the University of Chicago Medicine, with a large independent practice community concentrated in Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Wicker Park, and the Loop. Chicago also has robust bilingual therapy communities serving its large Spanish-speaking, Polish, and Mandarin-speaking populations.
Loss or Grief therapists in Chicago, Illinois Statistics
Loss or Grief therapists in Chicago, Illinois average 17 years of experience and charge around $194 per session. 98% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (73%), Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) (42%), and Psychodynamic Therapy (39%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$194
Accept insurance
56%
Offer sliding scale
40%
Gender ID
| 67% |
Female |
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| 30% |
Male |
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| 2% |
Non-Binary |
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| 1% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 56% |
In Person and Online |
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| 42% |
Online Only |
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| 2% |
In Person Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 73% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 42% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 39% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 37% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 32% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 32% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 31% | Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT) |
Ages Served
| 96% | Adult |
| 65% | Young Adult |
| 59% | Senior |
| 43% | Teen |
| 21% | Children |
Client Focus
| 60% | Women |
| 43% | LGBTQ+ |
| 42% | Men |
| 30% | Military / Veterans |
| 29% | Hispanic / Latino |