Psychoanalytic therapists in Edwardsville, IL
Browse Psychoanalytic therapists in Edwardsville, Illinois. Compare credentials, specialties and therapeutic approach. Contact a therapist to learn more.
Christine Sparacino
Psychologist, PsyD
Hi! I'm Dr. Christine Sparacino. I have been working in the mental health field for more than 20 years. I work with highly sensitive and empathic individuals, people navigating loss and life transitions, those feeling with grief and chronic illness and autoimmune disease. Since 2015 I have also worked as a diabetes psychologist, supporting patients with their health.
My main focus is to help individuals navigate difficult seasons and transitions in their lives, such as adjusting to a recent loss or change in health status. My main areas of expertise are: grief and loss, chronic illness and autoimmune disease, and working with Highly Sensitive People and empaths.
23 Years Experience
Online in Edwardsville, IL (Online Only)
Juliette Grantham
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Through depth therapy, I create space for self-discovery, integration, and healing that moves beyond coping and surface-level solutions to address the root sources of anxiety, depression, and persistent difficulties. Psychoanalytic work can help you understand unconscious patterns, inner conflicts, and how life experiences influence your sense of self, perspective, and ways of being. Exploration is deep, wide-ranging, and open-ended, extending across all aspects and times of life. It proceeds from the idea that our symptoms and struggles stem from an unconscious logic, which we can learn to listen to and gradually untie — freeing ourselves to live in new ways that feel more aligned, resonant, and vital.
2 Years Experience
Online in Edwardsville, IL
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 Edwardsville, IL (Online Only)
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 Edwardsville, IL (Online Only)
Sarah Gersick
Psychologist, Ph.D.
When new stressors arise, they can activate old patterns that make it hard to cope in a healthy way. It helps to have a place to talk through what is happening in your life today while also working to understand how the past is informing the present. I am an experienced psychodynamic psychologist who can help you do both, so you can reduce distress you are feeling now, and make deep changes that lead to better coping in the future.
11 Years Experience
Online in Edwardsville, IL
Psychoanalytic Therapy therapists in Edwardsville, IL Statistics
Psychoanalytic Therapy therapists in Edwardsville, IL average 16 years of experience and charge around $196 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Anxiety or Fears (86%), Depression (74%), and Loss or Grief (69%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$196
Accept insurance
51%
Offer sliding scale
51%
Gender ID
| 55% |
Female |
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| 40% |
Male |
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| 5% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 54% |
In Person and Online |
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| 46% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 86% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 74% | Depression |
| 69% | Loss or Grief |
| 66% | Self Esteem |
| 63% | Stress |
| 63% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 54% | Social Anxiety |
Ages Served
| 100% | Adult |
| 80% | Young Adult |
| 74% | Senior |
| 43% | Teen |
| 20% | Children |
Client Focus
| 51% | Women |
| 49% | LGBTQ+ |
| 37% | Men |
| 26% | Asian |
| 26% | Black / African American |