Pacific Islander therapists in Marengo, Illinois IL
Marengo Therapists (Statistics)
Average years in practice
15 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$215
Gender ID
| 55% |
Female |
|
| 31% |
Male |
|
| 7% |
Non-Binary |
|
| 7% |
Gender Fluid |
|
Session Type
| 61% |
Online Only |
|
| 39% |
In Person and Online |
|
Top Specialties
| 91% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 73% | Depression |
| 67% | Loss or Grief |
| 67% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 61% | Stress |
| 61% | Self Esteem |
| 58% | ADHD |
We are proud to feature top rated Pacific Islander therapists in Marengo. We encourage you to review each profile to find your best match.
Serving Pacific Islander
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 Marengo, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Serving Pacific Islander
Transformations Counseling PLLC
Counselor/Therapist
At Transformations Counseling, we believe that change begins with feeling understood. Our goal is to create a safe, supportive space where you can be heard without judgment and work toward real, lasting growth. Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, relationships, life transitions, or simply feeling stuck, our team is here to help you find clarity and balance.
We use evidence-based approaches combined with genuine compassion to help clients achieve their best selves, build healthier relationships, and create a more balanced life. Each therapist at our practice brings unique experience and warmth, and we work together to match you with the right clinician for your needs.
11 Years Experience
In-Person Near Marengo, IL
Online in Marengo, IL Illinois
Serving Pacific Islander
Tara Murphy
Psychologist, Psy.D.
I believe every human being has inherent value, yet so many of us carry deep shame from past experiences that tell us otherwise—messages like “I’m bad,” “I’m too much,” “I’m unlovable,” or “If I show myself, I’ll be rejected.” These beliefs can quietly shape how we see ourselves, our relationships, and what we think is possible. In therapy, I work to help uncover and soften these old burdens so they no longer hold you back. My style is warm, collaborative, and deeply respectful of the courage it takes to show up. Together, we’ll build a space where you can feel seen in your wholeness, reconnect with your own inner wisdom, and move toward a life that feels freer and more grounded.
29 Years Experience
Online in Marengo, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Serving Pacific Islander
Dr. Stéphanie Gamache, PhD
Hypnotherapist, PhD
My work is rooted in a deep interest in how early relational and emotional experience shapes our capacity for self-regulation, connection, desire, and meaning throughout life. I am particularly interested in 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.
Many of the individuals I work with are thoughtful, capable, and outwardly composed, yet internally experience anxiety, low mood, chronic tension or pain, self-criticism, or a sense that something essential is blocked, muted, or inaccessible. These struggles may show up in mood, behavior, the body, or in relationships-including sexuality and intimacy-but they are rarely limited to any one area. Rather, they reflect deeper emotional and relational patterns formed early in life, often before words, that continue to shape how a person approaches closeness, vulnerability, agency, pleasure, and self-expression.
My work integrates psychoanalytic psychotherapy, hypnosis, somatic awareness, and clinical sexology within a reflective, depth-oriented process. Hypnosis is used as a central clinical tool to support deeper internal contact and to access emotional, bodily, and unconscious material that can be difficult to reach through conversation alone.
I am interested not only in relieving symptoms-such as anxiety, depression, chronic pain, or behavioral patterns-but in helping people develop a more coherent and compassionate relationship with their inner life: their sensations, emotions, impulses, and desires. This work is oriented toward lasting psychological change and greater freedom in how one relates to oneself, one’s body, and one’s capacity for connection, authenticity, and vitality.
7 Years Experience
Online in Marengo, IL Illinois (Online Only)
Serving Pacific Islander
Jason Hutchings
Psychologist, PsyD
My initial interest in psychotherapy was sparked by studies in history, music, visual art, and the major world religions. These seemingly disparate interests helped me understand individual narratives in the context of our larger collective history. We all have a sense of who we are and how the world works based on years of lived experience. By deepening the understanding of our personal narrative we prepare the way for a sense of meaning and purpose that can impact our lives and those around us in profound ways.
13 Years Experience
Online in Marengo, IL Illinois