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Healing & Empowerment<\/b><\/span><\/h1>\n
You deserve to find healing and empowerment. At Salix Psychotherapy Collective, we believe that a trusting and collaborative therapeutic relationship is essential to the therapy process. Relationships lie at the heart of our humanity. Within healthy relationships we find meaningful intimacy, belonging, creativity, and play. From the safety of the therapy relationship, we will navigate your inner world, allowing you to make changes needed to connect to yourself, and move towards a brighter, more fulfilling future. Salix Psychotherapy Collective is a group of like-minded clinicians who approach our work from a modern psychodynamic perspective. This means that in addition to addressing current symptoms and struggles, we explore early aspects of our patients\u2019 lives, including formative experiences that impacted emotional development and relationship patterns. It is our goal to help our clients better understand how they relate to themselves, others, and the world. By cultivating this knowledge, people grow in their ability to share complex aspects of their distress, make more intentional decisions, and experience more authentic connection.

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Our full-service psychotherapy team addresses a wide spectrum of issues, including depression, anxiety, and trauma.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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At Salix, we offer both in-person and virtual psychotherapy services in Chicago, Illinois<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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\u00a0Clinicians at Salix can share their expertise on a variety of patient populations and topics.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Our trauma-informed approach acknowledges that healing requires a deep understanding of the impact of past experiences on our present life and relationships. On this collaborative journey, we aim to help you unravel the patterns that may be holding you back, identify recurring themes in your life, and uncover the inner resources that can lead to growth and resilience. Clinicians at Salix Psychotherapy Collective also recognize the importance of addressing the many ways that trauma is expressed through the body. We have experience helping clients increase their feelings of safe connection to themselves and others, while recognizing and addressing dysregulation and other somatic symptoms. <\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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LGBTQ+ <\/b><\/h2>\n

We understand that navigating life’s challenges can be uniquely complex for members of the LGBTQ+ community. We support and affirm those needs with clients by offering expert mental health services to LGBTQ+ clients across the lifespan. Whether you are dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship issues, or seeking to explore your identity, we are here to listen, validate, and empower you. For Trans and Non-Binary clients seeking gender-affirming medical intervention, we are also trained to provide assessments and write letters of support. We are unapologetic in our commitment to uplift and advocate for the LGBTQ+ community, and we look forward to working with you wherever you are on your journey.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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At Salix Psychotherapy Collective, we believe that healing is interconnected with the well-being of our communities and that relationships are at the heart of the healing process. We are committed to creating a safe and inclusive space where individuals from diverse backgrounds feel welcomed, respected, and valued. By incorporating an intersectional approach, we seek to understand the unique challenges our clients face, while celebrating the strength and resilience they embody.<\/p>\n

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\n Renanah K. Lehner, PhD |\u00a0 Co-Founder <\/h3>\n
\n I am a psychodynamic and relational psychotherapist who works with adults struggling with a wide range of problems. I am an active and inquisitive psychotherapist, who collaborates with patients to understand and change longstanding relationship patterns and sources of dissatisfaction in order to achieve growth toward a more fulfilling life.\u00a0 <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n
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\n Matthew Vail, LCSW\u00a0| Co-Founder <\/h3>\n
\n I am a relational therapist and believe a full life comes from learning how to have mutually-enriching relationships with others.\u00a0I work with adults across the lifespan who struggle with a variety of challenges, including depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, loss, and substance use. I have expertise in working with individuals from the LGBTQ community. <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n \n <\/div>\n\n
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Therapists at Salix Psychotherapy Collective are in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO and Blue Choice PPOs. Some of our providers are In Network with Medicare, Aetna, and United. 
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Schedule your initial consultation with one of our therapists to see if we are a good fit for you.<\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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