About
Hi, I’m Brian McIntosh, a licensed therapist and certified counselor with 15 years’ experience in bringing successful mental health therapy and addictions treatment to adults, children, couples, and families. I specialize in helping clients to better cope with past and present trauma, with negative emotions like anxiety, depression, and anger, with substance and/or addiction problems, with self-esteem, motivation, or confidence issues, and with solving family conflicts.
My counseling style is supportive, laid back, reality-based, and without judgment. Your being safe and having trust are important aspects of our working together! Let’s create an open and comfortable environment where thoughts, feelings, ideas, and hopes are shared in trust and confidence. Let’s build your strengths to overcome obstacles, use the best researched and evidence-based practices to develop positive thoughts and behaviors, and move you forward in healthier ways- with improved thoughts, feelings, actions, and spirit.
Congratulations to you! It takes courage to take these first steps towards a change. It is okay to want a more fulfilling and happier relationship, mind, day, or life- truth is, you deserve them! I am here to support and empower you in that journey. Please contact me and let’s improve your life together!
Basic Data
Entity Type: Individual; Not Sole Proprietor
Gender
Male
Client Focus
- Preteens/Tweens (11 To 13)
- Adolescents/Teenagers (14 To 19)
Therapy Specialties
- Addiction
- Adoption
- Anxiety
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Codependency
- Divorce
- Family Conflict
- Hospice
- LGBTQ Issues
- Life Coaching
- Men's Issues
- Panic Attacks
- Personality Disorders
- Self Esteem
- Substance Use
- Trauma And PTSD
Treatment Orientation
- Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
- Emotion Focused Therapy
- Existential
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Couples
Years in Practice
15 years
Languages
- English
Healthcare Provider Taxonomy
- Code: 101YM0800X
- Grouping: Behavioral Health & Social Service Providers
- Classification: Counselor
- Specialization: Mental Health
Credentials
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
- Clinical Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC)
Licenses
Name | License Number | State |
---|---|---|
LCSW | 149.021480 Verify | IL |
Practice Locations
3340 W Potomac Ave Unit 2F
Chicago, IL 60651-2324
Phone Number: (312) 380-9676
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