Personal Statement

Asking for help takes courage. I provide counseling and consultations with individuals, couples, and families, who wants to make a change, no matter how big or how small. Our ideal customers are adults and adolescents who are looking for strategies for success. Success in self-care, in mental wellbeing, with their children, with their families, and in health. Gruener Consulting specialize in supporting adults, adolescents and children with stress and anxiety in quieting their minds and their bodies, reconnecting with their core and with evidence-based parent trainings.

These are unprecedented times. Gruener Consulting is growing and in need of dedicated therapists to join in providing excellent care to clients in Illinois and Vermont (with future expansion to Indiana, Massachusetts and Texas). Board Certified Telemental Health Providers offering supportive and transformative counseling.

Using my neuropsychology and Adlerian counseling training, and 25 years of working with clients, I use holistic and evidence-based strategies that help reduce stress and anxiety, heal childhood experiences, quieting the mind, quieting the body so you can reconnect with your core.

What would you do if you knew there was life-changing trainings that used heart-centered, research-based practical tools to help you reconnect with your core values, understand your kids, and create those loving relationships you always wanted?

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Client Focus (Age)

  • Preteens/Tweens (11 to 13)
  • Adolescents/Teenagers (14 to 19)
  • Adults

Therapy Specialties

  • Anxiety
  • Coping Skills
  • Family Conflict
  • Parenting
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self Esteem
  • Stress
  • Women's Issues

Treatment Orientation

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
  • Collaborative Problem Solving
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
  • Family / Marital
  • Integration of different therapy models
  • Mindfulness Based Approaches
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative
  • Person Centered/Rogerian
  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)

Modality

  • Individuals
  • Couples
  • Family

Accepted Insurance Plans

  • BlueCross and BlueShield
  • Optum
  • Out Of Network
  • UnitedHealthcare

Years in Practice

10+ years

Services Fee

  • Initial Consultation $100-$150
  • Therapy Session $370

Payments Accepted

Cash, Check, Mastercard, Visa

Licenses

License Name License State Year
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) 180.009049 IL 2013

Certifications

Name Year
Board Certified-TeleMental Health Provider (BC-TMH) 2018
National Certified Counselor (NCC) 2013

Associations

Name
American Counseling Association (ACA)
National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC)

Publications

Title Publication Year
Tips for supporting Executive Functioning at School and at Home Illinois Association for Gifted Children Spring Courier 2014
Tips for Parents of Young Gifted Children Chicago Gifted Community Center Spark Newsletter 2014
Executive Functioning: what is it, why we need it, and how we as parents can support our children's development Davidson Institute 2014
Tailoring Positive Discipline for the 2E child Davidson Institute 2014
Making New Connections: Digging Deeper into the practice of Positive Discipline Parenting Davidson Institute 2013

Education

School Degree Major Year
Adler School of Professional Psychology MAProfessional Counseling2012
University of Northern Colorado MAPsychology, Human Neuropsychology1995

Languages

  • English

Office Address


Gruener Consulting LLC

Gruener Consulting LLC

1010 Jorie Blvd #112

Oak Brook, Illinois 60523

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