Therapy for overwhelmed, over-functioning women in Chicago & Illinois.

Specializing in Pregnancy, Postpartum & the Transition into Parenthood

I support individuals with:

  • Anxiety, depression, mood shifts, postpartum OCD & rage, identity shifts

  • Adults with trauma, late diagnosis ADHD, carrying the emotional weight of doing too much for too long

  • Relationship/communication issues, grief & life transitions

  • Children with anxiety and regulation struggles

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Who I help

Do you hold everything together on the outside but inside you feel anxious, depleted, exhausted or just unlike yourself?

You might be someone who is

  • Constantly “on”, managing schedules & carrying the mental load

  • The one everyone relies on

  • You struggle to slow down or ask for help

  • Your mind doesn’t shut off

  • You feel pressure to “do it right”, or to be the perfect parent

  • You’re exhausted but keep pushing

  • You’re carrying things from your past that parenting has stirred up

  • You feel on edge & scattered

  • You are high achieving and chronically busy but often struggle with feelings of failure, or low self-esteem

  • You feel overwhelmed by parenting in the current climate

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Meet Your Therapist

Elisa Kalb, LCPC & ATR

I am a curious, creative Licensed Professional Counselor and Registered Art Therapist providing telehealth therapy in Chicago and across Illinois.

My approach to therapy is to foster a safe relationship where we work collaboratively on specific goals to gain greater self-awareness, personal growth and healthier living.

I believe in an integrative, relational approach that is person-centered, trauma informed, strengths-based, and I hold an anti-oppressive framework.

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Services

  • Individuals

    Individuals navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma, life transitions, grief & loss, self-esteem, identity issues, neurodiversity, and body acceptance with health at every size approach.

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  • I specialize in:

    supporting women who are used to holding everything together on the outside, but underneath feel overwhelmed, anxious, depressed, or not quite like themselves anymore. This shows up as masking or during major life transitions-like becoming a parent, navigating a stressful season, or experiencing burnout.

  • Families & Couples

    Couples working through conflict, communication issues, adjustment to parenthood, parenting struggles, infertility, intimacy misalignment, and general relationship improvement

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  • Art Therapy

    Art Therapy as a primary, complimentary or supportive form of therapy. Art therapy is especially helpful when we don’t have the words or emotions are stuck or blocked.

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  • Pregnancy & Postpartum

    Pregnancy and postpartum transitions, adjustment to parenthood, identity loss, infertility, postpartum rage, birth trauma, NICU trauma, postpartum depression, anxiety, & OCD

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“Having a baby is a psychological revolution that changes our relationship to almost everything and everyone”

-Esther Perel

“I think everything in life is art. What you do. How you dress. The way you love someone, and how you talk. Your smile and your personality. What you believe in and all your dreams. The way you drink your tea. How you decorate your home. Or party. Your grocery list. The food you make. How your writing looks. And the way you feel. Life is art”

— Helena Bonham Carter