Therapy

I enjoy working with individuals and couples with a wide variety of concerns including trauma and stressor-related difficulties, impacts of discrimination, emotion dysregulation, depression, anxiety, panic, self-esteem, OCD, adjustment, relationship concerns, as well as various other life challenges.

I deeply believe in delivering the highest quality of care possible for my clients. While I utilize evidence-based therapies, it is not a “one-size fits all” experience. I prioritize customizing therapy to each individual so that it can best match their goals.

Therapy will begin with one to three sessions focused on getting to know you, learning about your unique history, current experiences, and goals for therapy. Dr. LeMaire will ask questions to guide the discussion and build a safe, collaborative space to work together. Next, you will discuss your priorties and goals for therapy. Although it is understanable and encouraged to bring up recent stressors and topics in therapy, Dr. LeMaire will also help you to make consistent progress toward your goals. As a team, goals will be assessed over time. Many clients also request to build and learn skills to help them meet their goals, whether that be to improve their communication and relationships, reduce stress, heal from past trauma, treat themselves more kindly, or any other goal.

Some clients meet their goals within a very short time (perhaps 6-8 sessions) and others are looking for longer-term therapy (six months or more). Whether you have one or two or many goals for therapy, you are welcome to reach out!

Both in-person and telehealth sessions are available. In person sessions are offered at the 4043 N Ravenswood Ave location. Telehealth sessions are offered via Simple Practice, a HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform. Dr. LeMaire can see clients who are located in Illinois as well as any of the covered PsyPact states.

Available Treatments

Dr. LeMaire specializes in relational, multiculturally conscious, empowering therapy customized for you.

  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT—intensively trained)
  • Integrative Behavioral Couple Therapy (IBCT)
  • Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
    and other exposure therapies
  • The Unified Protocol (UP)
  • Behavioral Activation (BA)
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
  • Prolonged Exposure (PE)
  • Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT for individuals and couples)
  • Self-Compassion Mindfulness-based Therapy
  • Motivational Interviewing (MI)

Couples Therapy

I enjoy working with couples in improving and deepening their relationships. Sometimes couples only consider therapy when they are on the brink of ending the relationship. While couple’s therapy can certainly appropriate at that time, it can also be very helpful to seek couple’s therapy to work through challenges before they become threatening to the relationship or just when you want to grow together.

Couple’s therapy can be very useful to help work through a recurring conflict, improve communication, prepare for a big transition (living together, marriage, having children, illnesses, personal changes, etc.), or to learn new skills together. Whether you are feeling like you need big changes, looking to work on one or two key issues, or simply wanting to grow even closer, you are welcome to contact me!

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