Empower Your Life
WITH SOLUTION FOCUSED COUNSELING!
Would you like to move your life forward and be free of:
I Can Help
Whether you have been struggling for a long time or something has recently changed, you don’t have to figure it out alone. I have extensive experience working with people who are anxious, exhausted, overwhelmed, or stuck.
I see clients in person in my Northbrook, IL office and remotely throughout Illinois, Florida, and the UK.
Please don’t struggle alone. I am an experienced therapist and I can help.
Areas of Specialty
ANXIETY
CBT-based treatment for anxiety, chronic worry, panic disorder, social anxiety, health anxiety, and high-functioning anxiety.
PREGNANCY & POSTPARTUM
Specialist support for all perinatal mood disorders including pregnancy and postpartum anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD and the transition to motherhood.
EMOTIONAL EATING & WEIGHT
CBT-based support for emotional eating, binge eating, food anxiety, and building a healthier relationship with food and your body.
DEPRESSION
CBT-based treatment for depression, low mood, and the exhaustion and hopelessness that make it hard to get through the day.
WOMEN’S COUNSELING
Specialist therapy for anxiety, depression, PMDD, perimenopause, menopause and the emotional challenges that affect women at every stage of life.
RELATIONSHIPS
Explore effective strategies to communicate better with your partner or other important people in your life.
PARENTING
CBT-based support for parenting stress, overwhelm, and building a calmer, more connected relationship with your child.
Dr. Sarah Allen
Dr. Allen has over 25 years of experience helping people.
I have spent my entire career as a therapist specializing in anxiety, women’s mental health, pregnancy and postpartum mood disorders and parenting struggles. My depth of experience means I understand how these struggles show up in my clients’ daily lives: the worry that won’t switch off, the fear that this is how it is always going to be, and the nagging feeling that everyone else is coping better than you are.
You are not alone in feeling this way, and you don’t have to stay stuck here.
My primary approach is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), the most thoroughly researched treatment for anxiety and mood disorders, but I tailor it with additional evidence-based approaches so the tools we develop together are the right fit for you.
I am the Founding Director of the Postpartum Depression Alliance of Illinois (PPDil), a statewide nonprofit supporting pregnant and postpartum women and their families, and I have been interviewed as a featured expert by media outlets inc. Oprah Magazine, the BBC, Glamour, Woman’s World, and Redbook, among others.
If you are ready to get to the root of what is driving how you feel, I can help.
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If you are thinking about getting support and you’d like to talk to an experienced therapist about the things that are troubling you, I am happy to help.