Dr. Beatriz Medina

About

Pre-Licensed Professional in Chicago, IL. Works with Anxiety, Behavioral Issues and Body Image. Sees clients online only. Takes Blue Cross Blue Shield. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Anxiety
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Family Conflict
• Grief
• Life Transitions
• Parenting
• Peer Relationships
• Racial Identity
• Relationship Issues
• School Issues
• Self Esteem
• Stress Management
• Trauma and PTSD

Types of therapy

• Emotionally FocusedTreats emotions as a guide to change. Often used with couples, to understand patterns of conflict and rebuild a secure bond.
• Family / MaritalTherapy with couples or families together, focused on communication, conflict and the patterns between people.
• Family SystemsSees a person as part of their family as a whole, and explores roles, patterns and communication across the family rather than one person's problems alone.
• FeministConsiders how gender, power and social context affect a person's life and well-being, and aims for an equal relationship between client and therapist.
• IntegrativeCombines more than one therapy approach, fitted to the person's needs.
• InterpersonalA structured, time-limited therapy focused on relationships and life events, such as conflict, loss or big role changes, and how they affect mood.
• Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)Combines mindfulness practice, paying attention to the present moment without judgment, with ideas from cognitive therapy.
• Motivational InterviewingA collaborative style of conversation that helps people explore mixed feelings about a change and find their own reasons to make it.
• MulticulturalRecognizes how culture, race, ethnicity and other identities shape experience, and makes them part of the work.
• Person-CenteredA warm, non-directive approach: the therapist listens with empathy and without judgment, and trusts the person to find their own direction.
• PsychoanalyticThe tradition that began with Freud. Explores unconscious thoughts and feelings, often through free association, sometimes with several sessions a week.
• RelationalSees relationships as central to well-being. The relationship with the therapist is used to understand and change patterns in other relationships.
• Strength-BasedFocuses on the strengths, skills and resources a person already has, and builds on them to meet challenges.
• Structural Family TherapyLooks at how a family is organized, its roles, rules and boundaries, and helps reshape patterns that cause problems.
• Trauma FocusedTherapy for people affected by trauma. Puts safety and pacing first, and helps process painful memories so they have less hold on daily life.

More details

Sessions

Online only

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Anxiety, Behavioral Issues, Body Image, Child, Codependency, Coping Skills, Depression, Domestic Abuse, Domestic Violence, Family Conflict, Grief, Life Transitions, Marital and Premarital, Parenting, Peer Relationships, Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum, Racial Identity, Relationship Issues, School Issues, Self Esteem, Self-Harming, Sexual Abuse, Stress, Teen Violence, Trauma and PTSD, Women's Issues

Insurance

BlueCross and BlueShield

Fees

Individual sessions $175, couple sessions $250

Payment methods

American Express, Discover, Mastercard, Visa

Ages

Adults, Elders (65+)

Works with

Individuals, Couples

Communities

Racial Justice Allied

Ethnicity

Hispanic and Latino

Religion

Christian

Languages

English

Gender

Female

Education

Illinois School of Professional Psychology

Years in practice

10

Education & qualifications