Adam Ginsburg, MA, LPC
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Master of Arts
Licensed Professional Counselor Domestic & Sexual Violence Certified To make an appointment with Adam, please call 630-570-0050. You can also email Contact.OH@OakHeartCenter.com.
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Biography
Oh Hi, didn’t see you there! I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and gained my Masters degree in Clinical Counseling from Loyola University of Chicago, complete with a nice bow, like one of those oversized ones you see in car commercials during the holidays.
Admittedly, I’d call myself a bit of a story hacker as I have this unbelievable curiosity in getting to know and understand the stories each of us carries within ourselves as we navigate through the challenges that life presents.
Perhaps you’ve never heard this before or perhaps you have and didn’t believe it to be true, but your story carries immeasurable significance not in spite of the hardship that may oftentimes accompany it like some sort of outlier but directly because of it, having the potential to usher in a version of you that seems impossible.
Therapy can be challenging, no matter who you are. I’d venture to be as bold as to say that few of us wake up in the morning and proudly exclaim, “You know what I feel like doing this morning? Going into a therapist’s office and speaking about some of the significant challenges and hardships I’m currently going through!” It just doesn’t work that way as oftentimes as a client, it can be a daunting process to sit in a chair across from someone you don’t know in the least bit and speak to the most sensitive, personal & challenging circumstances you’re facing.
Here’s the thing about therapy though: it’s that 1 hour per week where it’s 100% about YOU! Oftentimes therapy can be thought of as a place for problems but it’s really a place for process, as in exploring the depth & breadth of what you’re experiencing each day along with the twists & turns life presents.
I gravitate towards more of a narrative based approach coupled with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which combines looking at your life in terms of stories and wondering if there are stories you’re holding steadfast to that may have outworn their welcome all the while examining the thoughts that are experienced.
I use the word privilege a lot when it comes to story hacking and it’s truly sacred ground for me to hear the stories you’re bringing to the table and to be able to speak life into them while maintaining a curiosity about how you’ve managed to display resilience amidst the very real challenges you’re experiencing. It’s with this posture of curiosity that excites me so much as to the possibility of connecting with you and fully investing in every success, every challenge and every hang up you may bring to the counseling relationship and maybe, just maybe, even enjoying ourselves a bit along the way as well.
Admittedly, I’d call myself a bit of a story hacker as I have this unbelievable curiosity in getting to know and understand the stories each of us carries within ourselves as we navigate through the challenges that life presents.
Perhaps you’ve never heard this before or perhaps you have and didn’t believe it to be true, but your story carries immeasurable significance not in spite of the hardship that may oftentimes accompany it like some sort of outlier but directly because of it, having the potential to usher in a version of you that seems impossible.
Therapy can be challenging, no matter who you are. I’d venture to be as bold as to say that few of us wake up in the morning and proudly exclaim, “You know what I feel like doing this morning? Going into a therapist’s office and speaking about some of the significant challenges and hardships I’m currently going through!” It just doesn’t work that way as oftentimes as a client, it can be a daunting process to sit in a chair across from someone you don’t know in the least bit and speak to the most sensitive, personal & challenging circumstances you’re facing.
Here’s the thing about therapy though: it’s that 1 hour per week where it’s 100% about YOU! Oftentimes therapy can be thought of as a place for problems but it’s really a place for process, as in exploring the depth & breadth of what you’re experiencing each day along with the twists & turns life presents.
I gravitate towards more of a narrative based approach coupled with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), which combines looking at your life in terms of stories and wondering if there are stories you’re holding steadfast to that may have outworn their welcome all the while examining the thoughts that are experienced.
I use the word privilege a lot when it comes to story hacking and it’s truly sacred ground for me to hear the stories you’re bringing to the table and to be able to speak life into them while maintaining a curiosity about how you’ve managed to display resilience amidst the very real challenges you’re experiencing. It’s with this posture of curiosity that excites me so much as to the possibility of connecting with you and fully investing in every success, every challenge and every hang up you may bring to the counseling relationship and maybe, just maybe, even enjoying ourselves a bit along the way as well.
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Okay, shut it down! Show’s legitimately over before it even began, as we haven’t even started rolling the trailer footage on things and yet you read the topic of this blog post and we’ve already spiraled beyond our means. Extraverts everywhere are shouting from the top of their already warmed up vocal cords, “SEE!! I WAS RIGHT ALL ALONG!!” Well...sorta....(to read more, click on the link above)
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It’s highly likely that upon reading the title of this endless musing, a very understandable and natural reaction would simply be, “Dang bruh . . . that’s . . . that’s just heavy.” Guilty as charged I suppose, though that doesn’t negate the necessity of looking at something like the topic of identity and giving it the adequate space it requires in daily living...(to read more, click on the link above)
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