Therapeutic Approaches

 Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is an evidence-based, goal-oriented form of psychotherapy that focuses on identifying and changing negative thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress. By understanding the connection between thoughts, feelings, and actions, CBT helps individuals develop healthier ways of thinking and behaving, leading to lasting improvements in mood and well-being.

How CBT Works:

Assessment and Goal Setting:
Together with your therapist, you’ll identify the specific issues you want to address, such as anxiety, depression, or stress. We’ll set clear, achievable goals to guide your therapy process.

Identifying Negative Thought Patterns:
CBT helps you recognize and challenge distorted or unhelpful thoughts that contribute to emotional distress. You’ll learn to identify these patterns and understand how they influence your feelings and behaviors.

Developing Coping Strategies:
You’ll work with your therapist to develop practical strategies and tools to manage and reduce negative thoughts and behaviors. These may include relaxation techniques, problem-solving skills, and behavioral exercises.

Behavioral Change:
CBT emphasizes taking action to change behaviors that reinforce negative thoughts and emotions. Through gradual exposure, role-playing, and other techniques, you’ll practice new, healthier behaviors in a supportive environment.

Monitoring Progress:
Throughout the therapy process, your progress will be monitored to ensure that you’re moving toward your goals. Adjustments to the treatment plan can be made as needed to ensure you’re getting the most out of your therapy.

Psychodynamic and Relational Therapy is a deeply reflective and insightful approach to psychotherapy that explores the underlying emotional patterns and unconscious processes that influence your thoughts, behaviors, and relationships. By delving into your past experiences, particularly early life and family dynamics, this therapy helps you gain a deeper understanding of how these factors shape your current self and interactions with others.

Insight-oriented therapy that deepens self-understanding and strengthens emotional and relational well-being.

Psychodynamic and Relational Therapy is a reflective, insight-driven approach that helps clients understand the emotional patterns, unconscious processes, and past experiences that shape their present lives. By exploring early relationships, internal conflicts, and long-standing patterns, clients gain clarity, self-awareness, and the ability to create healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.

Exploration of Unconscious Processes
This approach brings unconscious thoughts, feelings, and relational patterns into awareness. Together, we uncover hidden conflicts or unresolved emotions that may be contributing to distress, anxiety, or unhealthy relationship cycles.

Understanding the Connection Between Past and Present
By examining early relationships and significant life experiences, we identify how past patterns influence current behaviors, emotional responses, and interpersonal dynamics. This insight helps clients break free from long-standing barriers and create more meaningful connections.

A Focus on the Therapeutic Relationship
The relationship between you and your therapist becomes an essential part of the healing process. Within this safe, supportive environment, you can explore themes of trust, attachment, boundaries, and emotional intimacy — gaining real-time insight into how you relate to others.

Emotional Insight and Self-Awareness
Through deep reflection, clients develop a clearer understanding of their emotions, motivations, and internal stories. This increased awareness supports more intentional choices, healthier communication, and personal growth.

Integration and Lasting Change
The goal of Psychodynamic and Relational Therapy is lasting transformation. As clients integrate new insights, they experience greater emotional freedom, improved relationships, and a stronger sense of self. Healing emerges not just from understanding the past — but from reshaping how it influences the present.

Personalized, evidence-based care rooted in cultural understanding and clinical expertise.

At New Insights Behavioral Health Services, we know that every individual’s story is unique, and their therapy should be, too.

Our team brings advanced training, multicultural insight, and multilingual capabilities to ensure clients receive care that truly fits their needs.

Whether you’re healing from trauma, supporting a child or teen, or seeking services in your preferred language, you will be matched with a clinician specifically trained to support your goals.

Below is an overview of our specialty programs, designed to provide high-quality, personalized, and culturally responsive mental health care.

Healing with EMDR, Trauma-Focused CBT, and Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)

Trauma can impact every part of life — emotional well-being, relationships, physical health, and your sense of safety.

Our Trauma Recovery Program offers structured, research-supported therapies delivered by clinicians with extensive postgraduate trauma training.

Our therapists specialize in:

EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)
A leading trauma treatment that reduces emotional distress by helping the brain reprocess difficult experiences.

Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
A highly effective approach for children and adolescents that integrates skills-building, trauma processing, and parent involvement.

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
A structured model proven to reduce PTSD symptoms by helping clients shift unhelpful trauma-related beliefs.

Who we support:

• Survivors of childhood trauma
   
• Individuals with complex or chronic trauma
   
• People navigating immigration-related trauma or displacement
   
• First responders and medical professionals
   
• Clients experiencing PTSD, anxiety, or trauma-related depression
   

You don’t have to navigate healing alone.

Our trauma-informed clinicians honor your experiences and support you with compassion, structure, and expertise.

Therapy that honors your language, identity, and cultural experiences.

Many clients feel most understood when they can express themselves in the language closest to their heart.
We proudly support Chicago’s diverse communities by offering services in:

• Spanish
   
• Mandarin
   
• Polish
   
• Ukrainian
   
• English
   

More than half of our clinicians are bilingual, and several speak multiple languages.

We offer:

• Spanish-language intake packets and consent forms
   
• Spanish-speaking administrative support
   
• Culturally responsive therapy for immigrant families
   
• Clinicians trained in acculturation stress, identity concerns, and intergenerational dynamics
   

Who we support:

• Clients whose first language is not English
   
• First-generation and immigrant families
   
• Children navigating cultural identity or bicultural stress
   
• Individuals experiencing discrimination, acculturation challenges, or grief related to relocation
   

Your voice matters — in your language.
Our clinicians ensure you can share openly, authentically, and without barriers.

Developmentally appropriate care for kids, teens, and families.

Children and teens benefit most from therapy approaches tailored to their age, emotional development, and learning style.

Our Child & Adolescent Wellness Program is led by clinicians trained in:

• Play Therapy techniques
   
• Art Therapy and expressive modalities
   
• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) for children and teens
   
• Behavioral strategies for school and emotional challenges
   
• Parent coaching and family systems support
   

We help children and teens with:

• Anxiety, fears, and excessive worry
   
• Emotional regulation and “big emotions”
   
• School refusal, academic stress, and peer conflict
   
• Trauma, bullying, or major life transitions
   
• Depression, isolation, and self-esteem concerns
   
• Cultural identity stress and family conflict
   

We aim to create a safe, engaging, and supportive environment where young people feel understood — while partnering with caregivers every step of the way.

At New Insights Behavioral Health Services, clients receive more than general therapy.
They receive care from clinicians who are:

✔ Trained in specialized, evidence-based treatment models
✔ Skilled in trauma recovery and child development
✔ Experienced in multicultural and multilingual care
✔ Knowledgeable about immigrant, first-generation, and first-responder stressors
✔ Dedicated to compassionate, personalized, culturally attuned treatment

Our approach meets clients where they are — emotionally, culturally, and linguistically — and supports them through every stage of healing and growth.

Whether you are seeking trauma care, support for your child, or therapy in your preferred language, our team is here to help.

Contact us today to learn more about our specialty programs or schedule an appointment.
We look forward to supporting you and your family.