I am licensed in Illinois with 20 years of professional work experience. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, trauma and abuse, & motivation, self esteem, and confidence. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. It takes courage to seek out a more fulfilling and happier life and to take the first steps towards a change. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
Additional areas of focus: Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, ADHD, First responder issues, Hoarding, Infidelity, Jealousy, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Multicultural concerns, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Young adult issues
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
IL LCPC 180.008675
These quotes represent just a few of the many positive reviews that we have received for Brian Stella. We don't pay anyone to provide their review and they are all made voluntarily. Some people's experience receiving therapy with BetterHelp might be different.
It's been almost 8 months and during that time Brian has helped me with my mental health and all these worksheets he's given me to think about how to understand what I was going through really helped me out. I will forever to grateful for hard work he has done and the listening he did and basically just let me talk my pain away. Now my mental health is in check or 100% healthy again and now it's more of a Maintenance to keep it that way. It was a long journey to recovery, but we made it there and now I can comfortably say I'm glad I took the initial step towards therapy and sticked to it.
Written on Dec 11, 2024 after therapy with Brian for 7 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Brian was truly the best therapist I have ever had! Definitely recommend!
Written on Nov 05, 2024 after therapy with Brian for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Brian is a great listener, and very knowledgeable about anything your dealing with.
Written on Aug 22, 2024 after therapy with Brian for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, anger management, and adhd
He was amazing.
Written on Jul 11, 2024 after therapy with Brian for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, self esteem, anger management, and adhd
So far on our journey together, Brian has taught and showed me ways to get through many situations that come up in life, and i would highly recommend him to everyone
Written on May 26, 2024 after therapy with Brian for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, anger management, and adhd
Brian Stella has been personable, prompt, and progress focused ever since my first session. He maintains a professional yet approachable and relatable demeanor. His availabilities are often and work with my schedule. He casually expresses his expertise and his background experience without seeming too authoritative or pushy about it. Anyone seeking a solid experience through BetterHelp would not be disappointed if they tried a few sessions with him. I intend to continue being a client for the foreseeable future and betterhelp is lucky to have his services
Written on Mar 12, 2024 after therapy with Brian for 5 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, and adhd