License Clinical Professional Counselor providing counseling for individuals, families, and couples. Working with children as young as five. Private practice in Grayslake, Illinois taking a variety of insurances including BCBS, Aetna, and United Behavioral Health.

Devon has a MA in Community Counseling from Argosy University. She specializes in child and adolescent therapy, and has facilitated parenting groups. She provides individual, group, family, and couples counseling. Her expertise includes depression, anxiety, divorce, grief, school avoidance, life transitions, self injury, and relationship issues.. She believes in developing a warm, empathetic relationship with clients and working on positive goals to achieve growth while utilizing a strength-based, positive psychology, and cognitive behavior style.

As an Intern/Therapist at Barrington Youth and Family Services I performed individual, group, and family therapy. I worked with all ages ranging from four years of age to elderly. I was trained in working with a wide range of issues from working with depression and anxiety to Borderline Personality Disorder. I focused on techniques such as CBT and DBT.

Intern 35hrs/weekAdminister intakes and clinical assessments, Provide individual, group, and family counseling daily, Maintain progress notes and treatment plans for clients, Co-facilitate group therapy and prevention programs, Coordinate and create lesson plans for the group therapy and prevention programs, Assess the group therapy and prevention programs, Attend and participate in weekly group supervision, And attend weekly individual supervision.

10hrs/week 2009Provide individual, family, and couples counseling for clients, Administer clinical assessments, Complete case notes, Update personal statistics for the agency, Provide crisis work at Barrington High School as needed, Facilitate prevention programs, And connect with schools and other agencies in the area

Intern for the Teen Parents and Infant Development Services Program 35hrs/week 2006-2007 Co-facilitated teen parenting groups, Monitored young mothers twice a week and encouraged them to come to groups, Created and revised lesson plans, Educated mom's in parenting and life skills, Worked in a team with other staff members, And facilitated violence in dating prevention