Yes. We are in network with BCBS of Illinois and able to help to submit your out of network benefits on your behalf. For more, see fee page.

We do! We have couples therapists with a few different styles. Learn more about how we do couples work here.

Fill out this form and our office manager will get back to you within 24 hours to check insurance benefits and connect you with the right therapist from our team.

It depends on your goals. A typical therapy is one time per week for about 50-55 minutes. This pace allows us to work on the goals we come in with while keeping a pulse on the struggles of our everyday life. However, we want to work with each client on the pace that will work for them. People have ranged from twice a week to once a month to booster sessions, coming in as needed. This will be a conversation your therapist has with you at the beginning of your meeting.

This concern comes up a lot for people, if I talk about myself for an hour every week will I just become self-obsessed? Instead, research tells us it’s the opposite. Taking deeper looks within ourselves allows us to connect deeper with others. Our traumas, stressors, and anxieties are things that get in the way of our relationships. Working through these things allows us to live our lives more fully and more connected to those around us.

We ask our clients to fill out all the paperwork online before your first session. Your therapist will send you a link to our client portal which will allow us to get started right away when you come in. We will form a plan to talk about the reasons you want to come in. Then we will do an intake, ask questions around your goals and a plan for our therapeutic work together.

At Cultivate, we stress the importance of a good fit with your therapist. Good fit means that you feel comfortable to be yourself in sessions. We want everyone to feel free to be honest about what is going on within them. We realize it’s impossible for us to be a good fit for everyone, so we welcome the conversation. It’s more important for us to have you find a space where you feel safe to explore and grow.

This is such a sad reality. Often, therapists can be a bad fit, or just bad at their jobs! We encourage you to be honest about those experiences, and to give us a try. It’s amazing the change that can happen when you are in sessions with a therapist that you really trust.

We encourage clients to come and discuss whatever is on their mind, it’s the therapist’s job to ask and direct the conversation to move around your goals. If you are stumped on what to talk about, we are happy to ask questions and move the focus of the session to things that we think are important to the struggles you came in with.