Christy Reh

Psy.D.

Currently Providing Services via Telehealth Only

    • Young Adults

    • Adults

    • College Students

    • Trauma

    • Anxiety

    • Depression

    • Relationships

    • Body Image

    • Stress

    • Attachment

    • Adler University 
      Doctor of Psychology (Psy.D.) in Clinical Psychology, 2014
      M.A. in Counseling Psychology, 2007

    • DePaul University
      B.A. Psychology, Minor in Women & Gender Studies

We may be a good fit if you’re…

  • Entering college or adulthood and trying to figure out who you are

  • Experiencing difficulty in your relationships, perhaps feeling like the “black sheep”

  • Feeling a lack of control over your emotions 

  • Noticing regular conflict in your relationships

  • Wanting to understand what’s at the root of your challenges

  • Struggling to move on from a painful past experience, despite having tried

  • Looking to gain both new insight and practical skills in therapy

Our work together is a collaborative exploration, comprehension, and ultimately transformation of your subjective world.

Sometimes our experiences make it difficult for us to understand our internal world. In the past, you may have even been told your feelings were wrong or invalid. In our work together, we’ll focus on developing a deep understanding of and appreciation of yourself—so you can make sense of your experiences to  function effectively both internally and in your relationships. My goal in therapy is a collaborative exploration, understanding and transforming your inner world.

As we begin this work, I’ll equip you with tangible skills to cope better with the emotions that you may not yet understand.

Empathy is essential to help you feel understood and validated in your experiences. I’ll take the time to understand things from your perspective, paying attention to your perceptions, emotions, thoughts, and responses. We will explore your internal experiences together, and with my observations, this technique ultimately helps you learn to label and cope with your emotions. As you gain a deeper understanding of yourself and your emotional experiences, I aim to help you build insight about how your early relationships impacted your view of yourself and how you behave in relationships. This insight can help you to expand your options for responding to yourself and others in a more grounded and beneficial way.

Our relationship as therapist and client is equally important to my approach. I view the natural course of our relationship as an opportunity to experience healthier ways to be in a relationship with someone in a safe, supportive environment. In addition to an emphasis on the content of what we are discussing and working on in session, I maintain a focus on the overall process, utilizing our relationship to identify and confront triggers from past experiences. This kind of therapy promotes a strong sense of self, new ways to organize your experiences, an ability to tolerate and manage your emotions, and integration.

Together, we'll work on helping you understand yourself, regulate your feelings and reactions when triggered, and build confidence to face whatever comes—or is currently—in your way.