Professionally Licensed Therapy for Individuals and Couples
Individual & Couples Therapy
Licensed Therapy for Individuals and Couples
Bristlecone Therapy offers therapy services for individuals and couples of all backgrounds, beliefs, and social locations, and who range in age from adolescence to older adulthood.
All therapy at Bristlecone is provided by therapists who are licensed to practice in the state of Illinois.
Our Philosophy of Therapy
At Bristlecone Therapy we believe that healing is a journey that cannot be taken alone.
As such, we strive to create a therapeutic environment that is safe enough for you to know in your mind and heart and body that you are not alone in your pain.
When such a sense of safety is established, you can then risk encountering your self and your loved ones in new and different ways. More specifically you can feel the freedom to expand your boundaries, allowing you to:
‣ Acknowledge your wounds
‣ Identify your core messages
‣ Confront your limitations
‣ Grieve your losses
‣ Listen to your body
Ultimately, we hope that through your therapeutic experiences you come to be more fully your self by learning to:
‣ Own your stories
‣ Feel your feelings
‣ Inhabit your body
In turn, we believe that these freedoms will allow you to experience more closeness and connection with those you love.
At Bristlecone Therapy we believe that healing is a journey that cannot be taken alone.
As such, we strive to create a therapeutic environment that is safe enough for you to know in your mind and heart and body that you are not alone in your pain.
When such a sense of safety is established, you can then risk encountering your self and your loved ones in new and different ways. More specifically you can feel the freedom to expand your boundaries, allowing you to:
‣ Acknowledge your wounds
‣ Identify your core messages
‣ Confront your limitations
‣ Grieve your losses
‣ Listen to your body
Ultimately, we hope that through your therapeutic experiences you come to be more fully your self by learning to:
‣ Own your stories
‣ Feel your feelings
‣ Inhabit your body
In turn, we believe that these freedoms will allow you to experience more closeness and connection with those you love.
For interested parties, BCT also offers therapeutic services that explore clients' relationship with Jesus in light of their past pains and present circumstances.
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy can be a powerful space to experience your self in new and different ways. Bristlecone Therapy specializes in working with teens and adults who have stories of:
‣ Attachment injuries/trauma
‣ Complicated grief and loss
‣ Shame and self-blame
‣ Chronic pain and/or disconnection from their bodies
In addressing these matters, BCT employs the following approaches:
‣ Internal Family Systems (IFS)
‣ Narrative Therapy
‣ Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
Couples Therapy
Marriage and intimate relationships can bring out the best in us; they also have the power to break us down in insecurity, anger and longing. Bristlecone Therapy specializes in treating couples who have experienced:
‣ Codependency
‣ Sexual issues/addiction
‣ High levels of conflict
‣ Family-of-origin difficulties
In dealing with these issues, BCT makes use the following therapies:
‣ Symbolic-Experiential Therapy
‣ Contextual Family Therapy
‣ Bowen Family Systems Theory