Therapist in Lake In The Hills, Illinois Melissa Downey, Therapist
Gender Identity: Female (She/Her)
Ages Served: 18-75+
Appointments: In-office and Online
Manages Medications: No, provides therapy only
Accepts Insurance: Yes - View accepted plans
Melissa Downey, M.Ed, LPC
Specializes In:
Melissa Downey is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Illinois who has been practicing since 2022. She has an M.S. Ed in Counseling. Melissa believes in taking a holistic, person-centered approach, focused on each person’s strengths as a way to personalize their experience. She strives to work together with clients on achieving those goals through realistic goalsetting, drawing from strengths each person already has within them, combined with new skills learned in session together. Melissa truly believes that everyone has within them the ability, potential, and drive to achieve their goals. In her spare time, Melissa enjoys softball, volunteering with Veteran’s organizations, and reading.
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Couples Therapy: Ages 18-75+
- Individual Therapy: Ages 18-75+
Areas of Focus
Couples Therapy
Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.
- First responder stress
- Military & veteran
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Social skills & communication
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Attention & focus
- Autism: generally independent
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Chronic pain-related issues
- Conditions caused by stress
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Eating issues: binging
- Emotional abuse
- Empty nesters
- End-of-life challenges
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gambling
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Hoarding
- Intellectual challenges: generally independent
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Men's health/issues
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other addictive behaviors
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- Phobias
- PMS & PMDD
- Pornography/sexual behaviors
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- Retirement
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sexual trauma
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Sports performance
- Stress from ongoing health issues
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
- Unhealthy eating habits
- Video game/internet
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Emotional abuse
- First responder stress
- Military & veteran
- Sexual trauma
- Trauma & PTSD
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Attention & focus
- Autism: generally independent
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Chronic pain-related issues
- Conditions caused by stress
- Depression/feeling down
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Eating issues: binging
- Empty nesters
- End-of-life challenges
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gambling
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Hoarding
- Intellectual challenges: generally independent
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Men's health/issues
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other addictive behaviors
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- Phobias
- PMS & PMDD
- Pornography/sexual behaviors
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- Retirement
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Social skills & communication
- Sports performance
- Stress from ongoing health issues
- Stress management
- Unhealthy eating habits
- Video game/internet
Insurances Accepted
Languages
- English
Education
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Northern Illinois University
Get Directions
224-348-7375
877-428-7891
FAQs
Please use our online form to schedule an appointment with Melissa Downey. You can also call 224-348-7375 to have someone assist you.
Melissa Downey generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist.
Please call 224-348-7375 to find out Melissa Downey's schedule and availability.
LifeStance Health providers accept most commercial insurance plans that are offered in the states where we offer services, including telehealth. Please see the following list of insurances accepted by Melissa Downey:
If you don't see your insurance listed, please contact us at 224-348-7375 to see how we can help.
Melissa Downey is a Therapist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
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Yes, Melissa Downey does offer online telehealth visits.
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