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Founded by Laurie Kahn (she/her), MFA, LCPC in 1978, Womencare Counseling & Training Center is committed to cultivating, encouraging and sustaining healthy relationships with self, others, family and community. Our skilled therapists offer individual, relationship and family counseling aimed at restoring life’s meaning and the capacity to form healthy relationships. Collaboration, mutuality and careful pacing are key to our relational approach. Whether you are a trauma survivor, or coming in for support around other life challenges, we understand that the decision to enter therapy is an important one. To inquire about our fees and services, or to schedule an initial appointment, please contact our intake counselor: scheduling@womencarecounseling.com.
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Please check out this event at the Evanston Public Library with our very own Priya Kapoor!
Saturday, November 14, from 4:30 to 5:45 in room 107!
Jill Vanneman, author of The Perfection Campaign, was born and raised in Evanston. She was the ambivalent beneficiary of overachieving, very capable, civic-minded parents who wanted to have children who were above average and who would go on to do great things.
Find out what happens when one feels stifled by the very success of these overachieving parents and of the community that raised her. Learn how shame can devastate a person’s life when one is so defined by expectations, and how Jill found her way to her own authentic self.
Jill will be in conversation with Evanston therapist Priya Kapoor. Jill and Priya will discuss the ways that high expectations and lack of acceptance can lead to shame; how struggling to accept oneself can contribute to depression and disconnection; and how to move from shame to a place of authenticity and self-worth.
Jill Vanneman, who grew up in Evanston and is the daughter of former Evanston Mayor Edgar Vanneman Jr, is a former prosecutor and police legal adviser, as well as a legal adviser for a major city’s planning and development department. She holds a B.A. in American Studies from Whitman College, a Master’s in Journalism from Northwestern University, and a J.D. from the University of Puget Sound. Her short fiction has been featured in True Stories (Volumes IV, V, and VI) and Oaxaca: A Wayfaring Writers’ Anthology. Her nonfiction work has appeared in publications such as the Citizen Patriot, Miles City Tribune, Livingston Enterprise, and Focus Midwest. She currently resides in the Seattle area with her aging tuxedo cat, Pablo, and her rescue dog, Honey.
Priya Kapor is a therapist of 20 years who has worked with individuals aged 3 through adulthood, supporting them through family and relationship challenges, identify formation, and transitional life periods. She has spent her career helping people find and live their own values, while addressing the shame and trauma of many members of marginalized communities. ... See MoreSee Less
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Limited space left! This 6-week Mindfulness Group will teach the principles of DBT Mindfulness, with time to practice and discuss each of them. The focus will be on finding out how these skills can be most helpful to you, and how they can best fit into your day to day life. You will be using accessible, effective skills by the first week.
Priya Kapoor, LCSW has been a therapist for 20 years, and has taught DBT to groups and individuals for the past 8 years. She has practiced mindfulness for decades, and is especially skilled at demystifying Mindfulness and making it useful for average people in their daily lives.
Priya accepts several major insurance plans, and also offers a generous sliding scale. Interested clients can call her at 847-475-7003, extension 300, or email her at pkapoor@womencarecounseling.com. ... See MoreSee Less
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Limited space available! Please reach out to Beth Holzhauer at bholzhauer@womencarecounseling.com with any questions. ... See MoreSee Less
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Beth is an incredible mentor! Lucky therapists 🙂
What a treasure these people are to new therapists.