Molly Maffeo

Supervisor and Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC, NCC

Molly Maffeo holds a master’s degree in clinical mental health counseling from Capella University. She is a member of the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals, as well as the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and the Gender Affirming Collaborative Coalition of Lurie Children's Hospital in Chicago.

Molly’s work experience includes roles as a peer counselor for teens and an in-patient therapist at a behavioral health hospital. Her therapeutic approach combines a nonjudgmental environment with a focus on empowerment, helping clients feel understood and motivated to continue on their journeys. She’s also the author of Body Love, a new book designed to help people improve their body image.

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Main Specializations

  • Eating disorders

  • LGBTQIA+ Transitioning

  • Anxiety and Depression

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Emotions, Change and Sense of Self

  • Anger management

  • Anxiety

  • Coping skills

  • Depression

  • Grief

  • Impulse control disorders

  • Life transitions

  • Mood disorders

  • Self esteem

  • Self-harming

Relationships and Family

  • Behavioral issues

  • Children

  • Children of parents with personality disorders

  • Divorce

  • Family conflict

  • Mixed orientation couples

  • Parenting

  • Peer relationships

  • Relationship issues

Gender and Sexuality

  • Bisexual

  • Lesbian

  • LGBTQIA+

  • Sexual abuse

  • Women's issues

TREATMENT APPROACHES

  • Art therapy

  • Cognitive behavioral (CBT)

  • Compassion focused

  • Culturally sensitive

  • Dialectical behavior (DBT)

  • Eclectic

  • Expressive arts

  • Family/marital

  • Family systems

  • Feminist

  • Integrative

  • Interpersonal

  • Motivational interviewing

  • Multicultural

  • Narrative

  • Parent-child interaction (PCIT)

  • Person-centered

  • Play therapy

  • Prolonged exposure therapy

  • Solution focused brief (SFBT)

  • Strength-based

  • Trauma focused