Ana Javier Etapa

Ana Javier Etapa is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor located in Chicago, IL. Ana is passionate about teaching individuals and couples skills that they can use to destress, deescalate, and decompress. Many of her clients have anxiety or depression, which might look like excessive worry, painful feelings of shame, burnout, trauma, or grief issues. They might also find it challenging to communicate with those around them, whether that’s their colleagues at work, their romantic partners, or their family members.

Ana takes a holistic approach to healing, which incorporates growth in the mind, body, and spirit. She is a somatic therapist who helps clients identify where their stress lies in their bodies, working through that stress to find relief. She also uses clinical hypnotherapy to help clients achieve a greater understanding of what’s happening internally for them, and to support them as they endeavor to make healthy changes in their lives. With couples, she provides techniques from The Gottman Method, a popular couples therapy modality that emphasizes emotional bonding between the partners. She guides couples through the obstacles that they face in  feeling secure and loved, so that they can find better ways of speaking with one another and empathizing with one another. She also offers psychedelic integration therapy for her clients that want to explore their inner worlds.

Ana has nearly 20 years of experience helping clients with their mental health. As a kind, caring therapist, she enjoys empowering clients to take control of their mental health by practicing effective coping skills. Her goal is to decrease clients’ feelings of stress, shame, and worry so they can focus on healthy connection with themselves and others.