Brittany Baker

Brittany is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over 10 years of experience working with high-functioning teens, professional adults, couples, and their families. Many of Brittany’s clients seek her services to better manage stress and worry, heal trauma, make changes to find more happiness and improve relationships. Other concerns commonly addressed in sessions include anxiety disorders, depression, career coaching, ADHD, identity, parenthood, perfectionism, poor personal boundaries, and substance abuse.

Brittany’s style is professional but relatable, warm, and dynamic. She is dedicated to creating an open and collaborative relationship with her clients. Brittany focuses on the concerns you want to address while identifying and examining your life's broader themes and context. This approach supports clients in building authenticity, balance, and concrete skills to utilize outside therapy to manage life in a new and more positive way.

As an eclectic therapist, Brittany draws from different therapeutic approaches to create individualized experiences for each client. Brittany has received advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectal Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Emotion Focus Therapy, Attachment Therapy, Gottman Method, Solution Focused Therapy, Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions (SPACE), Emotion Focus Therapy, and Strength Based Therapy.

Brittany received her Master of Social Work from the University of Southern California with a concentration in mental health. She received training through her prior tenure at highly respected clinical institutions, including the University of Texas Psychiatry Department, Texas Children’s Hospital, and Memorial Hermann Behavioral Health Services in Houston, TX. Outside of private practice, Brittany loves being active, exploring, and spending time with her family.

Brittany offers psychotherapy in-person in Downtown Lake Forest, IL, and by Telehealth in Illinois, Texas, Arkansas, and Kansas.