OUR FOUNDER

Justin Tobin – LCSW

Founder

Justin received his clinical education from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and brings over twenty years of experience working with children, adults, and couples. His therapeutic approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (challenging negative and unhelpful thoughts), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (accepting emotions without judgment) and Solution-Focused Therapy (practical steps in reaching goals).

Justin specializes in working with high-achieving individuals—often men—who are navigating life transitions that create feelings of anxiety, overwhelm or uncertainty. This could be triggered by a job change, a change in a relationship, or a difficult personal decision that feels hard to navigate.

Justin’s warmth and sincerity is blended with being direct and challenging. He takes an active and engaged role in each therapy session. His style is to push his clients to find their core motivation for change, to confront fears and create actionable steps to be worked on outside of each session. It doesn’t matter the goal; each client is held accountable for their part in making progress.

His clinical expertise includes treating depression, anxiety and stress – each of which can contribute to physical pain, impaired sleep, intimacy issues, substance use, anger outbursts and/or lower self-confidence.

Justin also works with couples and families. He consistently offers his therapeutic impressions and pushes clients to realize – and then have them vocalize – their underlying message to their partner. He facilitates these conversations by asking direct and challenging questions which is solely aimed at helping partners improve communication, rebuild trust, and deepen emotional connection with one another.

Justin is available to work with couples, families and adult clients.

You can email Justin at jtobin@tobincounselingchicago.com