Gavin Giles, Pre-Licensed Professional
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
Welcome
My name is Gavin Giles, M.A. (he/him), and I am a therapist at Luminary Solutions with a Master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from DePaul University.
Therapy has been a part of my life for nearly 15 years. At the least, it cost me an hour of my time. At its best, it flipped a switch I thought was broken.
No matter where you are or what you're carrying, healing is within reach and so is a life that feels more like your own. That belief guides our work.
I bring authenticity and curiosity to the work with a willingness to grow alongside you. Healing isn't about being fixed. It's about meeting your most undesired parts with compassion, finding balance, owning your story, and getting to choose what comes next. My goal is for you to leave our work together feeling more yourself than when we started.
I primarily work with adults navigating anxiety, neurodivergence, grief, trauma, complex family dynamics, and men's issues. My approach is integrative, using Gestalt and psychodynamic foundations with an Internal Family Systems parts-work informed framework. I offer sessions in-person and virtually.
If you've been feeling stuck, lost, or exhausted in going through the motions, let's talk.
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Most people who find their way here aren't in crisis. They're caught in patterns that aren't working anymore, are worn out by the same thoughts on repeat, or have felt stuck long enough that it's started to feel permanent. Maybe the people and things that used to matter have started to feel out of reach. You don't have to navigate this alone.
I'm drawn to working with those navigating life between cultures. As a first generation American with a Polish mother, that work feels personal to me. I'm also drawn to working with creatives, though I believe healing itself is a creative process, and one we all already have the tools for.
Some people who find their way here have spent years playing a role, in their family, in their own head, or both, and somewhere along the way lost track of who they are outside of it.
This is a space where all of that gets to be seen and heard. And where, over time, you get to move from reacting to your life to actually choosing how you live it.
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My approach is integrative, collaborative, and tailored to what you bring to the room. I work to create a space that is exploratory where we can go where the work takes us. IFS parts work is at the core of much of what I do, but I take care to keep the work grounded and accessible because therapy shouldn't feel abstract or out of reach.
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Gavin is In-Network with Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, Blue Choice Option and Aetna, Cigna, HRA, HSA, Sliding Scale, and Cash. Request a consultation either through submitting the Connect with Us form or contact us directly at (847) 920-8811
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