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Services

Specialties offered at Affirm Behavioral Health

Compassionate, evidence-based mental health services tailored to your unique needs. Every service below is available in person in Downers Grove and by secure telehealth anywhere in Illinois.

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Why choose our services?

Clients choose Affirm Behavioral Health, PLLC because Christine brings a rare combination of clinical expertise, trauma-informed care, and medical insight that most therapists don’t offer. As a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor (CADC), she provides dual-specialty care for mental health and substance use challenges.

In addition to her CADC and trauma-informed expertise, she has experience in oncology social work and a medical background in ophthalmology, giving her unique insight into the emotional, psychological, and practical challenges that arise alongside medical diagnoses. Clients benefit from a holistic, integrated therapy model that addresses mental health, substance use, trauma, and medical stress together.

Mental Health

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Anxiety

Practical, research-backed tools for chronic worry, panic, and health-related anxiety.

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Depression

Support and structure for low mood, lost motivation, and the heaviness that won’t lift.

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Trauma & PTSD

Trauma-focused treatment for PTSD, medical trauma, and the aftermath of events that changed everything.

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Trauma-Informed Care

A framework for every session: safety first, your pace, your choices, your story honored.

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Mood Disorders

Skills and structure for bipolar disorder, persistent depression, and moods that swing beyond circumstance.

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Stress & Burnout

For professionals, healthcare workers, and caregivers who have been running on empty too long.

Substance Use & Recovery

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Substance Use & Recovery

Co-Occurring Disorders

One clinician, one plan: mental health and substance use treated together, not in isolation.

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Substance Use & Recovery

Addiction & Substance Use

CADC-credentialed counseling for alcohol and drug use, early recovery, and relapse prevention.

Health, Grief & Life Changes

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Health, Grief & Life Changes

Grief & Loss

Bereavement, anticipatory grief, and ambiguous loss, with oncology-informed support.

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Health, Grief & Life Changes

Life Transitions

Steady support through the changes that reshape life: wanted, unwanted, and everything between.

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Health, Grief & Life Changes

Women’s Wellness

Support for the pressures, transitions, and losses women carry, often silently.

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Health, Grief & Life Changes

Chronic Illness

For the emotional weight of living in a body that no longer follows the plan.

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Health, Grief & Life Changes

Cancer & Oncology Support

Specialized support through diagnosis, treatment, survivorship, and caregiving.

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Health, Grief & Life Changes

Caregiver Support

A place where the caregiver is the one being cared for.

Relationships

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Relationship & Couples

Communication, trust, and connection for couples and families under strain.

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Divorce Recovery

Grieve the marriage, release the resentment, and build the next chapter on purpose.

How We Work

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Individual Therapy

Personalized one-on-one counseling for anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and transitions.

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Online Therapy / Telehealth

HIPAA-secure video sessions for clients anywhere in Illinois.

Conditions we treat

A full range of concerns, in one practice.

Why clients choose Affirm Behavioral Health

Dual-specialty care for mental health and substance use, with medical insight most therapists don’t offer.

Christine Stryjewski is both a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor, with advanced oncology social work training and years of experience in medical care. That means anxiety, depression, trauma, substance use, and medical stress can be treated together in one coordinated plan.

Begin today

Let’s start working together.

Reaching out can feel difficult, but you don’t have to navigate this alone. Request a free 15-minute consultation or call the office today.

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