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Tania Velazquez, LCSW

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About Tania Velazquez, LCSW

Tania Velazquez is a psychotherapist who leads with warmth, curiosity, and a deep respect for the stories people carry. Her approach is collaborative and culturally responsive — she’s committed to building a space where clients feel truly seen, heard, and free to explore their experiences without judgment. As a Latina/x clinician, Tania knows firsthand how much it matters to have a space where cultural identity, family dynamics, values, and lived experience can be explored openly, and with care.

Tania works with adults navigating anxiety, depression, stress, trauma, life transitions, identity, relationships, and questions of belonging. She understands the pull many clients feel — caught between expectations from family, culture, work, and society, while still trying to figure out what they actually want for themselves. Her approach is whole-person and systemic: she looks at how relationships, culture, identity, and broader social experience all shape mental health and well-being, rather than treating symptoms in isolation.

Drawing on CBT, DBT, motivational interviewing, mindfulness, and trauma-informed care, Tania partners with clients to notice patterns, build self-awareness, and develop coping tools that actually fit their life — not a one-size-fits-all script. She believes every client is the expert on their own life, and that real change happens through collaboration, not prescription.

In space with Tania, expect warmth, authenticity, curiosity, and zero judgment. Whether you’re feeling stuck, overwhelmed, disconnected from yourself, or simply ready to understand yourself and your relationships more clearly, Tania offers a space to slow down, process what you’re carrying, and move forward in a way that feels true to you.

Tania Velazquez, LCSW

Techniques/Modalities

  • Attachment Informed Therapy
  • Behavioral Activation
  • Client-Centered
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • DBT Informed Therapy (DBT)
  • Harm Reduction
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Person Centered Therapy
  • Psychodynamic
  • Somatic Informed Therapy
  • Strengths Based
  • Trauma-Informed

Specialties

  • Anxiety
  • College Students
  • Cultural Identity
  • Depression
  • First Generation
  • Identity
  • Identity Issues
  • Inner Child Healing
  • Life Transitions
  • Perfectionism
  • Racial Trauma
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Stress Management
  • Systemic Injustices & Oppression
  • Trauma and PTSD

Office Details

  • ADA Accessible
  • Consulta gratis
  • Free Consultation
  • Online Services
  • Terapia en línea

States Licensed In

Illinois

Fees

125

Insurance

Aetna
Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO
Magellan
Medicaid
UnitedHealthcare
  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO
  • Magellan
  • Medicaid
  • UnitedHealthcare

Practice Details

Therapist Languages

Hablo Español

Services For

Individuals

Client Age

Adolescents / Teenagers (14 to 19)
Young Adults (18-25)
Adults
Elders (65+)

Migration Background

1.5 Generation Therapist

Location

Chicago, Illinois, United States

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