Child, Adolescent and Young Adult
K2 Counseling Center
Tel. 224.537.8253
2093 Rand Road, Des Plaines, IL 60016.
You Don’t Have to Do It Alone
Navigating your child’s mental health can feel like a lot to carry on your own. We’re here to lighten the load. At K2 Counseling Center, we make getting care easier with flexible in-person, telehealth, and hybrid options designed to fit seamlessly into your family’s routine. From anxiety and ADHD to school pressures, life transitions, and self-esteem challenges, our goal is to meet your child where they are at.
Finding the right support for your adolescent shouldn’t feel overwhelming. We believe that supporting the adolescent means fostering and creating a partnership. With a dedicated team working collaboratively behind the scenes, we ensure connected care. Collaboratively facing and working through the problems your child is navigating, we provide a warm, judgment-free space to help them grow.
Our Mission
Our mission is to transform adolescent mental health by offering access to evidence-based practices. Our comprehensive programs give adolescents the support, practical skills, and compassionate expertise they need to build lasting well-being. This collaborative approach allows us to give adolescents deeper access to skills and consistent support they need to thrive. We are proud to offer high-quality care that grows with and adapts alongside your child.
Our trained therapists and administration approach mental health with a trauma informed lens.
The modalities we use include:
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Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
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Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (RO-DBT)
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Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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Emotionally Focused Family Therapy (EFFT)
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Why We Do It
We know that younger individuals need the right guidance and support to truly heal and build a life worth living. Every teen deserves the guidance and support they need not just to get by, but to truly recover and build a life they love. Our goal is to help adolescents gain self-awareness, discover self-acceptance, and learn how to respond thoughtfully to life’s demands with resilience; empowering them to reintegrate into their daily lives with a profoundly different mindset.
We provide adolescents with the practical tools they need to live life on their own terms and embrace who they are, rooted in their personal values. To achieve this, we provide realistic, actionable support that helps reduce overwhelm, builds and strengthens coping skills during tough times, and foster a growth mindset for the journey ahead, encouraging lasting growth for a successful return to everyday life.