Bailey Seymour

If you are feeling stuck and are hoping for a change, I would like to move through that with you.

You may be navigating a major life transition, experiencing anxious thoughts, managing career stress, or noticing past traumas inhibiting your ability to show up the way you would like to each day.

For my clients with ADHD, we work with the way your mind naturally moves, building new patterns, increasing mindfulness, and letting go of shame.

I am passionate about working with artists and the perfectionism, performance anxiety, and stressors that can accompany choosing a creative life.

My path to counseling

A lifelong thread throughout my life has always been dance, as a community, a release, a creative practice, and a career. Within those spaces, I became increasingly curious about the mind-body connection, the nervous system, community building, and empathy. I earned a BFA in dance from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with a focus in dance/movement therapy and educational services. My continued mental health curiosities led me to Northwestern University, where I completed my Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I joined Obsidian Counseling & Wellness in 2021, and alongside my clinical work I remain an active part of the Chicago dance community as both an artist and educator.

I am passionate about helping people understand themselves, learning patterns, clarifying values, and developing autonomy and confidence.

How I work

My approach to counseling is holistic and nonjudgmental, focusing on the mind-body connection and building new patterns that are actually rooted in your values, rather than solely managing symptoms.

Your nervous system's main job is to keep you safe, and it has been trying to do that throughout your whole life. The patterns we develop, our feelings, reactions, and behaviors, are often the result of your nervous system doing its job. The way you think, react, avoid, or push through is not random. It often makes sense as an attempt to survive your unique set of life circumstances. As we move through life, some of those old protections stop serving us. That might look like anxiety, feeling stuck, restlessness, or just a sense that you keep ending up in the same place no matter how hard you try.

A big part of our work together is helping you understand your own nervous system, not in a clinical, textbook way, but in learning your own signals and feelings. When you can recognize what's happening in your body and why, you go from feeling controlled by your reactions to having real choices. This is where our work lives. Together we can practice new ways of thinking, feeling, and responding to build new patterns rooted in your values, and let those old protectors finally take a rest.

“I love helping people understand their own nervous system and build confidence in their ability to navigate life's ups and downs.”

Specialties:

I welcome all individuals who are feeling stuck, curious, and ready for a change. Throughout my career my passions lie in working with individuals experiencing one or more of the following. A common thread among these areas is the way that the symptoms lie not only in the mind, but also the body. This means that we often need interventions that are holistic and focused on changing how you feel rather than how you think.

• Trauma

• Life Transitions

• ADHD

• Artist Mental Health

• Anxiety & Self Esteem

Let's connect

Everyone's pathway in life is different and I am here to remind you that you are right on time. You are the only one who needs to live your life, so let's find a way to put you back in the driver's seat.

I enjoy being a therapist in Northbrook, Illinois

If you need counseling support in Northbrook, Illinois, or online I am here to help. I offer therapy all over the state including areas like Winnetka, Wilmette, Deerfield, Northbrook, Highland Park, Glencoe, Chicago, and Lincoln Park.

Email me with any questions: bailey@obsidiancounseling.com