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Coaching @ Starks

"Coaching vs Therapy - which is right for me?"

 

Coach Pat & Autumn discuss some differences

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Starks Therapy Group is proud to now offer coaching as one more way we can serve clients. What's the difference between coaching and therapy services?

 

Coaching is a forward‑focused approach that helps individuals gain clarity about where they are, define where they want to go, and take meaningful, achievable steps toward their goals. While therapy often focuses on healing through understanding and processing past experiences, coaching centers on the present and future—supporting action, growth, and momentum. Thoughtful coaching offers practical tools, supportive accountability, and genuine encouragement, while helping clients build a resilient mindset that allows them to navigate setbacks with greater confidence. Coaching can be especially helpful for individuals who have insight and self‑awareness but want support with follow‑through, consistency, and turning intention into lasting change.

Want to explore if this might be right for you? Reach out.

Find Your Fit
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Patrick Donohue
ICF-PCC

  • Professional Certified Coach (ICF-PCC)

  • Certified in the Highlands Ability Battery, a powerful assessment that identifies your natural strengths—what comes easier, faster, more naturally—and helps you work with those strengths instead of against them

  • Find the right career path

  • Build sustainable habits

  • Improve relationships

  • Help your child succeed in school

  • Refine your LinkedIn profile

  • Set relationship goals

  • Create new systems for everyday life

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Autumn Starks
LCSW

  • IFS Approved Clinical Consultant

  • Supervision for aspiring LCSWs

  • Supervising Master level interns

  • Certified Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapist providing integration coaching with harm reduction in mind

  • Specialized coaching and consultation for therapists building their private practice

  • Ketamine practice and therapy consultation

  • Identity focused coaching (queer, AuDHD, ex-religious)

[BIO]

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Mandy Ross
LCSW, ADHD-CCSP, SSW

  • Support for parents or partners of someone with ADHD

  • Helping families navigate school systems, including consultations for: IEPs and 504s, MDR/MDC, FBA, BIP

Programming for Social Workers

  • Supervision for aspiring LCSWs

  • Supervising Master level interns for Social Work

  • Continuing education workshops

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Have Questions?

Our therapists accept a variety of insurances, including BCBS PPO, Aetna, CIGNA/Evernorth, United Healthcare. Contact us for more information on rates.

Starks Therapy Group

1040 North Blvd #225, Oak Park, IL 60301

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