Lita Perna
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Office
- Contact:
- 312-576-5981
Treatment Offered
- Therapy Orientation:
- Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Coaching, Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Age Focus:
- Adults
- Specialities:
- Life Coaching, Addiction or Substance Abuse, Mood Disorders, Domestic Abuse or Domestic Violence, Women, Loss or Grief, Eating Disorders, Depression, Finding Your Purpose in Life
- Treatment Modality:
- Individuals
- Ethnicity:
- Any Ethnicity
- Sexual Orientation:
- Any Orientation
- Life Is Worth Living Because...
- “You can always change your mind and focus on what you love and what gives your live meaning and happiness.”
- About My Work
- “I have been working in the field of addiction and mental health since 1987. I was first certified as a substance abuse counselor in 1995. I have spent twenty five years helping people with chronic illness, addictions and mental health issues as a rehabilitation professional, addiction specialist, family therapist and clinical mental health counselor in outpatient clinics and inpatient residential facilities across the U.S. I specialize in helping people overcome dysfunctional repetitive behaviors. I also in treat chronic emotional overeating and those whose diets have failed. Whether you have concerns about love addiction, codependence, compulsions, dependencies, cravings or addictions, I can help.”
- My Story
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“I have devoted my career and my life to helping others. My family has been touched by addiction, mental illness nd suicide. My life fell apart when my parents divorced when I was 11 years old., I raised myself from that time while coping with my mentally ill mother. When I was still a young adult and I was overweight, I learned that I could change my behavior and my life by what I thought.
For a time I was a high school drop out. When I changed my mind about who I was and who wanted to be, I finished school and worked my way through college and graduate school.”
Qualification
| Years in Practice: | 20+ Years |
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| Graduated from: | Northeastern Illinois University |
| Year Graduated: | 1987 |
| Licensed?: | Yes |
| License issued in: | Illinois |
| License Nr.: | LCPC 180.006720 |
| License Expiry: | Feb 2013 |
Cost & Payment Modalities
| Avg Cost (session): | $80 - $119 |
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| Accepts Insurance: | Yes |
| Insurances accepted: | Magellan Behavioral Health, BlueCross and/or BlueShield, MHN/Managed Health Network, TRICARE, Aetna, Other, Cigna, ValueOptions, Health Net, Behavioral Health Systems, Multiplan |
| Online Payments accepted: | Yes |
Please verify costs and payment modalities before you arrange your first visit
Lita Perna's Most Recent Activity on Choose Help
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Q & A Reply: Facebook Share on Twitter 10:58 - May 22, 2012 Treatment for "Out of Control" Son Threatening Suicide: DANGER!
If my son has no insurance and i am a single mom of three kids and have no way of getting him help... he has threatened to kill himself over and over, has rages, does drugs... he was taken to a hospital this past week, placed into an outpatient ...
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Q & A Reply: Facebook Share on Twitter 08:30 - May 16, 2012 He's Ruining His Life
My son used suboxone for heroin addiction. Now it's his drug of choice and is ruining his life and health... what is the treatment he needs to get off of it?
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Q & A Reply: Facebook Share on Twitter 08:37 - May 15, 2012 This Ain't Gonnna Be Easy
If someone is just released from jail and needs a free rehab facility or program in Maine, what do they do?
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Q & A Reply: Facebook Share on Twitter 03:22 - May 14, 2012 Vicodin Addiction & Drug Testing
I am in a bad situation. I have got a job offer to move to a much better paying job. It is the job I have been working toward for 7 years and everyone knows I have to take it. The problem is I have developed a bit of a vicodin addiction over the ...
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Q & A Reply: Facebook Share on Twitter 11:47 - May 11, 2012 The System Sucks
My brother is addicted to heroin and crack. Sometimes he goes on methadone almost just for a break from needing to take heroin but he never stops taking crack. I think the whole system stinks. How is it helping him to give him methadone if he is ...
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Q & A Reply: Facebook Share on Twitter 06:30 - May 07, 2012 Ambien: Evil Drug and Living in HELL
I am addicted to Ambien. I started taking it a year and a half ago and now I am up to 20mgs a day (more than I am prescribed I have to buy extra from my weed dealer). I curse the fact that my doctor ever gave me this evil med. It worked for a while ...
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Q & A Reply: Facebook Share on Twitter 09:04 - Apr 30, 2012 Learn About Ibogaine
Do you think ibogaine is a good option for a heroin addict? My brother has tried detox and he has tried methadone and he always goes back to heroin after not very long. I feel that he is treating the symptoms of his problems and not his problems ...
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Q & A Reply: Facebook Share on Twitter 10:53 - Apr 30, 2012 Smoking Addiction: Choosing Cigarettes Over Breathing
My dad needs to go on oxygen after smoking for 40 years. He says that he can’t stop and since you can’t obviously smoke while on oxygen he has more or less decided he’s not going to comply with his doctor’s recommendations. This is insane, that ...
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Q & A Reply: Facebook Share on Twitter 10:51 - Apr 25, 2012 Classic Example of Denial
Is it weird to be an addict without any particular reason for it? I had a pleasant childhood, was never abused in any way, came from a loving family home and still have excellent relations with my family members and had every advantage in life – and ...
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Q & A Reply: Facebook Share on Twitter 11:25 - Apr 18, 2012 Get Back after Using Crack
My brother has been using crack for about 5 or 6 years. He is barely recognizable as the same personality that he used to be. It seems like the crack has destroyed his brain. If he stops using will he go back to being the person he used to be or is ...
