About Me

My name is Anabelle Doulas, and I use she/her pronouns. 

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) in the State of Illinois.

Clinical Background

In my direct service work, I strive to provide person- and family-centered clinical services that integrate a trauma-informed and culturally-responsive approach. I have been trained in numerous evidence-based and best practice clinical techniques, so that I am able to walk alongside clients and families and provide them what they need most at that point in time. 

I work with individuals (children, adolescents, young adults, and adults) and their families as part of their therapeutic journeys, providing mental health assessment and diagnostics, crisis intervention, individual therapy, family therapy, group therapy, and case management. Throughout the past 13+ years, I have worked in a variety of different settings, often in higher levels of care and settings in which individuals have not had a choice in their treatment providers (such as community mental health, residential treatment center with the child welfare system, residential treatment center within the juvenile justice system, and inpatient psychiatry). 

I am passionate about Social Work in both a clinical and macro-sense. I have worked alongside individuals of varying populations (such as trauma survivors, adjudicated youth, Youth in Care, individuals experiencing psychosis for the first time, individuals struggling with their substance use).

I feel comfortable and confident with the spectrum of presentations and diagnoses (e.g., no former diagnoses, depression, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, bipolar disorder, psychosis, post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, substance use disorders, intellectual and developmental disorders). I work to validate and affirm all identities. 

Supervisory Work 

I have extensive experience supervising clinicians (LPCs, MSWs, LSWs, and LCSWs, LCPCs) and clinical interns (Social Work and Counseling). Since 2015, I have supervised clinicians who work in a variety of settings (ranging from residential facilities to schools to outpatient settings) and with a variety of individuals (throughout the lifespan, with varying levels of acuity and diagnoses). I have worked directly with individuals seeking supervision, as well as organizations and practices seeking supervision for their employees and interns.

On top of genuinely enjoying working alongside my clients, I am passionate about training developing clinicians and supporting established clinicians. I thoroughly enjoy working alongside supervisees to:

     ‣Develop clinical skills

     ‣Build confidence

     ‣Explore countertransference/transference

     ‣Emphasize and develop self-care plans

     ‣Discuss themes of boundaries and ethics

     ‣Identify their future career goals

I do not impose my clinical techniques onto supervisees, primarily working with clinicians to explore, process, and bolster the modalities that feel authentic to them. In my feedback and guidance, I can interweave these techniques as well.