SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders

SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders Clinician-owned eating disorder, weight, & mood disorder therapy: Chicago, Northbrook, & virtual IL.

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ? Planning what you'll eat next. Thinking about what you just ate. Negotiating with y...
08/27/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—บ ๐—œ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ?

Planning what you'll eat next. Thinking about what you just ate. Negotiating with yourself about what you "should" or "shouldn't" have. Feeling as though thoughts about food are taking up far more mental space than you want them to.

This experience has a name: itโ€™s ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ, but it isn't simply about hunger or a lack of willpower. Biology, restriction and dieting, emotional patterns, stress, and our broader relationship with food can all play a role.

And while GLP-1 medications have brought new attention to food noise, understanding why it happens matters whether or not medication is part of the picture.

Our latest blog explores what food noise actually is, where it can come from, and what may help turn down the volume.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด:
https://www.springsourcecenter.com/post/food-noise

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ. Weโ€™re excited to share the new SpringSource website, thoughtfully redesigned to better reflec...
08/24/2026

๐—ช๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ.

Weโ€™re excited to share the new SpringSource website, thoughtfully redesigned to better reflect who we are, how we work, and the people weโ€™re here to support.

At SpringSource, we believe mental health care should begin with seeing the whole person. Our new site makes it easier to explore our specialties, meet our clinicians, learn about individual therapy, groups, our Intensive Outpatient Program, understand insurance coverage, and find the level of support that feels right for you.

Most importantly, we hope it feels like SpringSource: warm, welcoming, deeply human, and grounded in the belief that meaningful change is possible.

We invite you to explore our new site and get to know us.

๐—ฉ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ:
https://www.springsourcecenter.com/

๐——๐—•๐—ง ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜†  Led by Corina Ratz, LCPC, this 16-week adult Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) informed group is a s...
08/21/2026

๐——๐—•๐—ง ๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜†

Led by Corina Ratz, LCPC, this 16-week adult Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) informed group is a structured space to focus on building mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness skills. These skills can help reduce emotional vulnerability, increase skillful behavior, and support you in creating a more stable life and identity. The group is open to people of all identities.

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฎ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ๐—ฝ๐—บ. ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐Ÿฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ. ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐˜๐—ต. ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ-๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ. ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป-๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€.

๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘…๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ง, ๐ฟ๐ถ๐‘ƒ๐ถ, ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘› 15 ๐‘ฆ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘ฆ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘ก๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘ฃ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ฆ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’. ๐ป๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘ -๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘ฆ, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›. ๐ท๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘œ๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก, ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘™๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘  โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘˜๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก, ๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘›๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ, ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘Ž โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘™๐‘๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘–๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘”โ„Ž๐‘ก, ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘๐‘ , ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘ , ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘›๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘ . ๐ผ๐‘› โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐ท๐ต๐‘‡ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘, ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘š๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘˜๐‘–๐‘™๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘›๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘”๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’โ€™๐‘  ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘“๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘–๐‘๐‘–๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘ฆ.

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ด๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚? We invite you to reach out to learn more about the DBT group, insurance coverage, and next steps.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ:
https://www.springsourcecenter.com/contact-us

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธEven good changes ask a lot of the nervous system. The end of summer often brin...
08/10/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ

Even good changes ask a lot of the nervous system. The end of summer often brings an uptick in symptoms, a sign that the brain and body are working to adjust.

Our clinicians break down why transitions hit harder than we expect. Read more in this month's newsletter. https://mailchi.mp/springsourcecenter/the-source-august-newsletter

When life feels overwhelming, it's easy to believe the solution has to be something big.Often, it isn't.Sometimes healin...
08/03/2026

When life feels overwhelming, it's easy to believe the solution has to be something big.

Often, it isn't.

Sometimes healing begins by simply acknowledging that you're struggling. Limiting your exposure to distressing news. Taking a short walk. Stepping outside. Calling someone you care about. Choosing one small action that reflects the person you want to be.

These moments don't erase what is hard.

They remind you that you are still here, still capable, and that even in difficult seasons, your choices can move you toward healing.

Sometimes the first step is simply starting a conversation. Call SpringSource at 224-202-6260 or email [email protected] to learn more about finding the level of support that's right for you.

Read our latest blog, ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ, for practical ways to care for yourself when everything feels like too much.

https://springsourcecenter.com/emotional-exhaustion-why-life-feels-so-heavy/

๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ฆ"๐‘ด๐’‚๐’š๐’ƒ๐’† ๐‘ฐ'๐’Ž ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ.""๐‘ด๐’‚๐’š๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’‡๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’•.""๐‘พ๐’‰๐’š ๐’…๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐’‡๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’™๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’ ...
07/30/2026

๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ดโ€ฆ

"๐‘ด๐’‚๐’š๐’ƒ๐’† ๐‘ฐ'๐’Ž ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ."
"๐‘ด๐’‚๐’š๐’ƒ๐’† ๐’Š๐’• ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’๐’๐’š ๐’Š๐’” ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’‡๐’‚๐’–๐’๐’•."
"๐‘พ๐’‰๐’š ๐’…๐’ ๐‘ฐ ๐’‡๐’†๐’†๐’ ๐’‚๐’๐’™๐’Š๐’๐’–๐’” ๐’‚๐’๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’•๐’Š๐’Ž๐’† ๐’˜๐’‰๐’†๐’ ๐’๐’๐’•๐’‰๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ '๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’…' ๐’‰๐’‚๐’” ๐’‰๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’๐’†๐’…?"

Coercive control rarely begins with something obvious. It develops gradually, often leaving people questioning their own thoughts, instincts, and reality rather than recognizing the pattern itself.

It isn't defined by one argument or one difficult moment.
It's a pattern that slowly erodes your sense of self.

If you've ever wondered why you feel like you're walking on eggshells, constantly second-guessing yourself, or becoming someone you no longer recognize, this blog may help make sense of what you've been experiencing.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด: https://springsourcecenter.com/coercive-control-in-relationships/

Many of us think grief only follows the death of someone we love.But grief can also come from the life we expected and d...
07/27/2026

Many of us think grief only follows the death of someone we love.

But grief can also come from the life we expected and didn't get.
The relationship that changed.
The version of ourselves we miss.
The uncertainty we've been carrying for far too long.

As Dr. Angela Derrick writes:

"๐ผ ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘“๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘’๐‘ฅ๐‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘“. ๐‘‚๐‘›๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘“ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘“๐‘–๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’๐‘‘, ๐‘ค๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘”๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘˜ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ . ๐ผ ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ โ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘ค ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘œ ๐‘ค๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. ๐‘€๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘™๐‘‘ ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘“๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘๐‘’, ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘Ž ๐‘š๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘”๐‘’ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘๐‘ข๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘‘. ๐ผ๐‘ก ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘™๐‘ฆ ๐‘–๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ก๐‘“๐‘ข๐‘™ ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘›๐‘–๐‘ง๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ, ๐‘ก๐‘œ๐‘œ, ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฃ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘ก ๐‘ ๐‘Ž๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘™ ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”. ๐‘Šโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘“ ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘ฃ๐‘–๐‘’๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘”โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘™๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ , ๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘œ๐‘“๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘š๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘“-๐‘๐‘œ๐‘š๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘’ ๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘’๐‘š๐‘œ๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™, ๐‘โ„Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘™, ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘›๐‘’๐‘’๐‘‘๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™."

If life has been feeling heavier than usual, we hope this blog offers both understanding and hope.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด, ๐—˜๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—˜๐˜…๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฆ๐—ผ ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—™๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ: https://springsourcecenter.com/emotional-exhaustion-why-life-feels-so-heavy/

Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is ending, but the conversation about who gets care shouldn't stop here. Our news...
07/26/2026

Minority Mental Health Awareness Month is ending, but the conversation about who gets care shouldn't stop here. Our newsletter looks at the research behind that gap, and what it means for how we treat patients.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ: mailchi.mp/springsourcecenter/the-source-july-newsletter-minority-mental-health

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜.๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ...
07/23/2026

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—น๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜.

๐—”๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€.

If you've been feeling like you're barely keeping your head above water, struggling to function, or finding that one hour of therapy each week simply isn't enough to help you move forward, ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜.

Sometimes the next step isn't trying harder.

It's allowing yourself to receive more care.

The SpringSource Adult Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is designed for adults living with eating disorders, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, OCD, trauma, grief, and life transitions who need a higher level of care while continuing to live at home and maintain many of their daily responsibilities.

Our boutique, CARF-accredited program combines evidence-based treatment with deeply personalized, relational care in a warm, supportive environment where healing can truly take root.

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€: If you're working with a client who would benefit from more structure and support than weekly therapy can provide, we'd be honored to partner with you in their care.

In-person sessions are available at our Chicago or Northbrook locations, hybrid (both in-person and virtual), or virtual-only throughout Illinois. Evening and weekend appointments are available. This program is in-network with ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ, ๐—”๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฎ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ.

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜ ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฃ: https://www.springsourcecenter.com/therapy-programs/intensive-outpatient-program-iop

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53 W. Jackson Boulevard
Chicago, IL
60604

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