Adelisa Turnadzic (she/her)
Credentials
LSW
Fluent Languages
English
Conversational in Bosnian/Croatian/Montenegrin/Serbian and Spanish
Biography
Adelisa understands that the process of starting therapy can feel intimidating for many different reasons. You’re curious about starting therapy, but you might still feel some hesitation. Maybe you’ve even taken the brave step of trying it out in the past, and it wasn’t what you had hoped for. She recognizes that opening up can be hard, and that’s especially true if you’ve been taught that it’s something you should be afraid of – that you should be able to handle it all on your own. Adelisa invites you to reach out and allow yourself the support we can all benefit from.
Adelisa works with adolescent and adult individuals as well as couples using a strengths-based and person-centered approach. As a therapist, she believes in meeting clients where they are and working collaboratively with them to explore their present situation, the impact of their past, and their potential for growth. By placing great importance on building a strong therapist-client relationship, she hopes that you feel safe to show up as your authentic self and address the things that truly matter to you. When it comes to the styles of therapy she implements, Adelisa takes an eclectic approach in order to accommodate the uniqueness of each client, their background, and their goals for therapy. Some of the approaches she uses to inform her practice include Solution Focused Therapy, Existential-Humanistic Therapy, and behavioral therapies such as CBT, DBT, and ACT. Her experience includes working with clients facing depression, anxiety, substance/alcohol use, chronic illness/pain, relationship difficulties, and life transitions – among other challenges. As a queer daughter of immigrants, she’s also passionate about working with LGBTQIA+ clients and topics related to intergenerational trauma, pressures to achieve success, and the realities of having a complex cultural identity.
Adelisa obtained her B.A. in Psychology from Clark University in Massachusetts and her Master’s in Social Work from Loyola University Chicago. Her previous experience includes working in an inpatient facility in her hometown of Des Moines, Iowa serving women recovering from substance use disorder. After moving to Chicago, she began providing counseling services at a community mental health center serving a wide variety of clients in the Chicagoland area.
Adelisa Turnadzic's Specialties
LGBTQIA+ Anxiety Disorder Depression Relationship Issues Cultural Identity Grief and Loss Life Stage Adjustment Transitions Stress Management