{"id":17,"date":"2020-03-29T02:57:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-29T02:57:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marywaldon.com\/?page_id=17"},"modified":"2026-08-31T01:44:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T01:44:19","slug":"front-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marywaldon.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Waldon, PhD, LCSW, LICSW"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"color5-background-color bg-background-color tmpl-about-10 boldgrid-section dynamic-gridblock background-parallax\" style=\"color: #ffffff; background-position: 50% 50%; background-size: cover; background-image: linear-gradient(rgba(19, 19, 19, 0.8), rgba(19, 19, 19, 0.8)), url('http:\/\/marywaldon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ixlibrb-0.3.5q80fmjpgcropentropycstinysrgbw1600h900fitcropsf5b0f826853da4d9b07e1a0000995ef3.jpg');\" data-bg-overlaycolor=\"rgba(19, 19, 19, 0.8)\" data-image-url=\"http:\/\/marywaldon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/ixlibrb-0.3.5q80fmjpgcropentropycstinysrgbw1600h900fitcropsf5b0f826853da4d9b07e1a0000995ef3.jpg\">\n<div class=\"container-fluid\">\n<div class=\"row color4-background-color color-4-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 25px; padding-bottom: 1px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-image: url('http:\/\/marywaldon.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/post-and-page-builder\/assets\/image\/patterns\/blu-stripes.png');\">\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-3 align-column-center col-lg-4\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: right; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\">\u2665<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-9 color1-border-color col-lg-4\" style=\"padding: 0em 1em 2em 2em; border-left: 1px solid;\">\n<h4 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Psychotherapy for Young Women ages 18-35<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Navigating one&#8217;s way through young adulthood can be challenging. Many young women experience balancing college, work, social commitments, and a rapidly developing sense of self as overwhelming and confusing. Mary Waldon, PhD, LCSW, specializes in helping young women find their way to balance and to a loving, authentic relationship with themselves.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 col-lg-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row background-parallax color4-background-color color-4-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 1px; background-size: auto; background-position: 50% 50%; background-repeat: repeat; background-image: url('http:\/\/marywaldon.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/post-and-page-builder\/assets\/image\/patterns\/blu-stripes.png');\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-3 col-xs-3 align-column-center col-lg-6\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\">\u2665<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-9 color1-border-color col-lg-4\" style=\"padding: 0em 1em 2em 2em; border-left: 1px solid;\">\n<h4 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Psychotherapy<\/strong> for Women ages 36+, including mothers and daughters, and sisters<\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">A connected, therapeutic relationship provides the space for self-exploration and serves as a source of support and healing during times of challenge. It can also be a place to sort out life&#8217;s most precious relationships and a mechanism for the most meaningful self-care. Yet the thought of starting psychotherapy can be unsettling\u2026 even scary. Dr. Waldon&#8217;s confidence and warmth will help you feel at ease. She will guide you to a place of self-understanding and a new level of life awareness that brings genuine relief. If you so choose, she can collaborate with any past or current providers to help ease the transition and make the most meaningful use of your time.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-sm-3 col-xs-3 align-column-top col-lg-6\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row color4-background-color color-4-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"padding-top: 1px; padding-bottom: 10px; background-size: auto; background-repeat: repeat; background-image: url('http:\/\/marywaldon.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/post-and-page-builder\/assets\/image\/patterns\/blu-stripes.png');\">\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-3 align-column-center col-lg-4\">\n<p class=\"h1\" style=\"font-weight: bold; text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt;\">\u2665<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-9 color1-border-color col-lg-4\" style=\"padding: 0em 1em 2em 2em; border-left: 1px solid;\">\n<h4 class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Behavior Change and Depth Psychotherapy<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Perhaps you have worked on troubling behaviors or feelings in the past, only to have them recur. Disordered eating behaviors, depression, and toxic relationships \u2013 you put your effort into change, and still, you suffer. Why are things as they are? How can you understand yourself better and thus truly be free of old patterns, habits, and ways of being that do not serve you? How can you gain an understanding of the patterns in your life that cause you pain? This takes time in psychotherapy, and we can get there.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-4 col-sm-4 col-xs-12 col-lg-4\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"color-neutral-background-color color-neutral-text-contrast bg-background-color tmpl-contact-3 boldgrid-section dynamic-gridblock\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-6\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<h4 class=\"\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\">Call for an appointment<\/span>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Dr. Waldon is currently working through video-based telehealth and in-office visits in Chicago&#8217;s Lakeview neighborhood. Please call 847-306-0268 for an appointment.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 15px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-2 col-xs-2 text-center col-lg-2\"><i class=\"fa fa-phone color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"border-radius: 50px; padding: 0.7em; font-size: 20px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10 col-sm-10 col-xs-10 align-column-center col-lg-10\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">847.306.0268<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\" style=\"padding-top: 25px;\">\n<div class=\"col-md-2 col-sm-2 col-xs-2 text-center col-lg-2\"><i class=\"fa fa-map-signs color5-background-color color-5-text-contrast bg-background-color\" style=\"border-radius: 50px; padding: 0.7em; font-size: 20px;\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><span style=\"display: none;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/i><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-10 col-sm-10 col-xs-10 align-column-center col-lg-10\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">Lakeview, Chicago, IL 60657<br \/>\nPlease call for address.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-md-6 col-xs-12 col-sm-6 col-lg-6\" style=\"padding: 1em;\">\n<p class=\"boldgrid-google-maps\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"max-width: 100%;\" src=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Lakeview%20Chicago%2C%20IL%2060657&amp;t=m&amp;z=16&amp;output=embed\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"boldgrid-section\">\n<div class=\"container\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12 col-xs-12 col-sm-12 col-lg-12\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><a style=\"color: #008000;\" href=\"https:\/\/insig.ht\/mMHOQiBshUb?utm_source=copy_link&amp;utm_medium=live_stream_share\"><strong>Find Dr. Waldon on the Insight Timer App<\/strong><\/a><strong>!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Licensed in Illinois, Wisconsin, and Massachusetts<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Copyright 2026 Change Therapy LLC and Mary Waldon, PhD, LCSW, LICSW. 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