Daylily Counseling


About The Practice

Daylily Counseling PLLC provides psychotherapy services with a focus on serving women, adolescents and young adults. We help clients to cope with stressors, to navigate challenging life transitions related to relationships, career, school, pregnancy, parenting, health challenges including chronic pain and complex medical diagnoses, aging family, migration, or loss, and to overcome trauma. We also work with clients who are struggling with anxiety, perfectionism, depression, and other mental health conditions. Our goal is to create a safe, inclusive and warm therapy space and to walk alongside clients in creating and sustaining the changes you want to see in your lives. All of Daylily Counseling’s therapy services are provided virtually via telehealth. We serve clients located anywhere in the state of Illinois.

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    Trauma Therapy

    We provide Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy (TF-CBT), a research-based therapy for children and adolescents who have experienced traumas such as sexual abuse, family or community violence, or loss of a loved one. TF-CBT combines skill building and story telling and includes an active caregiver component where possible. TF-CBT helps clients let go of fear of trauma memories, reduce their post-traumatic symptoms such as nightmares or unhelpful thoughts that won’t go away, and move forward in their lives by making meaning after trauma.

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    Counseling

    We provide therapy for clients who are seeking help for many different reasons. These include clients who are experiencing major life events or transitions related to health, college, career, relationships, pregnancy, parenting, or moving and adjusting to life in the United States. We also work with clients who are experiencing anxiety, depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), or other mental health struggles. Therapy starts with a comprehensive assessment to fully understand who a client is as a person and their situation and to collaboratively develop a treatment plan focused on a client’s identified goals. Therapy incorporates a client’s existing strengths as well as techniques from trauma-focused, cognitive, and behavioral approaches.

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    Consultation/Supervision

    Daylily Counseling provides consultation or reflective supervision to therapists and social workers looking for additional support. Focuses and expertise include providers working in the areas of childhood trauma, women’s issues, immigrant/refugee populations, or managing secondary traumatic stress and burnout.

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    Psychological Affidavits

    Psychological affidavits are provided for immigrant clients who are in the process of applying for asylum, SIJS, T-visas, or U-visas in the United States. The psychological affidavit process includes meeting for 1-3 sessions to complete interviews with a client and/or their caregiver, calls with the legal team, and a 5-10 page written affidavit.

Insurance & Cost Information

  • We are in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois, Blue Choice plans, Aetna, and United Healthcare.

    We recommend that clients contact the customer service number on the back of your health insurance card to verify your benefits prior to the first counseling appointment. We are happy to also run a complimentary verification of benefits check, although this information may not be as up to date as the information you are able to obtain from member customer services.

  • Introductory Consultation - Complimentary

    Initial 60-minute Intake Session - $175

    55-minute Individual Therapy Session - $150

    Psychological Affidavits for Immigration Proceedings - $1200

    If clients do not have insurance or prefer not to use insurance, you can also pay out of pocket.

    Daylily provides sliding scale and reduced fees to clients who can not afford full priced fees. These include clients who are uninsured or underinsured (for example clients with very high deductibles). We are committed to reducing barriers to access mental health care and do our best to support clients in navigating benefits and finding a way to access services that feels sustainable.

  • Daylily Counseling PLLC provides Good Faith Estimates of what services may cost for clients who do not have or will not be using insurance, in accordance with the No Surprises Act. To learn more about obtaining a Good Faith Estimate please click here. To learn more about the No Surprises Act please visit: https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises

Meet the Provider

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    Jenna Salek

    Jenna is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) in the state of Illinois. She has been privileged to work with clients as a therapist since 2015 and started Daylily Counseling in 2023.

    Jenna has experience working in community mental health settings in Boston and Chicago, working at two National Child Traumatic Stress Network Category III child trauma treatment centers, and working at a group private practice. She has worked across the life span with children, adolescents, and adults and has also provided trainings to students and other providers such as interpreters and attorneys.

    Jenna’s approach combines strengths-based, client-centered, and cognitive-behavioral strategies. She believes every individual is the expert in their own life and in meeting individuals where they are. She begins each therapy session with a comprehensive assessment to fully understand her clients needs and then works together with her clients to collaboratively develop a treatment plan tailored to their specific goals. She hopes to create a therapeutic space where there is warmth and safety so that she can best support clients to build insight, problem solve, and take steps to heal and create sustainable change in their lives.

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