Online therapy in Illinois that sees the whole picture.
I’m Amy Bosko, LCSW, a blind and neurodivergent therapist offering virtual therapy across Illinois. I work especially with disabled and neurodivergent people, parents and caregivers, and people trying to make sense of anxiety, burnout, or difficult family relationships.
Sometimes the problem is happening inside you. Sometimes it has a lot to do with the people, expectations, and systems around you. Usually it’s more complicated than one or the other. We can start with what life is actually like for you.
Virtual appointments across Illinois. Evening availability.
Insurance accepted. Limited sliding-scale spots available.
Is this the kind of therapy you’re looking for?
You might be here because you’re autistic or have ADHD and you’re tired of trying to force yourself through another system that doesn’t fit. You might be living with a disability and want a therapist who understands that access, independence, and other people’s assumptions can affect your day.
You might be a parent who spends half the week advocating for your child. Or you might be dealing with anxiety, a breakup, family conflict, grief, or a big change, and you simply want someone who will take your circumstances seriously.
You don’t need to know exactly how to describe what’s going on. We can talk about what brought you here and whether working together feels right.
What Can Change in Therapy
Clarity
Understanding what's behind the reactions, worry, shutdown, conflict, or overwhelm- and recognizing patterns sooner.
Regulation
Having more ways to handle difficult emotions and stressful moments without everything escalating quite so quickly.
Direction
Feeling more confident about what to do next, whether you're making decisions for yourself, supporting your child, or navigating something as a family.
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Anxiety can show up as constant overthinking, second-guessing, irritability, physical tension, difficulty relaxing, or always feeling like something needs your attention. You may replay conversations, worry about what could go wrong, avoid situations that feel overwhelming, or look completely fine to everyone else while your mind is running nonstop.
Anxiety therapy can help you understand the patterns keeping you stuck and find ways to respond differently to worry, uncertainty, and stress. Together, we can work on recognizing triggers, regulating your nervous system, tolerating uncertainty, and building coping strategies that make sense for your actual life.
Strong Mind Studio provides online anxiety therapy for children, teens, and adults throughout Illinois.
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Kids and teens don't always have the words to explain when something isn't going well. Anxiety, overwhelm, stress, family changes, or difficult emotions may show up as shutting down, irritability, big reactions, avoidance, school challenges, or behavior that seems to come out of nowhere.
Child and adolescent therapy gives young people a place to better understand what they're feeling, communicate what they need, and develop skills for managing emotions and stressful situations. When helpful, therapy can also include collaboration with parents and caregivers so the adults supporting them have a clearer sense of what's going on and what may actually help.
Strong Mind Studio offers online therapy for children and teens throughout Illinois.
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Living with a disability can involve much more than the disability itself. There may be questions around identity, independence, needing support, relationships, accessibility, accommodations, changing abilities, grief, frustration, or navigating systems that weren't built with your needs in mind.
Disability-affirming therapy makes room for those experiences without assuming disability is automatically the problem- or pretending that disability never makes parts of life genuinely difficult.
As a blind therapist, Amy brings lived experience to this work while recognizing that no two disabled people's experiences are the same. Therapy starts with understanding your relationship with disability, your needs, and what's happening in your life rather than deciding what that experience should mean for you.
Strong Mind Studio provides disability-affirming online therapy throughout Illinois.
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Families can care deeply about one another and still get caught in patterns that leave everyone frustrated, disconnected, or exhausted. Communication breaks down. The same arguments keep happening. Roles change. One person's stress begins affecting everyone else. Sometimes a family is also navigating disability, caregiving, foster or kinship care, or another situation that adds layers other people don't always understand.
Family therapy can help you slow those patterns down and understand what's happening between family members rather than focusing on who is “the problem.” Together, we can work on communication, emotional regulation, boundaries, relationships, changing family roles, and finding more effective ways to handle conflict and stress.
Strong Mind Studio offers online family therapy for families throughout Illinois.
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Caring for someone often involves far more than other people see. You may be coordinating appointments, advocating at school, navigating medical or disability systems, anticipating needs, making decisions, managing routines, researching resources, and worrying about whether you're doing enough — while still handling everything else in your own life.
Parent and caregiver support gives you somewhere to think through what's happening without being judged or handed another impossible standard to meet. Therapy can help with caregiver stress, overwhelm, boundaries, difficult decisions, family relationships, emotional regulation, and finding ways to care for yourself without ignoring the very real responsibilities you carry.
Strong Mind Studio provides online therapy and support for parents and caregivers throughout Illinois.
Online Therapy Services Across Illinois
Disability-Affirming Therapy That Doesn't Make Assumptions
Disability is part of my work professionally and personally.
I'm a blind therapist, and I know firsthand that disability can affect everyday life without defining every part of it.
I also know how exhausting it can be when other people decide what your experience must be before you've had a chance to tell them.
So I won't assume that disability is the problem.
I won't assume it isn't.
We'll start with what's true for you.
Meet Amy
A Therapist Who Pays Attention to Context
Hi, I'm Amy, a licensed clinical social worker, the founder of Strong Mind Studio, and the therapist you’ll actually meet with.
I’ve been totally blind since birth. I know firsthand that navigating appointments, school, work, transportation, and other systems can take energy that people around you never see. I also grew up in foster care, which shaped how I think about family, belonging, and the assumptions people make about someone else’s life.
Those experiences don’t tell me what your life is like. They remind me to ask. My style is warm, straightforward, and practical. We can talk honestly about what hurts, what’s getting in the way, and what might help.
Insurance and fees:
I accept Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, Aetna, Cigna PPO, UnitedHealthcare/Optum, Medicare, and Medicaid. Coverage depends on your specific plan, so I’ll confirm your benefits before we schedule your first session.
My standard fee is $150 per session for individual, couples, or family therapy. Limited sliding-scale appointments start at $50 per session and are offered based on financial need and availability.
Looking for a Therapist in Illinois?
You don't need to have everything figured out before you reach out.
If you're looking for support with anxiety, emotional regulation, disability, caregiving, parenting, or family relationships, we can start with a free consultation and talk about what's bringing you in.