FAQs
What does Lilly Wehman Counseling specialize in?
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Lilly Wehman Counseling is an Illinois private therapy practice specializing in athlete mental health, mental performance, and individual therapy. Lilly Wehman, LCSW, works with athletes, high achievers, and non-athletes navigating anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, confidence, identity, injury recovery, life transitions, relationships, and the pressure to always be doing more.
Do you only work with athletes?
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No. While athlete mental health and performance are a central focus of Lilly Wehman Counseling, therapy is also available to non-athletes, including high-achieving students, professionals, and individuals who put significant pressure on themselves. Clients may seek support for anxiety, perfectionism, burnout, self-esteem, relationships, identity, life transitions, or feeling stuck despite appearing to be successful on the outside.
How can therapy help with perfectionism and being hard on yourself?
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Perfectionism can make it difficult to feel satisfied with your accomplishments, tolerate mistakes, or believe that you are doing enough. Therapy can help you understand the expectations and beliefs driving your inner critic, challenge all-or-nothing thinking, develop a more balanced relationship with achievement, and learn how to pursue meaningful goals without tying your self-worth entirely to performance.
How can therapy help athletes?
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Therapy can help athletes navigate the mental and emotional challenges that can come with competitive sports, including performance anxiety, confidence, perfectionism, burnout, injury, identity, motivation, and pressure. Sessions provide a space to develop practical mental skills while also exploring the deeper patterns that influence how an athlete thinks, feels, and responds. Lilly was an D1 athlete and understands.