Marta Cybulak, MA,
LMHC/LCPC, CAGCSClinical Therapist/ Founder of MCWC
Marta Cybulak, MA,
LMHC/LCPC, CAGCS
Clinical Therapist/ Founder of MCWC
Marta is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor/ Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LMHC/ LCPC), a Certified Trauma and Grief Therapist and the founder of Mind Care Wellness Center, providing therapy to individuals, couples, and families from diverse backgrounds since 2010. Marta has received her Bachelor’s degree in Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Master’s degree in Clinical Psychology from Argosy University. Marta has successfully worked with adults presenting with anxiety, depression, life stressors/conflicts, trauma, grief, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia among others, to help increase the quality of their lives, improve functioning and relationships, and overall life satisfaction. The last 10 years of her work focused on working mainly with children and adolescents, as well as their families, to aid them in becoming more self-aware, improving self-esteem, processing emotions and gaining better control over them, decreasing negative behaviors stemming from emotional, family, or social difficulties, among others. Some of the most common areas of work with children included anxiety/worry, sadness/depression, ADHD, past trauma, grief, eating disorders, and behavioral difficulties.
Marta is passionate about the field of mental health...
…and helping people become the best version of themselves. In her work, she believes that a strong therapeutic alliance is fundamental in helping individuals meet goals in therapy and subsequently make positive life changes. Empathetic and compassionate, she continuously works on building trust, and understanding, guiding the client to explore, process, and learn skills needed to live a healthier, happier life. Marta cares about providing accessible care to people from diverse backgrounds, and being fluent in three languages allows her to offer therapy services in English, Spanish, and Polish to a larger population.
Marta is an active member of the American Counseling Association, American Child Counseling Association, American Mental Health Counselors Association, Illinois Counseling Association, and Illinois Mental Health Counseling Association. She is actively learning and advancing in her field to meet the needs of current society.
Marta’s areas of interest include Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, Child Development, parenthood, Grief/ Bereavement, Trauma, and facing life’s challenges/stressors and improving the quality of one’s life.
Marta sees beauty in how different we all humans are from each other, yet, similar in many instances. She hopes that therapy can help each person “become the best version of yourself.” She sees tremendous value in an individualized approach to therapy, taking into consideration the client’s strengths, personality traits, lifestyle, current circumstances, and social environment. She builds a treatment plan around those factors, as well as the client’s needs/ presenting problem to help improve functioning and overall life satisfaction. A firm believer in a holistic approach, Marta utilizes Cognitive Therapy, Behavior Modification, Solution Focused/Brief Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Interpersonal Therapy, and Mindfulness/Spiritual techniques, as she deems appropriate for each person to help achieve desired results. With children, Marta frequently uses Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Behavior Modification, Play Therapy, and Expressive Therapies (Art, Music, Storytelling, Drama/ Role Playing) to help engage the little ones, process feelings, and learn skills to meet their therapeutic goals.
