Meet Daisy

Daisy LeBlanc, ALMFT

Licensed in Illinois

You may be someone who looks like you’re functioning well on the outside, but internally you feel anxious, overwhelmed, disconnected, or unsure why the same patterns keep repeating.

Maybe you overthink everything. Maybe you feel responsible for other people’s emotions. Maybe you keep finding yourself in relationships where you feel unseen, unstable, or afraid of being abandoned. You may understand parts of your story intellectually, but still feel stuck in the same reactions, arguments, shutdowns, or self-doubt.

I work with individuals, couples, and families who want to better understand the patterns shaping their lives and relationships — not so they can blame themselves, but so they can begin to respond differently.

My approach is relational, systemic, trauma-informed, and grounded in the belief that our experiences do not happen in isolation. Family of origin, culture, attachment, trauma, roles, expectations, neurodivergence, and past relationships can all influence how we protect ourselves, communicate, regulate, and connect.

In therapy, we may explore questions like: Why do I feel this way? Why do I keep reacting this way? Why does closeness feel unsafe? Why do we keep having the same argument? How do I know when to keep trying — and when to choose myself?

Individual therapy

In individual therapy, I often work with clients navigating anxiety, self-esteem concerns, people-pleasing, perfectionism, emotional sensitivity, family pressure, attachment wounds, trauma, difficulty trusting themselves, and the confusion that can come with trying to leave or make sense of relationships that no longer feel healthy.

Many of my clients are high-functioning but overwhelmed. They may be reassurance-seeking, conflict-avoidant, self-critical, or unsure how to set boundaries without feeling guilty. Some are trying to make sense of confusing relationships where instability, emotional manipulation, narcissistic traits, addiction, trauma, or other personality patterns have made it difficult to trust their own judgment. Others are beginning to recognize how childhood roles, family dynamics, or past trauma continue to shape their adult relationships.

Our work may include anxiety therapy, trauma-informed therapy, somatic therapy, mindfulness, attachment work, family-of-origin exploration, and nervous system regulation. The goal is not simply to feel less anxious, but to understand yourself more deeply, build internal stability, and become more able to respond rather than react.

Couples therapy and relationship therapy

I work with couples who feel caught in circular arguments, emotional distance, trust issues, communication breakdowns, or pursue-withdraw dynamics.

Often, both partners are trying to be heard, but the conversation keeps escalating or shutting down. One person may push for closeness while the other pulls away. One may over-function while the other under-functions. Both may feel misunderstood, defensive, or alone in the relationship.

In couples therapy, I help partners slow down the cycle enough to understand what is happening underneath the argument. We may look at attachment needs, family-of-origin differences, emotional regulation, cultural or spiritual influences, individual trauma, neurodivergence, addiction, or other factors that shape how each partner responds.

As trust develops, I become more directive in helping couples interrupt patterns, practice reflective listening, identify what each person is actually needing, and move toward more intentional repair.

I also offer premarital counseling using Prepare-Enrich. Premarital work with me is not just about checking a box before marriage. It is an opportunity to have deeper conversations about conflict, family expectations, roles, values, spirituality, communication, emotional needs, and the patterns you want to create together as the foundation for a healthy marriage.

Family therapy

In family therapy, I work with adult families, parent-adult child relationships, sibling conflict, blended family dynamics, high-conflict families, emotionally avoidant families, enmeshment, cutoff, intergenerational trauma, and rigid family roles.

Families often come to therapy when old roles no longer fit, but no one knows how to move out of them. You may have been the responsible one, the emotional caretaker, the identified problem, or the parentified child. These roles can become so familiar that they feel like personality traits rather than adaptations.

Together, we look at how these roles formed, how they are maintained, and what each person may need in order to relate differently. Family therapy can be especially powerful because it allows us to work with the patterns between people, not just within one person. When families are willing to look honestly at long-standing roles, ruptures, and generational patterns, there may be more room for openness, repair, and different ways of relating.

What therapy with me feels like

Clients often describe me as calming, warm, curious, reflective, and emotionally attuned. I try to create a space where you can feel understood without feeling judged, rushed, or told what to do. My style is collaborative and active. I may help you connect dots, notice patterns, reflect on your role in a system, practice emotional regulation, or gently challenge a familiar story that may no longer be serving you.

I am not a quick-fix therapist. Because my work is systemic and depth-oriented, we can make room for both what feels urgent now and the deeper patterns that may be contributing to it. I also do not believe therapy has to stay purely intellectual. Sometimes insight is the beginning, but the work also involves noticing what happens in your body, your nervous system, your relationships, and your patterns in real time.

My approach

My work draws from Integrative Systemic Therapy (IST), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), with an emphasis on attachment, trauma-informed care, somatic awareness, and mindfulness.

I believe that meaningful change often begins when we can recognize a pattern while it is happening. Over time, clients may become less reactive, more connected to their bodies, clearer about their boundaries, more able to communicate, and more compassionate toward the parts of themselves they once criticized.

Therapy can be challenging, especially when we are working with trauma, attachment wounds, or long-standing relationship patterns. I will not rush you, but I will support you in staying connected to the work, communicating what feels like too much, and building the capacity to sit with difficult emotions without becoming overwhelmed by them.

More about me

I am an Associate Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and provide virtual therapy in Chicago, Aurora, and throughout Illinois. I hold a Master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northwestern University, and I am also certified in premarital counseling through Prepare-Enrich.

Outside of therapy, I value moments that help me feel grounded and connected — time with loved ones, meaningful conversations, yoga, and connecting with nature. These parts of my life help me stay centered and show up more fully for the people I work with.