	>	Douglas L. Nygaard, M.S.W. Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) Douglas Nygaard specializes in helping people feel better about themselves and their relationships. His approach will be tailored to your needs, short-term or intensive.

Overview

Having practiced psychotherapy for more than twenty-five years, Douglas Nygaard has helped those experiencing an extremely wide range of individual and relationship issues. Educated at the University of Minnesota and Florida State University, he began his professional career in the U S Army where, serving as a social work officer, he worked with psychological casualties both in Vietnam and at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D C. Five years at the Family Service Agency of Cincinnati, Ohio broadened his expertise in work with early adult issues and marital problems. A move to Chicago to accept a position at the University of Chicago, Department of Psychiatry afforded more experience with individual psychological issues, sexual identity issues and sexual dysfunction issues. There he further refined his skills in both short-term, highly focused psychotherapy and long-term intensive psychotherapy. In 1981, his dream of beginning a private practice was realized, and his education and pursuit of mastery of the psychotherapeutic process continued through many workshops and training programs the most recent being completion of the Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Program at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis.

Douglas L. Nygaard sees patients at the following location(s):

Chicago, Illinois

Douglas L. Nygaard, MSW, LCSW
30 N. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Phone: 312-580-0856
Web: http://www.douglasnygaard.com/

Personal Statement

I have a very high regard for anyone who seeks the help of a professional for their psychological issues because I understand that before going outside of your family and social structure for help you have done a lot to try to resolve your pain. Whether the pain is due to the feelings of emptiness and loneliness and failure that often accompany not valuing yourself, or the grief of having lost an important person in your life, or the recognition of a pattern of behavior that you keep repeating without intending to, that interferes with your happiness and satisfaction, I know you want the pain to end. Psychotherapy conducted by a well trained, experienced and caring professional can be a powerful tool in helping you achieve what you probably now think is impossible.
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Treatment Areas

Douglas Nygaard has experience treating the following areas: Addiction Issues, Anxiety Disorders, Career Issues, Chemical Dependency, Co-Dependency, Couples' Issues, Gender Issues, Grief, Impotence, Low Self-Esteem, Men's Health, Men's Issues, Midlife Issues, PTSD, Performance Enhancement, Personality Disorders, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Relationship Issues, Sexual Dysfunction and Substance Abuse.

Treatment Modalities