You Are Watching Your Child Disappear
Trauma Therapy for Teens in Illinois
The Kid You Knew Is Still in There
They used to play sports. Have friends. Sit at the dinner table.
Now they won’t leave their room. Won’t do a single chore. Erupt at the smallest request.
You’ve watched a once-vibrant child shrink down to a stranger behind a closed door.
And the question underneath it all is one you can barely say out loud:
Is she still going to be alive when we get up in the morning?
The Whole House Is Coming Apart
You check on them at night. More than once. You’ve thought about moving them into your bed just to watch them breathe.
The only thing you do anymore is yell. The house is all fighting and power struggles.
The marriage is straining. The word divorce has come up. You don’t even know how to talk to your own kid.
You don’t need another two-line update from a therapist. You need your family back.
I’ve sat with families exactly here, and there is a way through.
I Do the Trauma Work Others Avoid
I spent nine-plus years in residential treatment with the most complex teen cases. Self-harm and suicidality don’t make me run.
A lot of therapists keep a teen in “stabilization” forever. You can coping-skill yourself to death. I keep the real trauma work moving.
I use EMDR to help your child’s brain file what happened so it stops ambushing them. DBT teaches them to ride the wave instead of being swept under.
I’m a fighter. I’ll fight for your child when they can’t, and I’ll fight for you.
I Work with the Whole Family, Not Just the Teen
This isn’t an hour where your kid talks and you’re left guessing. I give you concrete parenting tools and help you rebuild your family culture.
I’m direct. I’ll tell you a hard truth other therapists won’t, and I’m nurturing right alongside it.
- Learn how to talk to your child again, instead of bracing for the next blowup.
- Get real parenting tools built for kids who’ve lived through trauma.
- Stop walking on eggshells and start enjoying your kid again.
- Trade the monthly two-line update for genuine family work.
I have heard it all. It is hard to surprise me, and even harder to get me to stop trying.
The Three Phases of My Work with Teens
Building the Foundation
First we build your child’s skills and knowledge: who they are, how trauma hit them, and healthy coping.
Your teenager becomes steady enough to do the hard work.
Going Through the Muck
Now we process the trauma itself. The hard work that was too scary to face until now. This is where the real change happens.
The trauma stops running your teenager’s life.
Planning for the Future
We map out their triggers, how to manage them, and who belongs in their support system. We build connections and reasons to live forward.
Your teenager gets a future worth dreaming toward.
Nine-plus years with the highest-risk teens
I trained in residential treatment with the teens other clinicians found too high-risk to take on. I bring all that experience to my work with your teenager. No matter what they’re going through, I have experience and training that can help.
The real trauma work, not endless stabilization
Certified in TF-CBT, EMDR, and CPT, I move toward your teen’s trauma instead of keeping them in stabilization forever. That means from week to week, I’ll bring in different tools and approaches that can make a real difference in their emotional experience. I’ll make sure you understand what we’re working on and how we’re approaching it.
Built for your whole family, not just your teen
Using TBRI and attachment-based family therapy, I give you the tools to parent a teen who’s been through trauma – and rebuild your family. I’ll do everything I can to help you feel confident and engaged in how we’re supporting your teen through therapy.
I Fight for Your Family
My name is Laureca Schofield, and I have dedicated my career to helping teenagers and the families who love them.
I’ve spent nine-plus years working with teens in residential care, including the highest-risk cases other therapists refer out. Self-harm and suicidality don’t make me run.
I’m direct and curious. I’ll tell your teen the hard truth other therapists won’t, and I’m nurturing right alongside it. I won’t give up on them, and I won’t let them give up on themselves either.
Credentials & Training
- LCPC (Illinois)
My teen won’t even agree to go. Now what?
Resistance is normal, and it doesn’t scare me. Bring me their anger, their silence, their refusal. We keep moving anyway, and I meet your child at whatever pace they can manage.
What if therapy has already failed us before?
Many of the families I see were burned by therapists who only “let the kid talk” or taught coping skills and never touched the trauma. I do the work those approaches skip.
My child is self-harming. Is that too much for outpatient?
It isn’t too much for me. After nine-plus years in residential care, high-risk situations don’t make me pull back from the trauma work your child actually needs.
Do you actually involve the parents?
Yes. You get concrete tools and real family work, not a two-line update once a month. Rebuilding your family is part of the treatment, not an afterthought.
Do you see teens in Illinois?
Yes – I work online with teens throughout Illinois, so your teen can get consistent care from anywhere in the state.
Take the First Step Today
You called because you want to enjoy your kid again. To stop checking if they’re breathing at night. To know how to talk to your own child.
That family is still possible. Trauma is not your child. It is not all they are, and it is not all they can be.
I will have hope for your family when you can’t feel it yourself, and I won’t give up until I’ve tried everything in my arsenal.
Let’s finally do the trauma work, together.
What Happens Next?
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