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Debby Bujalka, LCSW, PhD, Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Dr. Debby Bujalka, LCSW, Ph.D.

Licensed Clinical Social Worker

About Dr. Debby Bujalka, LCSW, Ph.D.

Dr. Debby Bujalka is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois with 25 years of professional work experience. She fosters a compassionate, welcoming, and safe space for individuals to process their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors to work toward their best life. Drawing from several evidence-based theoretical frameworks, Dr. Bujalka works with clients to learn coping strategies, explore multiple perspectives, and identify goals. Sessions are conversational and interactive, centered on the priorities that each client presents. Dr. Bujalka believes therapy is a success when a client feels supported, has learned new strategies for emotional regulation, and has made progress on their goals. Dr. Bujalka wants a client to leave therapy feeling like they are living their best life. Outside of life as a therapist, Dr. Bujalka is a mom and co-owner of a family business. Dr. Bujalka loves to travel with her son. She practices self-care by listening to music and spending time with friends and family.

Background & Experience​

Dr. Bujalka received her Bachelor of Arts in Social Work and a minor in Psychology from Northeastern Illinois University. She received her Master of Arts in Social Work from Aurora University, Illinois and Master of Arts in School Leadership from Concordia University, Illinois. Lastly, Dr. Bujalka received her Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Illinois at Chicago. Her research focused on students with emotional disabilities, resilience, and transition to adulthood. Dr. Bujalka has worked as a caseworker in child welfare throughout the city of Chicago, as a school social worker and vocational counselor at a therapeutic day high school in a Chicago suburb, and as a clinical therapist providing therapy to individuals throughout Illinois.

Dr. Bujalka’s specializations include anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), relationship difficulties, and boundaries. Dr. Bujalka has spent much of her career working with at-risk youth and young adults presenting with a variety of disabilities and emotional problems. She has since expanded her practice and is now working with adolescents, adults, and older adults across many racial, cultural, and socio-economic groups.

Dr. Bujalka is licensed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation and her license number is 149.011249.

Education

Ph.D. in Special Education, University of Illinois at Chicago

M.A. in Educational Leadership, Concordia University, Illinois

M.A. in Social Work, Aurora University, Illinois

B.A. in Social Work, Northeastern Illinois University

Specialties​

Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy

• Depression • Anxiety • Trauma • Stress Management • Relationship Difficulties • ADHD • Boundaries

Solution Focused Brief Therapy

• Stress Management • Life Transitions

Contact

Would you like to get in touch with Dr. Debby at Psychological Healing? Contact her at: admin@psychologicalhealing.net
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