Antonio J. Wheeler, Jr., LCSW, CADC
is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker & Certified Alcohol & Drug Counselor and humble servant facilitating the space for change and resilience. Mr. Wheeler's focus is to understand what has happened to you and empower individuals to reach self-actualization and sustain being anchored in wellness.
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My professional experiences include working in substance abuse, opioid epidemic, domestic violence, anger management, anxiety, depression, PTSD, & trauma. I provide individual therapy for adults and youth of all ages. Therapy is about becoming the best version of yourself and managing the narrative of traumatic experiences by not letting what you been through define who you are.
10,000 hours of experience of providing direct clinical therapeutic services. “10 000-hour rule,” asserting that the key to achieving true expertise in any skill is simply a matter of practicing, albeit in the correct way, for at least 10,000 hours.
Mr. Wheeler has over a decade of experience providing substance abuse counseling and treatment. He has provided these services in residential, outpatient, and Intensive outpatient settings. He has worked with opioid treatment programs providing drug assessments in a multi-disciplinary setting for Suboxone treatment. Mr. Wheeler has worked with perpetrators of domestic violence and Facilitated groups in 24-week minimum program identifying the abusive belief system associated with abusive behavior. He has been practicing therapy since 2017.
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Mr. Wheeler has worked in Multiple Federally Qualified Healthcare Centers providing holistic mental health services that services everyone. Mr. Wheeler has worked with youth within the Illinois Department of Juvenile Justice. He has provided psycho-therapy to gunshot victims on Chicago's West and South side following immediate aftermath of their injuries providing long term resilience focused therapy. I have 10,000 hours as of this year being a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing therapeutic services men, women, youth, and children. This includes hospital based interventions, integrative care, residential, institution, virtual, in-person, outpatient, and community.
Our Mission
Anchored In Wellness Chicago is committed to providing the highest quality of resilience focused behavioral based therapeutic outpatient services. Our providers facilitate the space for the change and empower individuals to achieve self-actualization by focusing on the process of restoration, redemption, and astute self-reflection. Our aim is to utilize motivational interviewing to explore ambivalence and emphasize the motivational process within the individual that facilitates a change which conveys intentional actions and volitional state of being that is anchored in wellness.
Vision
Anchored in Wellness vision is to provide equity in the mental health field for the underserved people who represent the population with the highest need of being anchored in wellness.
Contact
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312-847-6121