Achieve Your Peace Counseling ( AYPC )

Achieve Your Peace — Healing for Mind and Heart

Personalized therapy designed to fit your schedule, your needs, and your life. Available virtually and in-person for clients located in Chicagoland and the Savannah Metro area.

At Achieve Your Peace Therapy (AYPC), our philosophy is to empower each individual, couple, or family to maximize their strengths in a non-judgmental, compassionate, and safe environment. It is my belief that everyone should have access to quality and exceptional care with options that fit into their schedule.

Meet Your Therapist

Passionate. Experienced. Committed to Your Growth.

Jamilah Akbar, LPCC, has practiced for over 17 years, offering compassionate and evidence-based support to individuals, couples, and families. At AYPC, her philosophy is to empower each person to maximize their strengths in a non-judgmental, compassionate, and safe environment. Her approach integrates cognitive-behavioral and person-centered techniques to help clients gain insight, develop resilience, and achieve lasting growth. 

Conditions We Treat

Compassionate care for life’s challenges.

ADHD

ADHD

Personalized strategies and support for managing attention challenges. Therapy can help improve focus, organization, and emotional regulation to empower daily success.

Individual, Couples, Teen, Family Counseling

Tailored counseling for individuals, couples, teens, and families to strengthen communication, resolve conflicts, and build healthier relationships.

Anxiety & Depression

Evidence-based care to address symptoms of anxiety and depression, helping you to regain balance, peace, and confidence in your life

Stress and Life Transition

Support through major life changes or ongoing stress, helping you navigate challenges and build resilience for lasting wellbeing.

Relationship Counseling

Compassionate guidance to improve communication, rebuild trust, and strengthen connections between partners and loved ones.

Grief & Loss Counseling

A safe space to process loss, cope with grief, and begin healing with compassion and understanding.

Bipolar Disorder

Personalized care to help manage mood fluctuations, improve emotional stability, and enhance quality of life.

Trauma

Sensitive, evidence-based support to process past trauma, restore safety, and build lasting emotional strength.

Treatment Modalities

Evidence based methods to support healing.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

Structured, goal-oriented therapy that helps identify and change unhelpful thought patterns to improve emotional wellbeing.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Skills-based therapy designed to help regulate emotions, reduce distress, and build healthy relationships.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

Goal-driven therapy that emphasizes solutions and practical strategies to create meaningful change in a short period.

Person-Centered Therapy (PCT)

A compassionate, client-led approach that empowers you to explore your feelings and achieve personal growth at your own pace.

Insurance We Accept

We accept a variety of insurance plans to make therapy both accessible and convenient for you.

Begin Your Journey

Select Your Session

Choose virtual or in-person at your preferred location

Book Online

Schedule your session quickly and securely through our trusted partner TherapyAppointment

Begin Your Journey

Start your path toward healing, growth and peace.

Contact Us

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Meet Janet

Is pain causing you to miss out on life?

Back & Neck Pain

Caused by arthritis, disc degeneration, narrowing of the spinal canal, muscle inflammation, strain or trauma.

Hip and Knee Pain

Caused by arthritis, disc degeneration, narrowing of the spinal canal, muscle inflammation, strain or trauma.

Sports Injuries

Caused by arthritis, disc degeneration, narrowing of the spinal canal, muscle inflammation, strain or trauma.

Muscle Spasm & Tension

Caused by arthritis, disc degeneration, narrowing of the spinal canal, muscle inflammation, strain or trauma.

17

Years of Service

Real People. Real Results

More than 250 five-star reviews on Google

Professional and patient services. Have gone to multiple massages but this one is really excellent with professional skills. Definitely recommend.

Cynthia on Lymphatic Drainage

Professional and patient services. Have gone to multiple massages but this one is really excellent with professional skills. Definitely recommend.

Cynthia on Lymphatic Drainage

Ellie is absolutely amazing! I had neck and upper back pain for over 8 months having visited a number of physio and consultants, no success. Ellie identified the problem in the first session and had it fixed in the next two. Great energy, great passion. Definitely recommend. Thank you.

Mike on Acupuncture

Professional and patient services. Have gone to multiple massages but this one is really excellent with professional skills. Definitely recommend.

Cynthia on Lymphatic Drainage

Professional and patient services. Have gone to multiple massages but this one is really excellent with professional skills. Definitely recommend.

Cynthia on Lymphatic Drainage

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