Costa Provis

I believe therapy offers you an opportunity to look inward and identify your strengths and challenge areas. Working in tandem, we can create the best version of you.

Costa Provis is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, and Certified Professional Coach providing results-oriented therapy and motivational coaching for adults. Known for his warm, conversational, and highly intuitive approach, Costa specializes in helping clients break through the professional and emotional barriers standing in the way of their fulfillment. He operates with a belief that working in tandem with a skilled clinician allows individuals to conquer stagnation, navigate acute life stressors, and actively build the best version of themselves.

Costa brings an extensive breadth of expertise acquired over a diverse career serving both as an experienced clinician and a clinical supervisor. In his practice, he creates a calm, completely non-judgmental environment that serves as a safe space for deep self-exploration, emotional growth, and practical problem-solving. By seamlessly blending clinical psychotherapy with actionable coaching principles, he assists clients in shifting their mindset, challenging internal resistance, and mastering healthy reactions to life’s inevitable discomforts.

Specialties: 

• Men’s Issues & Mental Health: Navigating cultural expectations, identity, stress management, vulnerability, and emotional growth.

• Addiction & Recovery Support: Compassionate, evidence-based care for individuals managing alcohol abuse, substance use, behavioral dependencies, and long-term recovery.

• Mood Optimization & Emotional Regulation: Practical strategies for managing clinical depression, chronic anxiety, panic, and acute mood irregularity.

• Trauma & PTSD Recovery: Safe, structured clinical support to help clients process past trauma, reduce hypervigilance, and overcome somatic trauma responses.

• Advanced Growth Modalities: Utilizing specialized hypnotherapy techniques for deep mindset shifts and solution-focused coaching to shatter career blocks, build motivation, and set clear personal milestones.

• Identity & Relationship Dynamics: Highly structured support for resolving complex relationship problems (including couples and premarital work), navigating difficult life transitions, and providing safe, welcoming care for LGBTQ & queer-identifying adults.

Costa Provis brings an extensive breadth of expertise acquired over a diverse career serving both as an experienced clinician and a clinical supervisor in various mental health settings. He earned his undergraduate degree in Psychology from DePaul University and completed his graduate training in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology.

In addition to his clinical license as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), Costa holds advanced, specialized certifications as a Board Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist (CHT) and a Certified Professional Coach (CPC). This unique combination of rigorous clinical training and motivational coaching principles allows him to offer a truly integrative approach to personal and professional development.

Costa has dedicated a significant portion of his career to helping adults navigate complex life challenges, dismantle systemic emotional barriers, and achieve critical milestones. He is a proud, dedicated LGBTQ+ and queer-affirming therapist and ally, welcoming individuals from all cultural, gender, and economic backgrounds into a safe, empowering therapeutic space.