About Us

Thank you for taking the time to visit our website.  It is our hope that you will find what you need to take your next step towards a more fulfilling life.

New Normal Counseling is committed to helping individuals and families make life-enhancing changes, to build hope and resilience and to address the needs of the whole person - heart, mind and spirit.

At New Normal Counseling, you will find an inviting atmosphere where it is safe for you to explore the issues and challenges that you face; a place where healing and restoration take place.  While you can't change painful situations of the past, you can identify, acknowledge and confront problem areas that may be holding you back from experiencing a more fulfilling and meaningful life.  

If you're looking for extra support and guidance through a challenging situation or if you are ready to move in a new direction in your life, we look forward to working with you to help you achieve your goals.

 Meet Our Team

Annette Hyman, LCPC, NCC

Annette Hyman, LCPC, NNC received her Masters degree in Pastoral Counseling at Loyola College. She is a licensed clinical counselor (LCPC) with more than 18 years of experience working in the mental health field and a comprehensive clinical background in working with women with trauma. She is extensively trained in cognitive-behavioral therapy; couples therapy; state of the art treatments for depression and anxiety; mindfulness and acceptance based treatments, to include EMDR.

Since starting her private practice in 2008, she has focused on working with individuals struggling with depression and anxiety in addition to working with grief, loss and trauma. She works with couples in all stages of relationship and sees people of every race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation. She is eclectic in her orientation and offers a holistic, integrative approach, understanding and utilizing various forms of psychotherapy, which she adapts and tailors to the particular needs of each client.

Annette is known for the ability to get at the core of one’s issues and then to help them in bringing that issue to resolution. Her clients appreciate her warmth and her ability to connect and meet them where they are. She aims to create safety, trust and to authentically connect with each individual. She provides a non-judgmental and compassionate atmosphere in which you can safely explore and work through feelings, thoughts, images and beliefs, conscious or unconscious, that may be keeping you from being your best authentic self.

Many clients wish to incorporate their faith into therapy, and Christian counseling is one of her passions and specialties. It is Annette’s belief that the purposes of a person's heart are deep waters, but one who has insight draws them out. For this reason, she offers her education and experience in the integration of psychology and theology for people who desire Christian counseling. While her Christian beliefs influence the way she understands life, pain and healing, she see clients from all backgrounds and respects the views of each individual client.