Dr. Joe Gryzbek, PsyD
Founder & Licensed Psychologist · PSYPACT-credentialed across 40+ states
Dr. Joe Gryzbek founded Gryzbek Therapy in Naperville to do group practice the way he believed it should run — coordinated intake, real handoffs, in-network with the plans his neighbors actually carry. He’s a doctoral-level clinical psychologist trained as a generalist, with extensive work in anxiety, depression, trauma, and a long-standing focus on athletes navigating performance pressure.
- PsyD-trained doctoral psychologist, licensed in Illinois (#071.009076)
- PSYPACT-credentialed for cross-state telehealth in 40+ compact states
- In-network with BCBS PPO, Aetna PPO, UHC PPO, Medicare
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Doctoral training, state licensure, PSYPACT authority
- Full Name
- Dr. Joe Gryzbek, PsyD
- Role
- Founder & Licensed Psychologist, Gryzbek Therapy
- Illinois License #
- 071.009076 — Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation (IDFPR)
- License State
- Illinois (in good standing)
- Year Licensed
- Doctoral Degree
- Doctor of Psychology (PsyD), 2013 — Illinois School of Professional Psychology, Chicago (programme now associated with National Louis University, Chicago)
- Undergraduate
- PSYPACT Authority
- Yes — Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT), recognized by the PSYPACT Commission. Authorized to practice telehealth with clients in 40+ PSYPACT compact states.
- APA Member
- Yes — American Psychological Association
- NPI Number
- Languages
- English
- Contact
- joe@gryzbektherapy.com · (630) 474-1006
What Dr. Gryzbek treats
- Anxiety Therapy
- Depression Therapy
- OCD Therapy (ERP)
- Trauma Therapy (CPT · non-EMDR)
- Individual Therapy for Adults
- PSYPACT Telehealth (40+ states)
- Sports Performance Counseling
- Executive Function Therapy
- Multicultural Counseling
- LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapy
- Stress Management
- Life Transitions
- Grief & Bereavement
- Psychological Testing
- ADHD Testing
- Diagnostic Evaluation
PSYPACT telehealth and sports performance counseling are Joe-only scopes — no other Gryzbek Therapy clinician holds these specifically.
Integrative approach — ACT, Systems Theory, CBT
Dr. Gryzbek works from an integrative therapeutic approach — primarily drawing from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Systems Theory, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). The flexibility lets him build a plan with each client that fits the presentation, rather than forcing the presentation into a single modality.
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Joe’s primary integrative anchor. Helps clients notice difficult thoughts without obeying them, and commit to behavior aligned with their values rather than their fear.
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Structured work testing the predictions anxious thoughts make. Effective for chronic worry, panic, depression, and the cognitive patterns underneath them.
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)Evidence-based trauma protocol. Part of Gryzbek Therapy’s deliberate non-EMDR trauma offering — specifically named in Joe’s submitted trauma service description.
- Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP)Gold-standard for OCD treatment. Joe-explicit in his OCD service description; Tim Paquette is the second ERP-trained clinician on the team.
- Systems TheoryPulls family-of-origin, work, athletic, and relational systems into the case formulation. Drives Joe’s work with athletes, identity, and multicultural cases.
- Behavioral ActivationBehavioral protocol for depression that targets activity, engagement, and reinforcement rather than starting at the mood layer.
Gryzbek Therapy does not offer EMDR, IFS, or DBT. Trauma work runs through evidence-based CPT and CBT — a deliberate market differentiator.
Who Dr. Gryzbek works with
- Adults — primary population, across the full presenting-concern range
- Collegiate & performance athletes — Joe’s long-standing focus, often working with on- and off-field root causes
- PSYPACT telehealth clients across 40+ compact states — Joe-only scope at Gryzbek Therapy
- Men’s psychology — identity, transitions, emotional disclosure, performance pressure
- LGBTQ+ adults — affirming work on identity and life transitions
- Multiculturally diverse clients — Joe has invested in ongoing training to understand each client’s worldview
- Clients navigating life transitions — identity shifts, career change, grief, and significant adjustment
- Adolescents —
In-network coverage and cross-state reach
In-network plans
BCBS PPO · Aetna PPO · UnitedHealthcare PPO · Medicare. Every clinician on the Gryzbek Therapy team — including Dr. Gryzbek — is paneled with the same plans. Your insurance doesn’t restrict which clinician you can see.
Out-of-network
If your plan isn’t in-network, we bill your out-of-network benefits on your behalf. You don’t submit superbills yourself. Benefits are verified at intake so you know what you’re walking into.
In-person & telehealth
In-person at 1979 N Mill Street, Suite 204, Naperville. Secure Illinois telehealth statewide. Through Dr. Gryzbek specifically, PSYPACT telehealth in 40+ compact states — the only clinician at Gryzbek Therapy with cross-state authority.
Session structure
55-minute individual sessions in-person. 60-minute telehealth sessions. Most clients meet weekly for an initial stretch, then taper. Treatment duration typically runs 6 to 9 months — we don’t drag work out artificially.
How Dr. Gryzbek works
Dr. Joe Gryzbek is a licensed clinical psychologist and the founder of Gryzbek Therapy in Naperville, Illinois. He trained as a generalist — the kind of clinician who can work with most presenting concerns and most life struggles — and built the practice around the kind of group setting he wanted to work in himself. When clients ask why he started Gryzbek Therapy rather than joining an existing practice, the honest answer is structural: he wanted coordinated intake instead of a triage queue, real handoffs instead of cold referrals, and an in-network model that actually fit the families in DuPage County.
His number-one priority with every new client is the same: build a safe environment first, develop a real working relationship, and only then start the harder work. He tells new clients directly that therapy is difficult — that’s the truth — and that a safe environment is what makes the difficulty bearable rather than punishing. From there, he works from an integrative therapeutic approach, primarily drawing interventions from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Systems Theory, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). The integration matters: it lets him build a plan tailored to the client in front of him, rather than running every presentation through a single modality.
Dr. Gryzbek has extensive experience with clients moving through significant emotional distress — anxiety, depression, trauma, difficult family situations, identity questions, substance use concerns, grief, and the long quiet weight of life transitions. He is a multiculturally competent therapist who has put in continued training to understand each client’s struggles through their own worldview rather than defaulting to his.
His sustained passion is working with athletes. Performance problems can come from a hundred different roots — some on the field, most off it — and Dr. Gryzbek helps collegiate and high-performance athletes find the actual source, then takes a solution-focused approach to get them moving again. It’s also why PSYPACT credentialing matters for his caseload: many performance athletes train and compete across state lines, and being authorized to continue care wherever the season takes them is part of the work itself.
Verified across third-party directories
Dr. Gryzbek’s licensure and identity are verifiable through authoritative directories independent of this site — the same sources schema-aware search engines resolve against for E-E-A-T signals.
- IDFPR License LookupLicense #071.009076 — verifiable at online-dfpr.micropact.com
- Zocdoc Profile
- Psychology Today
- APA Directory
- ResearchGate / Google Scholar
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