Forest Park, Illinois combines the unlimited resources of an urban setting with a small town sense of community, making it an exceptional place in which to live, work and do business.
Forest Park formerly know as the Village of Harlem, was incorporated in 1884. In 1907, a resolution was passed changing the name of the Village of Harlem to the Village of Forest Park. As of the 2000 census, Forest Park had a population of 15,688.
Forest Park was also once host to the Forest Park Amusement Park, a small but popular amusement park at the end of the train lines. Prohibition, however, dealt a financial blow to the park and it closed. Its former location is now occupied by the Forest Park station on CTA's Blue Line at Desplaines Ave
The Village of Forest Park is located approximately 10 miles west from Chicago’s downtown loop area,
Mike Douglas, Kathy Griffin and William Jefferson Blythe, Jr., biological father of former U.S. President Bill Clinton were all residents of Forest Park.
If you're in Forest Park, arrange to meet a therapist at Gersten Center for Behavioral Health. They specialize in psychotherapy for:
A Licensed Clinical Psychologist Gersten Center for Behavioral Health, a psychology group has highly skilled psychologists that work with the full spectrum of populations and clinical disorders. The Psychologists provide therapy for children, teens, couples, families, and older adults. will help you when you are feeling overwhelmed or stressed, having relationship struggles, problems at work or school.
A Psychlogist can guide you to overcome problems with low self-esteem, anger and loss of control, marital or family problems.
Even if you experience loss of interest in usual activities, feelings of hopelessness or increased negative thinking they can help.
Find out if individual, couple, family or group therapy is right for you.
Their
Melrose Park office is conveniently
located
less than a fifteen minute
drive from Forest Park:
675 W. North
Avenue,
Suite 306,
Melrose Park, Illinois
60160
In the Gottlieb Professional Building (across from Kiddie Land and the Race Track)
Phone: (847) 329-9210
