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Stacey Kiran
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60613
I pride myself on meeting my clients where they are, and working collaboratively with each of my clients and couples. We all at times go through periods when processing, whether towards change or healing, becomes necessary. I hope to make that process a bit more comfortable, so that you are not alone, and also to help you move through your journey with integrity and intention. Many of my clients report feeling it to be easier to approach difficult topics due to us having a friendly relationship as a foundation. I believe that foundation is in part created due to our efforts in seeing and validating their own internal strengths.
Psychoanalytic
(224) 261-7610
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Chicago, IL 60613
Psychoanalytic
I pride myself on meeting my clients where they are, and working collaboratively with each of my clients and couples. We all at times go through periods when processing, whether towards change or healing, becomes necessary. I hope to make that process a bit more comfortable, so that you are not alone, and also to help you move through your journey with integrity and intention. Many of my clients report feeling it to be easier to approach difficult topics due to us having a friendly relationship as a foundation. I believe that foundation is in part created due to our efforts in seeing and validating their own internal strengths.
(224) 261-7610
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Stacey L. Brown
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, DMHC Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60625
Therapeutic support and guidance can be an essential part of getting you through the multiplication of stressors over the past year. For some the recent losses, changes & uncertainty has resulted in loneliness, depression & anxiety for the future. For others this crucible has exacerbated problems that existed before. We are all struggling as COVID has forced us to sit still with ourselves & ask the essential existential questions of life. I would look forward to being part of the process to understand yourself better & navigate this time period to attain a sense of wellness & growth.
Psychoanalytic
(773) 757-5206
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Chicago, IL 60625
Psychoanalytic
Therapeutic support and guidance can be an essential part of getting you through the multiplication of stressors over the past year. For some the recent losses, changes & uncertainty has resulted in loneliness, depression & anxiety for the future. For others this crucible has exacerbated problems that existed before. We are all struggling as COVID has forced us to sit still with ourselves & ask the essential existential questions of life. I would look forward to being part of the process to understand yourself better & navigate this time period to attain a sense of wellness & growth.
(773) 757-5206
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Julie Haran-Castaneda
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, JD, LCSW Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60602
As a therapist for the last seven years and licensed attorney for over 25, I am experienced in counseling individuals, assisting clients with problem solving, offering support and utilizing best practices. My certification from Jane Addams School of Social Work is in Evidence-Based Practice. I focus on solution-oriented therapy in my work with adults, children, adolescents, individuals, couples and families. This includes CBT strategies, strengths-based and psycho-dynamic treatment in a joint effort with clients to meet their multi-dimensional needs. Our work together will include exploring your concerns from many perspectives to facilitate problem solving, improved functioning, and reduce negative symptoms.
Psychoanalytic
(773) 825-3579
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Chicago, IL 60602
Psychoanalytic
As a therapist for the last seven years and licensed attorney for over 25, I am experienced in counseling individuals, assisting clients with problem solving, offering support and utilizing best practices. My certification from Jane Addams School of Social Work is in Evidence-Based Practice. I focus on solution-oriented therapy in my work with adults, children, adolescents, individuals, couples and families. This includes CBT strategies, strengths-based and psycho-dynamic treatment in a joint effort with clients to meet their multi-dimensional needs. Our work together will include exploring your concerns from many perspectives to facilitate problem solving, improved functioning, and reduce negative symptoms.
(773) 825-3579
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Essential Counseling Group
Clinical Social Work/Therapist Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60615
Essential Counseling Group (ECG) is a collective of mental health professionals whose goal is to heal clients through a psychodynamic framework. Our diverse experiences allow us to offer effective individual, family, and couples treatment. We treat a number of mental health challenges including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and trauma. ECG is here to help you be the best version of yourself.
Psychoanalytic
(773) 570-7231
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Chicago, IL 60615
Psychoanalytic
Essential Counseling Group (ECG) is a collective of mental health professionals whose goal is to heal clients through a psychodynamic framework. Our diverse experiences allow us to offer effective individual, family, and couples treatment. We treat a number of mental health challenges including depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and trauma. ECG is here to help you be the best version of yourself.
(773) 570-7231
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Jenna Elizabeth White
Counselor, MA, LCPC Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60618
My clients are very important to me. It is a privilege to accompany people on a journey of self-reflection, vulnerability, and growth. I meet you where you are, say the hard thing (with kindness, humor, empathy, and creativity), and work to understand your complexities and the unique ways you wish to grow. I love working with a wide variety of people, but particularly specialize in the treatment of disordered eating, body image anxieties, sexuality, chronic pain, attachment issues, and addictive/ compulsive behaviors.
Psychoanalytic
(773) 825-5085
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Chicago, IL 60618
Psychoanalytic
My clients are very important to me. It is a privilege to accompany people on a journey of self-reflection, vulnerability, and growth. I meet you where you are, say the hard thing (with kindness, humor, empathy, and creativity), and work to understand your complexities and the unique ways you wish to grow. I love working with a wide variety of people, but particularly specialize in the treatment of disordered eating, body image anxieties, sexuality, chronic pain, attachment issues, and addictive/ compulsive behaviors.
(773) 825-5085
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Aviva Cahn
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60602
Are you contemplating leaving your marriage or in the process of divorce? Are you stuck but trying to move forward after a break-up? Through 20 years of experience working with families of divorce including as an expert witness, custody evaluator, reunification and psychotherapist, I have seen the damage this process can do to a family and am uniquely suited to help you work through challenges life has thrown you. Due to my expertise with a high conflict population (including Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Abuse victims), I help clients manage difficult and fractured relationships with such individuals, whether family members, employers, or ex-partners.
Psychoanalytic
(773) 786-9084
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Chicago, IL 60602
Psychoanalytic
Are you contemplating leaving your marriage or in the process of divorce? Are you stuck but trying to move forward after a break-up? Through 20 years of experience working with families of divorce including as an expert witness, custody evaluator, reunification and psychotherapist, I have seen the damage this process can do to a family and am uniquely suited to help you work through challenges life has thrown you. Due to my expertise with a high conflict population (including Narcissistic Personality Disorder and Narcissistic Abuse victims), I help clients manage difficult and fractured relationships with such individuals, whether family members, employers, or ex-partners.
(773) 786-9084
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Ashley M. Lewis
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhDc, LPC-NCC Verified
Verified
Office is near:
Chicago, IL 60602
Ashley works with and has a passion for providing services to individuals living with and battling mental health, learning, mood, and traumatic disorders from the ages of 12-years old and above. She specializes in athletic/performance psychology and enhancement, and addictions. Along with providing services, she has a dedication to being a light and a gatekeeper for the fields of mental health, counseling, and clinical supervision. It is her desire to see folks live in their purpose(s) and be the optimal versions of their true and authentic selves.
Psychoanalytic
(872) 259-7431
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Office is near:
Chicago, IL 60602
Psychoanalytic
Ashley works with and has a passion for providing services to individuals living with and battling mental health, learning, mood, and traumatic disorders from the ages of 12-years old and above. She specializes in athletic/performance psychology and enhancement, and addictions. Along with providing services, she has a dedication to being a light and a gatekeeper for the fields of mental health, counseling, and clinical supervision. It is her desire to see folks live in their purpose(s) and be the optimal versions of their true and authentic selves.
(872) 259-7431
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Child Therapy Chicago & Naperville
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LCSW Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60657
We are child & parenting specialists. Our practice only works with with families, teens and children (even very young ones under 6). Some of the issues we see are child anxiety, intense emotions, challenging behaviors, divorce in the family.
Psychoanalytic
(773) 786-9148
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Chicago, IL 60657
Psychoanalytic
We are child & parenting specialists. Our practice only works with with families, teens and children (even very young ones under 6). Some of the issues we see are child anxiety, intense emotions, challenging behaviors, divorce in the family.
(773) 786-9148
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Cay Carroll Kidd
Counselor, LCPC Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60603
I'm a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience. My work consists of individual psychotherapy with adult clientele. I enjoy helping people and compassionate in my work with clients. Everyone experiences challenges in life; however, it's through the challenges that you grow the most. Together, we will work closely to analyze what struggles you are facing and their underlying causes, and try to change the behaviors and thought patterns that are keeping you from being the best version of yourself.
Psychoanalytic
(312) 626-7561
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Chicago, IL 60603
Psychoanalytic
I'm a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 15 years of experience. My work consists of individual psychotherapy with adult clientele. I enjoy helping people and compassionate in my work with clients. Everyone experiences challenges in life; however, it's through the challenges that you grow the most. Together, we will work closely to analyze what struggles you are facing and their underlying causes, and try to change the behaviors and thought patterns that are keeping you from being the best version of yourself.
(312) 626-7561
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Marcy Scholar
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60602
Transitional times in your life sometimes creates angst and stress, which can show up in our bodies in a physical way, as well as, in our relationships. This is an ideal time to engage in therapy. These transitions can occur anywhere in your life; relationship conflict, a break-up, parenting concerns, navigating a new job or a geographical move, graduate school, divorce, family concerns, and health crises, as well as others, which all might result in anxiety or depression.
Psychoanalytic
(847) 868-9105
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Chicago, IL 60602
Psychoanalytic
Transitional times in your life sometimes creates angst and stress, which can show up in our bodies in a physical way, as well as, in our relationships. This is an ideal time to engage in therapy. These transitions can occur anywhere in your life; relationship conflict, a break-up, parenting concerns, navigating a new job or a geographical move, graduate school, divorce, family concerns, and health crises, as well as others, which all might result in anxiety or depression.
(847) 868-9105
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Trina A Armstrong
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, PHD , LMFT Verified
Verified
Office is near:
Chicago, IL 60601
You are in the right place if you need a safe space to say everything you need about relationship problems, family conflict, challenges with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, life transitions, loss, or a history of childhood trauma. If you want to explore your identity, you are in transition, life goals, or being a teenager or young adult, you have connected with a caring and compassionate therapist who will meet you where you are while honoring your life journey, your values, beliefs, and or faith. We will work together so you can feel happier, satisfied, and content in your life and relationships.
Psychoanalytic
(312) 616-5438
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Office is near:
Chicago, IL 60601
Psychoanalytic
You are in the right place if you need a safe space to say everything you need about relationship problems, family conflict, challenges with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, life transitions, loss, or a history of childhood trauma. If you want to explore your identity, you are in transition, life goals, or being a teenager or young adult, you have connected with a caring and compassionate therapist who will meet you where you are while honoring your life journey, your values, beliefs, and or faith. We will work together so you can feel happier, satisfied, and content in your life and relationships.
(312) 616-5438
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Lola Wang
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MA, LCSW Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60605
I appreciate your willingness to take the time to put yourself first and look for a new therapist. In working with me, you will find a safe space where differences are honored. Together, we will explore challenging topics while incorporating different skills and tools that you can utilize regularly. My approach to psychotherapy is trauma-informed, client-centered, with a social justice lens. The goal is to have a holistic approach to healing so that you can reduce symptoms, meet goals, strengthen supports and overcome everyday stress as well as past trauma.
Psychoanalytic
(312) 262-2487
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Chicago, IL 60605
Psychoanalytic
I appreciate your willingness to take the time to put yourself first and look for a new therapist. In working with me, you will find a safe space where differences are honored. Together, we will explore challenging topics while incorporating different skills and tools that you can utilize regularly. My approach to psychotherapy is trauma-informed, client-centered, with a social justice lens. The goal is to have a holistic approach to healing so that you can reduce symptoms, meet goals, strengthen supports and overcome everyday stress as well as past trauma.
(312) 262-2487
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Erica Haynes
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60607
We all deserve to be happy and fulfilled in our relationships. However, healthy and meaningful relationships do not come without work. Whether it is with your intimate partner, friends, family or coworkers, the quality of our relationships has a direct impact on our mental health. I help individuals understand how their past experiences, sometimes traumatic, impact their present struggles related to anxiety, stress or depression, and often interfere with their ability to cultivate and maintain relationship satisfaction.
Psychoanalytic
(773) 372-1600
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Chicago, IL 60607
Psychoanalytic
We all deserve to be happy and fulfilled in our relationships. However, healthy and meaningful relationships do not come without work. Whether it is with your intimate partner, friends, family or coworkers, the quality of our relationships has a direct impact on our mental health. I help individuals understand how their past experiences, sometimes traumatic, impact their present struggles related to anxiety, stress or depression, and often interfere with their ability to cultivate and maintain relationship satisfaction.
(773) 372-1600
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Clare Martin
Counselor, LCPC Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60622
*Currently accepting new clients in MA and IL* Every person has their own story, own internal conflicts, relationships, and ways of making life meaningful. Therapy is a process of creating a trusting relationship, and creating space to explore and understand that story together. Through this process we can find ways to balance feelings of pain and conflict with the potential and desire for well-being.
Psychoanalytic
(339) 218-4776
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Chicago, IL 60622
Psychoanalytic
*Currently accepting new clients in MA and IL* Every person has their own story, own internal conflicts, relationships, and ways of making life meaningful. Therapy is a process of creating a trusting relationship, and creating space to explore and understand that story together. Through this process we can find ways to balance feelings of pain and conflict with the potential and desire for well-being.
(339) 218-4776
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Tim Sawyier
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, MA, LCPC Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60602
I am happy to help with referrals at this time. Psychotherapy is a process for relieving emotional distress by restoring and cultivating its participants' inborn capacities for thought and growth. Everyone engages with the world in idiosyncratic ways developed over the course of his or her path through life, and emotional suffering results when such adaptive measures go awry or no longer serve their original purpose. Repetitive unsatisfying relationships, low self esteem, anxiety, and other psychological symptoms can be alleviated when their origins are understood and reworked in the context of a supportive therapeutic relationship.
Psychoanalytic
(872) 469-7024
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Chicago, IL 60602
Psychoanalytic
I am happy to help with referrals at this time. Psychotherapy is a process for relieving emotional distress by restoring and cultivating its participants' inborn capacities for thought and growth. Everyone engages with the world in idiosyncratic ways developed over the course of his or her path through life, and emotional suffering results when such adaptive measures go awry or no longer serve their original purpose. Repetitive unsatisfying relationships, low self esteem, anxiety, and other psychological symptoms can be alleviated when their origins are understood and reworked in the context of a supportive therapeutic relationship.
(872) 469-7024
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Michael A. Conforti
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60640
Life is full of twists and turns we never expected to encounter. We feel alienated and out of balance. Sometimes we simply feel lost and do not know which direction we are facing. Feelings of depression, anxiety and/or physical symptoms can shadow this experience and lead us to feeling more isolated. When we find ourselves in just this situation we tend to view it as if we are stuck. To me, however, we are being called to transformation and more often than not we all need assistance as we walk that path.
Psychoanalytic
(312) 626-5653
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Chicago, IL 60640
Psychoanalytic
Life is full of twists and turns we never expected to encounter. We feel alienated and out of balance. Sometimes we simply feel lost and do not know which direction we are facing. Feelings of depression, anxiety and/or physical symptoms can shadow this experience and lead us to feeling more isolated. When we find ourselves in just this situation we tend to view it as if we are stuck. To me, however, we are being called to transformation and more often than not we all need assistance as we walk that path.
(312) 626-5653
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Stella Kiser
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, JD, LCSW Verified
Verified
Office is near:
Chicago, IL 60640
We do the best we can with the histories and resources we have. Our experiences and relationships shape/influence us, sometimes leaving us hopeful and nourished and other times leaving us stuck, depleted, anxious, sad, confused/overwhelmed. With a safe space and support, we can draw on our inner resilience to confront, manage and transcend our challenges, freeing us to live more authentic and fulfilling lives. My work is trauma-informed. My process is collaborative and interactive. I approach each therapy encounter with an open mind, recognizing that you are the expert in your life and know what works and what you need from therapy.
Psychoanalytic
(773) 825-6820
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Office is near:
Chicago, IL 60640
Psychoanalytic
We do the best we can with the histories and resources we have. Our experiences and relationships shape/influence us, sometimes leaving us hopeful and nourished and other times leaving us stuck, depleted, anxious, sad, confused/overwhelmed. With a safe space and support, we can draw on our inner resilience to confront, manage and transcend our challenges, freeing us to live more authentic and fulfilling lives. My work is trauma-informed. My process is collaborative and interactive. I approach each therapy encounter with an open mind, recognizing that you are the expert in your life and know what works and what you need from therapy.
(773) 825-6820
John A. Garver Jr.
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, AM, LCSW Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60601
I conceptualize therapy as a mutually created, deeply personal experience. No two therapies will ever be exactly alike given that we are all unique individuals shaped by the stories, desires, and expectations of ourselves and others. I start from a place of deep humility and honor, knowing that coming to therapy means turning to a professionalized stranger for help with what may be extremely difficult sufferings. In the beginning there may not be words for what is wrong, where it hurts, why things are the way they are. This is where we start. Together. Courageously.
Psychoanalytic
(773) 328-8347
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Chicago, IL 60601
Psychoanalytic
I conceptualize therapy as a mutually created, deeply personal experience. No two therapies will ever be exactly alike given that we are all unique individuals shaped by the stories, desires, and expectations of ourselves and others. I start from a place of deep humility and honor, knowing that coming to therapy means turning to a professionalized stranger for help with what may be extremely difficult sufferings. In the beginning there may not be words for what is wrong, where it hurts, why things are the way they are. This is where we start. Together. Courageously.
(773) 328-8347
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Wholistically Therapeutic, LLC
Counselor, LCPC, NCC, CCTP Verified
Verified
Office is near:
Chicago, IL 60643
Does your past seem to keep showing up uninvited in your present? Do you feel really misunderstood? Are you having a hard time getting out of your own way? Do you need support getting through the growth process? Are you seeking clarity on your purpose in life? If you are seeking support as you work to master yourself, improve interactions with others, or navigate life's challenges I can help you.
Psychoanalytic
(708) 419-3113
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Office is near:
Chicago, IL 60643
Psychoanalytic
Does your past seem to keep showing up uninvited in your present? Do you feel really misunderstood? Are you having a hard time getting out of your own way? Do you need support getting through the growth process? Are you seeking clarity on your purpose in life? If you are seeking support as you work to master yourself, improve interactions with others, or navigate life's challenges I can help you.
(708) 419-3113
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Dave Berkman
Psychologist, PsyD Verified
Verified
Chicago, IL 60601
Change really is possible, both in terms of symptom relief as well as deeper, life long patterns and dynamics. As a licensed clinical psychologist, I will work with you as an active participant in your treatment. Together, we will gain insight into both the overt, and at times less obvious, factors which impact your quality of life. In addition, I will help you learn concrete techniques to better manage problematic symptoms and dynamics.
Psychoanalytic
(773) 888-0514
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Chicago, IL 60601
Psychoanalytic
Change really is possible, both in terms of symptom relief as well as deeper, life long patterns and dynamics. As a licensed clinical psychologist, I will work with you as an active participant in your treatment. Together, we will gain insight into both the overt, and at times less obvious, factors which impact your quality of life. In addition, I will help you learn concrete techniques to better manage problematic symptoms and dynamics.
(773) 888-0514
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Psychoanalytic Therapists
Psychoanalysis is an in-depth form of therapy. The client learns what conscious and unconscious wishes drive their patterns of thinking and behavior on the theory that, by making the unconscious conscious, they will make more educated choices over how they think and act.

If you're looking for psychoanalysis in Chicago or for Chicago psychoanalysis these professionals provide psychoanalytic therapy, psychoanalytic psychotherapy, psychoanalytic group therapy in Chicago. They include Chicago Psychoanalysts, Psychoanalytic therapists, Psychoanalytic psychologists, psychotherapists in Chicago and Psychoanalytic counselors.

How can I tell if a therapist is right for me?
Therapists in Chicago are able to work with a wide range of issues and communities, including the BIPOC community in Chicago. They offer in person sessions as well as Teletherapy in Chicago

For example, if you're seeking a marriage counselor in Chicago you'll find that most therapists are trained in marriage counseling or couples counseling in Chicago and couples therapy. And they welcome families for family counseling in Chicago or family therapy in Chicago.