Empowering Your Relationships
Chicago's Mental Health Counseling Group
We are a full-service group practice on the North Shore of Chicago. We work with all members of the family from the littlest one to the elders. Because we are experienced therapists working in one practice, we can guarantee you continuation and coordination of care.
Together, we will find solutions to your challenges.
Now Offering Telehealth Appointments
Feeling Anxious or Depressed?
With You All The Way
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From time-to-time, each of us struggles with personal challenges and we feel distressed, or stuck. The hardest step to take is admitting to ourself that we can’t solve these problems alone. That’s when it’s time to seek professional help from a skilled therapist who has the experience to guide us through a troubling time.
Well-Trained. Personable. Supportive.
Our Therapists
Terri A.
Ammirati
Owner & Founder, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
Terri helps families and couples strengthen their relationships. She is a family and couples therapist who provides solution-focused therapy to help people communicate better and develop more fulfilling relationships. She integrates spiritual truths with contemporary psychological theories in her counseling sessions.
Terri is a Certified Gottman Therapist and uses the Gottman Approach when working with couples. The Gottman Approach is based on over 35 years of clinical research and is an evidence - based approach that has been proven to help couples with all aspects of relationship issues.
Ianka
Geraldino
Associate Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Ianka is a bi-lingual Associate Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She brings over 10 years of professional experience and specializes in working with couples, families and individuals struggling with all aspects of relational distress. She believes that the family structure is important and has made it her life’s mission to help couples and family members strengthen and promote stronger interpersonal connections. Ianka enjoys working with couples to deepen the friendship and intimacy and is in trained in Gottman Method to Couples Therapy.
Adolfo
Oropeza
Licensed Clinical Social
Worker
Adolfo is a bilingual Counselor in Chicago who specializes in working with teens, and adults. His expertise is providing individual and family therapy for mood disorders and anxiety disorders. He treats people sufferring from depression, bipolar disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. He is a Mexican-American and his background gives him insight into cultural differences and struggles people face in their communities.
Ethel
Gugenheim
Licensed Social
Worker
As a therapist I take the time to get to know my clients and build rapport with them. I believe each client brings a unique set of experiences, needs, and strengths and so I use a personal approach to help my clients feel safe and heard. I work with adolescents, individuals, and families. Some of my specialties include anxiety and depression, life transitions, and eating disorders.
Colin
Boland
Licensed Professional Counselor
Colin brings over six years of clinical experience and enjoys working with individuals and families to bring about the positive changes in their lives. He is creative, engaging, and compassionate. His possesses a genuine authenticity that enables his clients to feel safe, heard and understood. He empowers his clients to make decisions that work for their own life style needs.
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No More Waiting For Things To Get Better
When To Seek Help
- Are you feeling overwhelmed or ashamed and not sure where to begin?
- Are looking for a place where you will feel comfortable as you work through personal struggles?
- Do you have family members who would benefit from talking with a professional?
- Do you have a distressed relationship with your spouse or child?
- Are you in a relationship that is not struggling, but just “OK”? Do feel you are drifting apart?
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Our fees are reasonable and we accept most major insurance plans.
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In the 1980s, Dr. John Gottman established the “Love Lab,” where researchers discovered groundbreaking behaviors on the “Masters” and “Disasters” of relationships.
Terri Ammirati was fortunate to be trained directly by Dr. Gottman and his wife, Dr. Julie Gottman.
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