About

A Full-Service Group Practice

We commit to work alongside you for the long haul until you feel you have reached your therapy goals. Quick fixes do not address underlying issues and they are temporary. We believe in quality, personalized and continuing care.

Our Therapists

Well-trained. Personable. Supportive.

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.

Ianka is compassionate and insightful. She creates a safe and supportive environment for her clients to assist them in setting goals and making changes. She has extensive experience working with teens, young adults and adults struggling with life transitions, anxiety, depression, women’s issues, divorce and separation, grief, loss and trauma, mood disorder and PTSD.

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.

Colin enjoys working with children, tweens, teens, young adults and adults struggling with relational distress, anxiety, situational depression, school related issues, ADHD, identity issues, LGBTQ, substance abuse, parent- child conflict, grief, loss and trauma.

Be heard, respected and understood.

Comprehensive Care

Children

Teens

Adult

Couples

Family

We Will Challenge You

We will challenge to explore new ways to think about and see the problem you are facing.

Reach Your Goals

We will collaborate to help you set and achieve your goals.

Trust the Process

We believe you are the experts of your life. We help you clear the way for what is preventing you from finding the answers to your struggles.