Our Services…

Our individual therapy in Chicago supports adults navigating:

• Anxiety, stress, and feeling overwhelmed
• Identity, self-understanding, and personal growth
• Grief, loss, and difficult life transitions
• Trauma and experiences that continue to shape the present
• Relationships, boundaries, and communication
• The pressure of appearing capable while struggling internally
• Men navigating relationships, identity, fatherhood, stress, and life transitions

Together, we’ll slow things down, understand what’s happening beneath the surface, and begin making sense of what feels difficult to put into words.

We support clients navigating:

• Perinatal loss (miscarriage, stillbirth, termination for medical reasons)

• Postnatal loss (infant death or loss after birth)

• Fertility grief (mourning the loss of an imagined future or biological path)

• Medical trauma (unexpected procedures, misdiagnoses, or emotionally distressing care)

You don’t have to minimize your pain — or move through it alone

Our therapy for men in Chicago supports men navigating:

• Stress, anxiety, and the pressure to keep everything together

• Identity, confidence, and questions about who you are or who you want to become

• Relationships, communication, dating, and intimacy

• Fatherhood, parenting, and changing family roles

• Anger, frustration, emotional shutdown, or difficulty putting experiences into words

• Work, school, career decisions, and major life transitions

• Grief, loss, trauma, and experiences that may still be affecting you

• Feeling stuck, disconnected, or unsure what needs to change

You don't need to have the right words before you start.

Therapy for men can be a place to slow things down, understand what’s happening beneath the surface, and develop language for experiences that may be difficult to explain or make sense of alone. Together, we'll make sense of what's happening and identify what matters to you before deciding what comes next.

Our couples therapy in Chicago supports partners navigating:

• Communication that keeps breaking down

• Recurring conflict or arguments that never seem fully resolved

• Emotional distance or loss of connection

• Resentment that has built over time

• Changes in intimacy or affection

• Parenting stress and differences in parenting approaches

• Major transitions, grief, or unexpected changes that have affected the relationship

• Feeling more like roommates or co-parents than partners

In couples counseling, we partner with you to:

• Slow down recurring patterns and understand what is happening underneath them

• Hear what each person is trying to communicate beneath the argument

• Identify needs that may feel competing or difficult to reconcile

• Rebuild emotional connection and intimacy

• Make thoughtful decisions about what you want your relationship to look like moving forward

Deciding if, when, and how you want to become a parent can be complicated, especially when fertility, timing, relationships, or unexpected circumstances make the path forward feel unclear. Maybe you’ve been trying to conceive for months (or even years) without success. Maybe you’re uncertain if parenting is right for you, but feeling pressured of biology and time that is slipping away.

We support individuals and couples navigating family-building decisions who are:

• Uncertain of how long to wait before seeking a specialist or intervention

• Considering IVF, IUI, or egg preservation but unsure where to start or what to prepare for

• Grieving the uncertainty of the future they’d always imagined

Managing an unplanned pregnancy and trying to quiet the outside noise in order to explore all options without pressure

Questions we help you explore:

• How do I decide the next step to take?

• When is it time to do more — or to take a step back?

• How do I create or find a sense of “peace” with such uncertainty?

• Will my relationship survive the stress of fertility intervention and planning?

• How do we regain a sense of intimacy during/after the lifestyle of fertility planning and intervention?

We partner with you to:

• Clarify if or when parenting feels right for you

• Manage anxiety stemming from internal timelines and external expectations

• Unpack uncertainty and loss of control in your journey to parenting

• Identify next steps that align with your personal values

We help clients explore:

• Is adoption the right path for me — and how do I know for sure?

• Emotional stress of the home study process

• Long periods of uncertainty while waiting to be matched

• Therapeutic parenting concerns and adoptee loss & grief

We also support clients navigating:

• Open adoption fears, confusion, and boundary-setting

• When birth parents go MIA — and how to emotionally respond

• Communicative openness vs. physical openness

• Writing a profile that truly reflects your values and story

• Managing the grief, guilt, or resentment after a dissolved match

• Knowing when to say “no” to a match — and coping with the disappointment or guilt that follows

As an adoptee-owned practice, we support adult adoptees who are:

• Exploring questions of identity, belonging, and personal truth

• Processing grief that was never fully acknowledged or named

• Navigating loyalty binds, emotional silence, or people-pleasing patterns

• Seeking space to unpack conflicting feelings — without needing to explain

• Reclaiming voice, boundaries, and self-trust in adulthood