Adoptee-Therapist Directory
ILLINOIS
This directory includes licensed U.S. mental health professionals who identify as adoptees and work with adoptees / adoptive families in a variety of public and private settings. Only providers who have voluntarily submitted their information have been listed.
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ILLINOIS (IL)
IL - Virtual Sessions Statewide
Caela Day, Psy.D.
(720) 295-0454 / drcaela@gmail.com
Personal Adoption Status: Transracial, International, In-Reunion
Client Population: Middle School-Age, High School-Age, Adults, Couples, Families
Specialties: Trauma, Anxiety, Depression, EMDR, Racial/Ethnic Identity Development, Attachment Issues
IL - Virtual Sessions Statewide
Meg Eifrig, MA, LCPC
1010 Jorie Boulevard #364, Oak Brook, IL 60523 (773) 558-9380 / meg.eifrig.lcpc@gmail.com
Personal Adoption Status: Transracial, International
Client Population: High School-Age, Adults
Specialties: Families, Adoption kinship, Grief & loss
IL - Virtual Sessions Statewide
Kimberly Langrehr, PhD
(312)-248-9281 / klangrehr@mail.com
Personal Adoption Status: Transracial, International
Client Population: Middle School-Age, High School-Age, Adults, Families
Specialties: Adoption, Family Conflict, Experiences with Marginalization & Trauma
IL - Virtual Sessions Statewide
Liz Lucchese, PsyD
Arrow Psychological Services 126 E. Wing St., #166, Arlington Heights, IL 60004 (847) 220-4355 / DrLu@arrowpsych.com
Personal Adoption Status: Transracial, International
Client Population: High School-Age, Adults
Specialties: LGBTQ+, Forensic Populations, Adopted Individuals
IL - Virtual Sessions Statewide
Andrea Lyons, LICSW (MN)
One Heart One World LLC ~ (720) 593-2885 / andrea@oneheartoneworld.net
Personal Adoption Status: Transracial, International, In Reunion
Client Population: High School-Age, Adults, Families
Specialties: Adoption, Parent Coaching and Consulting, Parenting Teens, Transracial Identity Integration, Brainspotting &Generational Brainspotting, Life Transitions
IL - Virtual Sessions Statewide
Ciara McLaughlin, LCSW
(646) 762-9014 / ciaramclaughlintherapy@gmail.com
Personal Adoption Status: Transracial, International
Client Population: High School-Age, Adults, Couples Specialties:
Adoption issues, racial identity, trauma, anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship issues
IL - Virtual Sessions Statewide
Chaitra Wirta-Leiker, PsyD
Beyond Words Psychological Services LLC (303) 522-3184 / info@growbeyondwords.com
Personal Adoption Status: Transracial, International
Client Population: Adults
Specialties: Social justice-oriented therapy, Transracial adoption, Racial identity development, Trauma, EMDR, Brainspotting, Attachment, Adoptive parent education
IL - Chicago
Sophia Burke, LCPC
Wellington Counseling Group ~ 1011 W Wellington Ave #210, Chicago, IL 60657 (312) 766-0941 / sburke@wellingtoncounselinggroup.com
Personal Adoption Status: Transracial
Client Population: Adults
Specialties: Eye-Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma Recovery, Eating Disorders
IL - Chicago
Amy Groessl, PhD, LCSW
1107 W North Shore Ave, Chicago, Illinois 60626 (773) 991-3655 / amygroessl@gmail.com
Personal Adoption Status: Same Race, Domestic, In Reunion
Client Population: Infant, Toddler, Preschool Age, Elementary Age, Middle School Age, High School Age, Adults, Families
Specialties: Trauma-Focused Treatment, Neuroscience-Informed, Psychodynamic Psychotherapy, Complex Emotional, Relational and Identity Issues Adoptees Experience, Domestic and International Adoption, Unexpected DNA Discoveries, Donor Conception, Misattributed Parentage
IL - Chicago
Jodi Stelley, LPC
IMPROVing Life Counseling ~ 111 W Jackson Boulevard, Suite 1700, Chicago, IL 60604 (716) 222-0684 / jstelley@improvinglifecounseling.com
Personal Adoption Status: Transracial, International
Client Population: High School Age, Adults, Couples, F
amilies Specialties: Emerging Adults, LGBTQ-allied, Identity, Anxiety, Depression, Life Transitions, Grief/Complicated Grief
IL - Homewood
Krista Woods, MSW, LCSW
Integrity Clinical Consulting & Training ~ 935 175th Street #301, Homewood, IL 60430 (708) 794-6511 / info@integrityclinicalconsulting.com
Personal Adoption Status: Transracial, Domestic, Foster, In Reunion
Client Population: Elementary-Age, Middle School-Age, High School-Age, Adults, Couples, Families
Specialties: Trauma, Kinship Guardianship/Adoption, Birth/First Parents, Clients of Color, Depression, Anxiety, Substance Abuse, Foster Care, Reunion, Open Adoptions, Pre/Post Adoption, Video Sessions for Adults
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