Therapy for professionals in Chicago and across Illinois.
From a therapist who knows that world from the inside.
You've hit the metrics. Made the pivots. Kept it together in the board meeting. And yet, Sunday nights still feel like dread, and something you can't quite name keeps getting louder. You don't need a therapist who's read about your world. You need one who's lived it.
Schedule a Free ConsultationFor professionals who've done everything right and still feel like something's off
- The burned-out professional
You have been performing at a high level for so long that you've lost track of whether you actually want this anymore. The burnout isn't laziness. It's your nervous system trying to tell you something. Therapy means naming what's actually going on, not just pushing through.
More on burnout therapy → - The founder with too much on the line
Runway is short. The co-founder dynamic is fraying. You're projecting confidence to the team while running through worst-case scenarios at 2am. The gap between how it looks and how it actually feels is one of the lonelier parts of building something. Therapy is one of the few places where you don't have to hold both at once.
- The executive who everyone leans on
You're the one people come to with their problems. You can't show uncertainty to your team, can't process in real time with peers, can't admit to your board that you're struggling. Therapy is a place to put all of that down for an hour.
- The business owner who built something real and still feels empty
You built something real. Hit the numbers, made it stable, maybe got the exit. And once it arrived, it didn't feel the way you thought it would. That's harder to admit when everything looks like success from the outside. Therapy is a place to figure out what you're actually after.
Real-world experience, not borrowed context
Before becoming a therapist, I spent time inside Fortune 500 companies, built my own business, and was embedded with teams at companies like Lyft and Snowflake. That experience shaped my practice as much as graduate school did. I've been in the meetings, felt the pressure, and navigated the specific kind of identity crisis that comes from tying your self-worth to a company's trajectory.
That background isn't a credential I list. It's the reason I can sit across from a founder describing their Series A anxiety or an executive talking about the promotion that didn't fix anything, and actually understand what they're talking about. Not just clinically, but from having been there.
Most therapists who work with professionals have read about your world. That background is the difference between a therapist who understands the dynamics intellectually and one who's actually navigated them. The combination of lived experience and a clinical framework built for high-achievers (not just symptom management, but values-based work that actually moves things) is what makes this different.
ACT for the high-achiever who's already tried harder
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a research-backed approach built around a deceptively simple question: what actually matters to you, and are you building a life around it? For professionals and entrepreneurs, the answer to the second part is usually no, even when everything looks successful from the outside.
ACT doesn't ask you to think positively or get over it. It works with the anxiety, the ambition, and the perfectionism. Not against them. The goal is to stop letting those things make decisions for you, and start making them from your actual values instead.
For executives, this shows up as leadership identity work: who you are separate from the title. For founders, it often means examining whether the startup is still a vehicle for what you care about, or whether it became the point. For burned-out professionals, it's usually about getting honest with yourself about what "success" is actually costing you.
Direct, honest, no hand-holding
Sessions don't feel like a standard therapy intake. You're not going to spend the first three months building rapport before we get to anything real. If you bring something specific: the performance review that landed wrong, the co-founder you're not sure you trust anymore, the Sunday night dread that won't go away. We'll work on it directly.
I'm warm, but I won't dance around the hard stuff. Most people who come to me are used to being the person with the answers. Part of the work is building tolerance for not having them, and learning to act from clarity rather than urgency.
You'll do real work. It's not easy, but individual therapy is the kind of hard work that moves things.
Designed to fit around a packed calendar
In-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO in Illinois. Most sessions covered at your standard specialist copay. Superbills available for other plans.
No commute. Sessions via video from wherever you are in Illinois. Between back-to-back meetings, early morning, or whenever you can carve out an hour.
Start with a free consultation. We'll talk about what you're looking for, I'll answer your questions, and we'll figure out together if this is the right fit.
Common questions
- Do you accept insurance?
- Yes. I'm in-network with Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO in Illinois, which means most sessions are covered at your standard specialist copay. For other plans, I can submit out-of-network claims on your behalf or provide a superbill for reimbursement — many plans cover 50–80% of the session cost. Full details on coverage and rates on the fees & insurance page.
- How is this different from executive coaching?
- Coaching focuses on performance and strategy. Therapy goes deeper. It addresses the anxiety, identity questions, relationship patterns, and burnout that coaching usually skips. Many of my clients have already done coaching and come to therapy when they realize the issue isn't their productivity system.
- What does a typical session look like?
- Direct. You bring what's actually going on: the co-founder tension, the performance review that landed wrong, the promotion that didn't fix anything. We work on the patterns underneath it and what you actually want to do about them. ACT gives us a practical framework, but sessions feel more like a sharp conversation than a clinical intake.
- Can I schedule around a packed calendar?
- Yes. All sessions are via telehealth. No commute, no waiting room. Flexible scheduling means sessions can fit between back-to-back meetings, early morning, or whenever works. Book the free consult and we'll find a time.
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Free 30-minute consultation. No commitment. Telehealth anywhere in Illinois.
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