BA in Psychology, University of Michigan, 1976; MSW University of Michigan, 1982; Advanced Studies at Gestalt Therapy Institutes.

Bruce has worked on staff at Chicago's Howard Brown Clinic and as Director of Psychotherapy Services for what is now known as the Center on Halsted, also in Chicago. In his private practice, Bruce works with individuals and runs weekly therapy groups. He has served as a board member for the Association for the Advancement of Gestalt Therapy and as Treasurer of the Illinois Group Psychotherapy Society, where he currently serves on the Program and Training Committee. Bruce has published professionally, in 1992 for the Nightingale-Conant Corporation, Gestalt Training: The Psychology of Self-Regulating Success, and in 2004 “Coming Out as a Life-Long Process” in the Gestalt Review. More information about Bruce can be found on his Web site at http://www.bruceaaron.net.

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BA in Psychology-Education, Emerson College, 1967; MS in Social Work, Simmons College School of Social Work, 1971; Advanced Training Program in Group Treatment of Adult Incest Survivors, led by Judith Herman, MD, 1986; Certificate in Treatment of Sexual Dysfunction, Loyola University Medical School, 1996.

Shisha has been in private practice, first in Boston and subsequently in Chicago, since 1976. Her agency-based experience includes community mental health agencies, hospitals, community health clinics, and a district court clinic. She held faculty teaching appointments and field liaison positions with two schools of social work from 1977-1988. Her experience includes clinical supervision and consultation to trainees, agency staff, and private practitioners. Through extensive clinical experience working with individuals, couples, and time-limited psychotherapy groups, Shisha has developed a special interest and expertise in treatment of sexual trauma, anxiety disorders, and cross-cultural relationships using integrative modalities of psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, and mindfulness-based traditions. Ongoing yoga practice is a personal commitment in Shisha's life. She actively investigates effective applications of the benefits of yoga to psychotherapy treatment of some clients.

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BA Bryn Mawr College, 1986; MSW Hunter College School of Social Work, 1996.

Before coming to Cathedral Counseling Center, Annie worked with chronically mentally ill adults in clinic, day treatment, emergency room and inpatient settings at Harlem Hospital and St. Luke's Roosevelt Hospital in New York. For seven years, Annie enjoyed supervising social work students in their field placements. She is bilingual (Spanish/English) and has worked with Spanish-speaking clients in individual and group settings. Annie also has extensive experience facilitating groups focused on such treatment topics as coping with anxiety, managing psychiatric symptoms and medication, and enhancing social skills. Since coming to the Center in 2006, she has continued to be interested in working with those with serious mental illness. In addition to her work at the Counseling Center, Annie has a private practice. Her other clinical interests are LGBT issues and racial and cultural differences.

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BA in Music, Northern Illinois University, 1994; MS in Social Administration (MSSA) Case Western Reserve University, 1997.

Ken began his career in social work in 1993 as a guitar teacher and mentor for youth, using music as a vehicle to teach self discipline, consistency, and creativity. Soon afterward he began working as a counselor at Hope Haven in DeKalb, Illinois, a shelter for individuals who are homeless. Since 1997 Ken has worked with adolescents, adults, and families in such settings as family service agencies, inpatient hospital units, and private group practice. Ken's areas of expertise include treatment of anxiety disorders, family therapy, anger management, life transitions, and identity development. Since joining Cathedral Counseling Center in 2008, Ken has been integrating these areas with psychodynamic theory and practice, to help clients connect with their internal strengths for healing and growth.

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BS Cornell University, 1970; MBA Cornell University, 1979; MSW Loyola University Chicago, 2008.

John has experience in community mental health, including individual psychotherapy with adults, couples, and adolescents. He also has additional background and interest in the psychology and issues of men, based on an extensive background of volunteer work in such organizations as The Mankind Project. His interests include relational psychotherapy and the psychology of organizations. John is currently participating in Cathedral Counseling's Fellows Program for advanced clinical training.

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BS in Psychology, Loyola University, 1972; MSW Loyola University, 1975

Carol is the Intake Coordinator and Community Liaison for Cathedral Counseling Center. In that position, she assesses the specific concerns and needs of each potential client and matches the client with an appropriate therapist. She works actively with clinicians and agencies referring clients to CCC to help make this process as thoughtful as possible. Carol helps promote and explain the services of the Center to the community. Also, Carol is an individual and couples therapist at CCC and maintains a private practice. She is part of CCC's Premarital Counseling Program and has been co-leading Premarital Counseling Groups for nine years. Her clinical interests and expertise are in the areas of depression, anxiety disorders, relationship issues, and personality disorders, issues of young adulthood, and alcoholism and substance abuse. She has had specialty training in the treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse. Prior to coming to the Counseling Center in 1982, Carol worked as an Outpatient Alcoholism Therapist and taught classes in an alcoholism certification program.

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BA Lawrence University, 1969; MSW Smith College School for Social Work, 1973.

Caroline is a clinical social worker and has been with Cathedral Counseling Center since 1988. She also has a private practice in Chicago's Loop. Before coming to the Center, she worked with adolescents and their parents in a private agency, then at the inpatient psychiatric ward at the University of Chicago Hospital. Later, she worked with steelworkers through U.S. Steel's employee assistance program. She was also a regional clinical coordinator for the EAP organization that serviced U.S. Steel. Caroline enjoys working with individual adults and adolescents. She particularly likes treating young adults, and has recently become interested in issues of aging, addressing both ends of the adult life-stage spectrum. Substance abuse problems, issues around infertility, and parenting struggles are also of interest to her. At the Counseling Center, Caroline has become increasingly focused on the transfer of knowledge to the next generation of clinicians. Consequently, the opportunity to supervise fellows in the post-graduate training programs means a great deal to her.

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BS in Social Work, Southern Illinois University, 1978; MSW University of Illinois at Chicago, Jane Addams College of Social Work, 1984; Cathedral Counseling Center Fellow Program 2002; Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Training for the Treatment of Trauma, 2005; Participation in Trauma Consultation Group with Womencare Counseling, Evanston, IL 2002-2007

Barbara has a background in mental health and addictions treatment and training in a wide range of settings including inpatient, outpatient, residential, criminal justice, and employee assistance programs. Her areas of expertise include treating mood/anxiety disorders, addictions, dual-diagnosis, elder care issues, couples counseling, and trauma. Since she joined Cathedral Counseling Center in 2002 Barbara has contributed to Premarital Counseling Services, Professional Development Planning and Programming, Clinical Supervision, and Program Development/Marketing. Barbara's on-going interests include the integration of alternative therapies (yoga, mediation, mind/body modalities and spirituality) with psychotherapy. Additionally, she applies the benefits of cognitive-behavioral treatment, 12-step supports, and relational theory to her work.

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BA in Psychology, Boston College, 1977; MA University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, 1981; Certificate in Advanced Psychotherapy, Michael Reese Hospital, 1984.

Maggie has been a psychotherapist for adults, children, couples, and families since 1981. Maggie currently is in private practice in addition to her work at the Counseling Center. Along with her clinical work she has taught at the University of Chicago since 2002; she taught previously at Loyola University, Chicago, and The Erickson Institute, also in Chicago. She has served as a consultant to individual clinicians and led consultations groups at various agencies. Maggie has a deep interest in the complexities of the psychodynamic process and the social and other systems with which each person interacts. She has a special interest in early development-exploring techniques to foster healthy development in children and studying the effects of early development on adult life. She has served on the boards of professional organizations, including the Infant Mental Health Association, and community organizations like the Grassroots Fund.

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BA in English, University of Michigan, 1997; MSW New York University, 2003; Cathedral Counseling Center Fellows Program, 2009.

Kate has an extensive background in community mental health, providing treatment in both inpatient and outpatient settings. Her experience also includes working with chronically and severely mentally ill individuals through group therapy, on-call crisis management, and field supervision of social work students in care of the chronically and severely ill. She has expertise in individual psychotherapy with adults, treatment of depression and anxiety disorders, and couples therapy. Kate's special interests lie in relational psychotherapy and cognitive-behavioral therapy.

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BA in Anthropology/Sociology, Lake Forest College, 1965; MA in Social Work, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, 1967.

Sally's expertise resides in mood disorders, attachment and relationship issues, and post-traumatic stress disorder. Sally has provided psychotherapy services for Cathedral Counseling Center since 2002 while maintaining a private practice. Sally has experience working with children, families, and adults. She is certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and has expertise in Affect Psychology and Developmental Needs Meeting Strategy (DNMS) Therapy. EMDR is an integrative psychotherapy approach that combines elements of several psychotherapies in a structured way to maximize treatment effects. These include psychodynamic, cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, experiential, and body-centered therapies. DNMS is designed to treat adults with complex wounds, such as those stemming from verbal, physical, and sexual abuse; and with attachment wounds, such as those inflicted by parental rejection, neglect, and enmeshment.

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MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1998, BA, Sarah Lawrence College, 1990; MSW, Loyola University, 2004.

Before joining the staff at Cathedral Counseling, Kim worked with families in foster care, with adults and children at communities mental health centers and in a group private practice with adults and couples. Kim has an interest in treating clients with anxiety, depression, PTSD and working with couples and individuals on relationship issues. Her approach is psychodynamic and client centered.

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BA in Sociology, Drake University, 1974; MSW University of Illinois Jane Addams College of Social Work, 1980; Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) training.

Dean's agency-based experience includes working in hospitals, community mental health agencies, and hospice organizations. His clinical experience has been primarily with adults, in individual and couples therapy. In addition, he has experience in facilitating bereavement support groups. Dean is particularly experienced in the treatment of anxiety and mood disorders, concerns related to the coming-out process for LGBT persons, and issues related to illness, grief, and loss. While his initial training was in psychodynamic theory and practice, he has more recently been studying and integrating the use such of mindfulness-based treatments as Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy for depression, cultivating those practices in the therapeutic relationship.

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BA in English, University of Michigan, 1975; MSW University of Michigan, 1979.

Maureen is a clinical social worker with more than 25 years of leadership experience in program planning, fundraising, budgeting, and board development. She worked in hospitals and community mental health centers and directed a chemical dependence treatment center for women in Chicago before joining Cathedral Counseling Center as its executive director in 1993. During her tenure, CCC has grown tremendously and developed a broad array of treatment and training programs. Maureen served as adjunct faculty at Loyola's School of Social Work in Chicago. She is a popular and respected public speaker on such topics as chemical dependence and the importance of community to clinicians. Maureen was a member of the Illinois Chapter of the National Association of Social Work's Committee on Inquiry and Ethics for many years. Maureen's background in literature and the humanities influences both her clinical work and management practice.

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BA in Education, School Manuel Dorrego, Buenos Aires, 1978; MAAT, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1988; PhD Institute for Clinical Social Work, 2009.

Beatriz has been in private practice in Chicago since 1995. In addition, her experience includes community mental health, hospitals, and court advocacy. Her experience includes clinical supervision of LCPCs, consultation, and teaching to trainees in art therapy. Her clinical experience focuses on adults, individual and couples, as well as art psychotherapy groups, with a special interest in the treatment of the transgendered population. Beatriz's clinical interests and expertise are in mood and personality disorders, women's issues, and relational and identity issues. In her practice, Beatriz utilizes a psychodynamic-spiritual modality integrated with art-making, relaxation, and meditation. Beatriz also is a committed professional painter, adding to her clinical practice a strong belief in the creative process to facilitate healing. Beatriz is a native from Buenos Aires, Argentina – bicultural and bilingual (Spanish-English).

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BA in Behavioral Science, George Williams College, 1980; MA in Social Work, University of Chicago, 1982; PhD, The Institute for Clinical Social Work, 1995; Certificate in International/Intercultural Studies, ongoing fine arts studies, Art Institute of Chicago.

Lynn McIntyre's dissertation subject “The Good Enough Couple” researched the role of the marital relationship in furthering individual psychological growth. She has worked in various educational settings over the past two decades, providing assessment and treatment of emotional issues as well as learning problems and neurocognitive deficits, such as attentional concerns. Additionally, through her work with various legal and child welfare agencies, she is an expert in forensic evaluations. Lynn has served as an adjunct professor at Loyola University of Social Work, is an advisor at the Institute for Clinical Social Work and is Program Coordinator for CCC's Fellows Program for advanced training. Besides her part-time work in the schools and at the Counseling Center, Lynn has a private practice of psychotherapy. She also studies at the Art Institute of Chicago and is an accomplished painter.

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BA Vassar College, 1969; MA University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, 1972; Certificate in Advanced Clinical Social Work, Dept. of Psychiatry, Michael Reese Hospital, 1981.

Prior to joining CCC in 1992, Susan worked at Michael Reese Hospital in Chicago, initially in medical social work, primarily at the Siegel Institute for Communicative Disorders. While there she was part of a team that evaluated both children and adults who presented with a variety of diagnoses, from adults with post-stroke aphasia to children with autism, learning disabilities, or severe visual or hearing deficits. Since working at CCC, Susan has become interested in the application of the relational model to psychotherapy. She is also one of the coordinators of the Center's Premarital Counseling program.

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BS in Psychology and Women's Studies, University of Wisconsin Madison, 1991; MSW Loyola University, 1994; Adult Psychotherapy Program, The Institute of Psychoanalysis, 2006.

Sara's background is in outpatient mental health and school social work. Her areas of expertise include the treatment of children, couples, and families. Prior to joining CCC in 2006, Sara worked in agency, school, hospital, and private practice settings. As a school social worker in a therapeutic day school, she addressed a variety of treatment issues and garnered experience working with children, adolescents, and their families. She has a history of working with battered women and patients who have suffered from physical and mental trauma. With a strong interest in self psychology and psychodynamic psychotherapy, Sara is passionate about women’s issues and working with young women as they face challenges across the lifespan.

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BS in Biology, University of Illinois, 2002; MD St. Louis University, 2006; residency in psychiatry at Northwestern University School of Medicine, 2009; Fellowship in Women's Mental Health at the University of Illinois at Chicago, 2010.

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BS in Economics, Indiana University, 2000; MA in Social Work, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, 2004.

Meghan joined Cathedral Counseling Center with a background in the treatment of children and adults in the outpatient setting, and treatment within the medical setting, including working with parents of critically ill children in a neonatal intensive care unit. She has experience working with and a special interest in adoptive families, with a focus on attachment issues and adoption. Meghan is a 2011 graduate of Cathedral Counseling Center's Fellow's Program.  She has completed the Level 1 Training for the Treatment of Trauma through the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute of Boulder, CO.  She is committed to ongoing exploration of body centered integration and mindfulness in treatment. 

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BA in English, Muhlenberg College, 1982; MS in Communications, Boston University, 1984; MSW Simmons College School of Social Work, 1993; Cathedral Counseling Center Fellows Program, 2002.

Nina's social work career began in women's health at medical centers here in Chicago and in Boston. Her medical experience includes work with chronic illness and adjustment to loss. Her current clinical interests revolve around couples, anxiety, sexual function, and work identity/reinvention. Nina is active in community service, participating as a youth mentor for the YMCA. In addition to her Counseling Center practice, Nina works as the Field Placement Coordinator at the School of Social Work at Loyola University Chicago where she oversees the internship component of social work student training.

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BA University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1987; MEd Loyola University, 1995; MA in Counseling Psychology, Northwestern University, 2004; Cathedral Counseling Center Fellows Program, 2009.

Leigh joined the staff at Cathedral Counseling Center after completing the Advanced Clinical Fellows Program in 2009. Leigh is also a therapist at Chicago's Marjorie Kovler Center where she specializes in trauma treatment of survivors of government-sponsored torture. Leigh has experience writing psychological affidavits and testifies in hearings as an expert witness in trauma in the Chicago Immigration Court. Leigh also teaches and supervises master students in the counseling psychology program of Chicago's Northwestern University. Her previous experience ranges from facilitating bereavement programs at Children's Memorial Hospital, in Chicago, to counseling individuals in community mental health centers, to providing trauma treatment at Northwestern's Women's Center. Leigh specializes in the treatment of mood disorders, anxiety, and trauma using an integrative approach that includes psychodynamic psychotherapy, relational psychotherapy, and cognitive-behavioral techniques.

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BA in Psychology, University of California, Berkeley, 1997; MA in General Psychology, The New School for Social Research, NYC, NY, 2004; PhD in Clinical Psychology, The New School for Social Research, NYC, NY, 2010.

Anjannette is a doctor of clinical psychology and postdoctoral fellow at Cathedral Counseling Center. She takes an integrative approach incorporating mindfulness with psychodynamic psychotherapy. Dr. Anjanette Ryan has experience providing psychological treatment to patients in hospitals and community mental health clinics. She specializes in work with individuals and couples with mood disorders, relationship issues, identity formation, anxiety, coping with chronic illness, health behavior changes, pain management and stress reduction. She also trained in Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

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BA in English, BA in Fine Art, Pitzer College, 2001; MS in Marriage and Family Therapy, Northwestern University, 2007.

Carrie received extensive training in couples and family therapy during her masters studies at The Family Institute and continued to gain experience with a diverse clinical population while working in a community mental health setting. Since starting private practice and joining Cathedral Counseling as a clinical fellow, Carrie has focused her work on young adults and couples. She has particular experience working with anxiety and mood disorders, family life-cycle transitions and relational issues. With a foundation in systems theory, Carrie's clinical work acknowledges the individual in the context of his/her whole relational experience, including intrapsychic, interpersonal, social, environmental and cultural.

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BA in Psychology, Smith College 1990; MD Northwestern University Medical School, 1997; Fellowship Program, Institute for Psychoanalysis, 2000.

Dr. Sandy Sheinin completed her undergraduate degree at Smith College and both medical training and residency at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She has been a staff psychiatrist at Cathedral Counseling Center and been in private practice since 2001. Although she sees a broad variety of people with different diagnostic issues, her particular interests include psychological aspects of pregnancy and postpartum, infertility, eating disorders, premenstrual mood disorders and perimenopause.

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BA in Sociology, Boston University, 1972; MSW University of Illinois Jane Addams College of Social Work, 1974.

Paula has been actively involved in providing individual, group, and couples therapy since 1974. She previously worked at two community mental health centers and an in-house employee assistance program. Early in her career, she performed intensive individual psychotherapy with foster children. Paula has supervised social work and PhD students for more than 30 years and has also done consulting with clinic staffs. Paula especially enjoys working with young post-college adults transitioning into first jobs or graduate programs. She has a special interest in researching the psychological effects of weight-loss surgery. Paula has maintained a private practice since 1977.

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BS in Behavioral Science, George Williams College, 1976; MSW George Williams College, 1982.

Armando is a licensed clinical social worker with over 25 years experience working in community-based organizations. In addition to his work at Cathedral Counseling Center, he is currently the Chief Program Officer for Chicago's Vital Bridges, NFP, an organization that provides services to individuals affected by HIV/AIDS. His clinical interests and experience include counseling adolescents and young adults; counseling individuals with health issues, and working with individuals with family-of-origin issues. Armando is an experienced trainer and lecturer who has presented across the country on HIV/AIDS, minority health issues, substance abuse, cultural diversity, gender issues, and adolescent mental health. He has served as consultant to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Office of Minority Health, and the Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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BA in Spanish, Grinnell College, 1968; MA in Elementary Education, New Mexico State University, 1970; MSW Washington University, 1977; Two-year Training Program in Marital and Family Therapy, Family Institute, Chicago, 1989.

Prior to joining CCC in 1999, Jane worked in community mental health for over 18 years with Lutheran Social Services of Illinois, working with a diverse client population and developing a special interest in the chronically mentally ill. She also worked with developmentally disabled adults and their families in the mental health program at the Institute for Disability and Human Development at UIC. She is actively involved in the Premarital Counseling Program at CCC and sees this as an important way to support healthy marriages. Her expertise and interest lies in couples and family treatment, individual treatment of mood disorders and relational concerns and issues of young adulthood. She employs a systemic framework and relational approach in her psychotherapy practice. Jane is also experienced in clinical supervision of graduate students and new clinicians.

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BA Wesleyan University, 1987; MA University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, 2005; Cathedral Counseling Center Fellows Program, 2009.

Jason's background in community mental health informs his skilled treatment of persons with mood, personality, and thought disorders or suffering from bereavement, trauma, or addiction. His experience is based on individual treatment of a diverse patient population, including older adults and people who suffer from chronic mental illness. An avid student/former teacher of yoga and committed meditation practitioner, Jason takes keen interest in the role of spiritual adaptivity in therapeutic outcomes. Also central to his work are relational perspectives in psychotherapy and developmental transitions, e.g., end-of-life concerns. Jason's first, 15-year career was in corporate communications/new media relations in Tokyo and his native New York City.

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BS University of Iowa, 2004; MSW Loyola University Chicago, 2006; PhD Candidate, Institute for Clinical Social Work.

Kerry joined the Cathedral Counseling Center Fellows Program in 2010. Her background is in working with individuals with chronic and severe mental illness. She has experience working in community mental health settings as well as inpatient psychiatric settings. Kerry has a particular interest in the treatment of mood and anxiety disorders as well as the treatment of trauma.

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BA in Social Work, Mundelein College, 1991; MSW University of Illinois Jane Addams College of Social Work, 1997; PhD Candidate at Smith College School for Social Work.

Prior to coming to Cathedral Counseling Center in 2008, Vickey worked in outpatient mental health services for adults and children affected by HIV/AIDS within the public and private sector for seventeen years. She has provided psychotherapy services for individual adults of all ages, couples, adolescents and children. Clinical interests and experience include working with individuals coping with mood and anxiety disorders, mental health issues related to coping with chronic illness, relational concerns and substance abuse. Her experience with adults and children affected by HIV/AIDS also includes the development, implementation and coordination of a federally funded grant program providing multidisciplinary in-home services for clients at risk for involvement with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Vickey's experience also includes providing clinical supervision for social work students, newly licensed social workers as well as teaching as adjunct professor at Loyola University School of Social Work and Smith College School of Social work. She has an interest in issues related to cultural diversity, gender, and stigmatized health conditions.

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BA University of Illinois, 1968; MSW Loyola University, 1979.

Joel has extensive experience working in inpatient psychiatric programs with adolescents and adults. Since 1994 he has worked with individuals, couples, and families in private practice and with Cathedral Counseling Center. Joel's work has a psychodynamic orientation, particularly the theory of self psychology. He is especially interested in work with those who lost a parent during childhood.

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BA, Roosevelt University, 1976; MA, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, 1981; Post-Graduate Training, Program in Family Therapy, Family Institute of Chicago, 1986-1988.

Before joining Cathedral Counseling Center in 1989, Cindy worked in the psychiatry department of the University of Illinois Hospital, working with adult in-patient and out-patient clients, teaching medical students, and supervising graduate social work students and clinical staff. Cindy also worked at Northwestern Memorial Hospital on its in-patient eating disorder unit. Since 2005, Cindy has been the Clinical Director at Cathedral Counseling Center, overseeing clinical staff, program development, and patient care. Since 2008, she has also served as adjunct faculty at Loyola University Chicago, Graduate School of Social Work. Cindy has maintained a private practice for over 25 years, with particular expertise in couple therapy, eating disorders, and mood disorders, and has published in the area of relational couple treatment.

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BA in Political Science, Mount Holyoke College, 1970; MSW Smith College, 1975; PhD in Clinical Psychology from Northwestern University, 1985; Year-long fellowship in Adult Psychotherapy from the Tavistock Clinic in London, UK, 19XX; Certified Addictions Counselor (CADC).

Along with her work at Cathedral Counseling Center, Wendy has been in private practice for more than 25 years and has extensive experience working with adults of all ages. She enjoys helping young adults and adults cope more effectively with such life transitions as separation and divorce, manage relationship challenges, and develop self confidence and clarity. She has taught courses on adult development and aging at the Illinois School of Professional Psychology and has offered an advanced psychotherapy seminar at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. In addition she has supervised doctoral and post-doctoral psychology trainees at Northwestern University Medical School, Department of Psychiatry. Wendy is interested in the psychology of single adulthood and has published on that topic. She is the founder of MySingleSpace, a Web site devoted to providing information and resources that encourage personal growth and reflection for adults who are single or single again.

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BS in Secondary Education, University of Wisconsin; MA in Education, University of Chicago; MA University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration.

Prior to joining Cathedral Counseling Center in 2010, Karen worked in community mental health, in-patient and outpatient healthcare, and employee assistance program settings. Karen supervised graduate level interns for over 20 years, has supervised staff, and worked as a grant and program manager. She approaches her work with clients flexibly using psychodynamic as well as behavioral and cognitive interventions. She has extensive experience doing both brief, solution-focused and long term therapy with a diverse client population. She encourages clients to build on and use their strengths to help them achieve their goals.

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BA Northwestern University. 1980; MA Northwestern University, 1988; National Certified Counselor.

David specializes in group therapy and also works with individuals and couples. He has provided clinical training and supervision in academic and community settings since 1990. He currently participates in clinical supervision with post-graduate clinicians in the Counseling Center's Fellows Program. He has conducted training seminars on a variety of subjects including treatment of members of the LBGT communities, group treatment, treatment issues associated with HIV disease, group dynamics in the workplace, and effective use of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).

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