Fran works with people experiencing life limiting conditions including chronic health issues, disability and hospice care, and bereavement and grief. Fran's treatment modalities are narrative, psychodynamic, Polyvagal, CBT and Meditation/Spirituality.
2018-2019 Advanced Clinical Training Program Member
MSW, Loyola University Chicago School of Social Work
BA, Chicago State University
Sherilynn works with individuals and couples. Her clinical interests include crisis intervention, family systems, and trauma-informed care.
Therapist
MSW, Loyola University; Advanced Clinical Practice Certificate, Institute for Clinical Social Work
MS, National-Louis University
BA, Tel Aviv University, Israel
Linda works with individuals and couples from a psychodynamic orientation. She is experienced in working with adults affected by persistent mental illness, young adults who received political asylum in the US as survivors of torture, and individuals and couples managing life challenges and transitions. Linda is bilingual (Hebrew/English) and is licensed in Massachusetts as well as Illinois.
Therapist
Mary works with individuals. Her clinical interests include anxiety, depression, addictions, eating disorders, and relationship problems. Mary's clinical modalities are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.
Therapist
MA, in Pastoral Care and Counseling, Garrett Evangelical Seminary
James works with individuals and couples. He has advanced certification in self psychology a branch of psychodynamic and depth psychology. He also has published articles on the use of self psychology and partnering with individuals on the autistic spectrum and those who have suffered psychospiritual trauma and injury. Prior to obtaining counseling degrees, Mr. Hofert practiced as a healthcare attorney with the national trial practice with the law firm of Hinshaw and Culbertson, graduating with a juris doctor from the Illinois Institute of Technology.
Therapist
MA, Northwestern University
BA, Washington University
Elisabeth works with individuals and couples. Her clinical focus includes developmental trauma and PTSD; disorders of mood, affect, personality, and eating; substance use; and the neurobiology underlying all of these. In work with couples, her focus includes conflict resolution, infidelity, and step/blended familial issues.
Therapist
MAAT, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago
BA, Loyola University Chicago
Rebecca works with individuals and groups. She practices verbal therapy and art therapy. Rebecca sses a client-centered, strengths-based approach to help with identifying realistic goals while respecting client choices in relation to their own goals. She has experience in helping clients with mood regulation, depression, anxiety, life skills, interpersonal skills, symptom awareness and management, and handling crisis.
Therapist
MSW, Loyola University School of Social Work
BA, University of Northern Iowa
Holly works with individuals and couples. Her clinical interests include treating depression and anxiety, mind-body modalities, life cycle changes, and transitions.
Therapist
MA, University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration
BA, DePauw University
Eric works with individuals focusing on a variety of areas, relationship issues, family issues, anxiety and depression, and working with persons to improve social skills. He has experience supervising social work and psychology students. Eric also created a domestic violence program at a suburban family service agency. He also has extensive experience working with children, adolescents, and families.
Therapist
MA, Counseling Psychology, Adler University
BS, Northern IL University
Nancy works with individuals. Her clinical interests include treating depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizo-affective disorder, life transitions, grief, and trauma.
Therapist
MSW, University of Illinois, Jane Addams College of Social Work
BA, Saint Mary's University
Kathy's areas of practice include anxiety, depression, grief and loss, life stress and adjustment disorder, relationship issues, trauma and parenting. Her treatment modalities include cognitive behavioral, trauma focused, strength-based, client centered, and psychodynamic.
Therapist
MSW, Loyola University Chicago
Jay works with all individuals including those with substance use disorders, chronic pain, and developmental Trauma, employing a multitude of approaches including motivational interviewing, CBT, NARM, and mindfulness based approaches as well as 12 Step Facilitation Therapy. Jay is a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC).
Therapist
PhD, Loyola University, trained as early intervention specialist, Chicago
MSN Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing, University of Illinois Chicago
MA Human Services and Counseling, DePaul University, Chicago
BS, St. Xavier University, Chicago
Deena works with individuals, couples, families. She has experience with people experiencing loss, depression, anxiety, disruption, or a need for change in their lives. Her treatment approach is multi-modal, depending on what her client’s goals are. These approaches can include acceptance-commitment, or cognitive behavioral, or mindfulness, or interpersonal therapy.
Deena's special interests include adult caregiving strain, substance abuse and addiction recovery, and boundary setting.
Therapist
MSW, Loyola University Chicago
MA, Yale University
BA, Hunter College, New York
Elvira works with individuals and couples using psychodynamic and cognitive behavioral interventions. She has experience treating anxiety disorders, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, complex trauma, grief and loss, as well as relationship concerns. Her clinical interests include female empowerment and adults coping with life transitions.
Elvira is bilingual, culturally competent, and trauma informed.
Therapist
MA, Mental Health Counseling, Viterbo University
MA, Childhood Development, Loyola University
BA, Addiction Studies, Viterbo University
BA, Philosophy, St. Mary's University
Kristin works with individuals and groups with issues of chronic pain, mood, and substance use disorders employing ACT, CBT, and DBT to increase use of mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotion regulation, and interpersonal skills. She has additional training in Clinical Pastoral Education through Gunderson Lutheran Hospital in La Crosse, WI and techniques from Functional Analytic Therapy to increase social connection and deepen in courage, awareness, and love of self and others.
Therapist - Licensure Track
MA, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary
Therapist
MSW, Simmons College School of Social Work
MS, Boston University
BA, Muhlenberg College
Completed Cathedral Counseling Center Fellows Program in 2002 and is a member of Cathedral's Dialectical Behavior Therapy team.
Nina works with individuals, has a background in medical social work in women's health, and oversees professional development programs. She has expertise in treating anxiety disorders, women’s transitions, and adjustment to health crises.
Therapist
MSW, Loyola University of Chicago
MS Speech Pathology, University of Michigan
BA, McGill University
Certificate in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapy, Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute
Ellie works with individuals of all ages dealing with anxiety, depression, life transitions, loss, family issues, and crisis. Her background is in learning/academic issues, learning disabilities including ADHD, and family stress. She has experience with hospice and palliative care, and grief counseling. She uses a pragmatic approach based on client’s needs in the “here and now." Ellie offers short-term and long-term therapy.
Therapist
MSW, Loyola University School of Social Work
BA, Cornell University
Anne works with individuals, couples and groups. Her clinical interests include treating depression and anxiety, life transitions, relational difficulties, and various forms of loss.
Therapist - Fellow
University Of Chicago - School of Social Service Administration
Carol works with individuals and has clinical interests in crisis/trauma, survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence, and generalize individual psychotherapy. Carol's clinical modalities include trauma and crisis, solution focused symptom reduction, and psychodynamic. Other areas of practice include imagry, narration, and somatic.
Therapist
MSW, Loyola University Chicago, School of Social Work
BA, Saint Xavier University
Linda works with individuals and couples and provides therapy in English and Spanish. She has over 30 years of experience in the mental health field, including extensive experience in assessing and treating depression, anxiety, relationship problems, grief and loss, cultural concerns, trauma and life transitions. Her approach to treatment is to provide a supportive and empathic environment in which clients can focus on their goals.
Therapist
MSW, George Williams College
BS in Behavioral Science
Armando works with individuals and couples within a cultural and family context. His clinical interests include cross-cultural relationships, adjustment to health issues, young adults and adults finding difficulty coping with life transitions such as marriage, divorce, loss, and grief, and LGBTQ persons with issues associated with the coming-out process, relationships, and identity. Armando is bicultural and bilingual (Spanish and English).
Therapist
MSW, Loyola University
BA, University of Illinois
Joel works with individuals, couples, and families using a psychodynamic approach that incorporates self-psychology theory. He has expertise in treating individuals who lost a parent during childhood.
Clinical Director and Therapist
MSW, Loyola University Chicago
MA, University of Iowa
BA, University of Iowa
Kerry works with adults from diverse backgrounds to identify strengths, address difficulties, and catalyze positive change. Her clinical focus includes trauma, emotional regulation, and management of mood disorders; special interest in working with artists. Kerry practices from a self psychological perspective and is also trained in DBT.
DBT Consultant
BSN, College of Mount St. Vincent
MS, Columbia University School of Social Work
MSW, Columbia University School of Social Work
PhD, Institute for Clinical Social Work
DBT Consultation Group
Freddi Friedman, PhD is a faculty member at the Institute for Clinical Social Work, where she works collaboratively with doctoral students on dissertations and clinical consultation. She leads the Dialectical Behavior Therapy consultation group for DBT practitioners at Cathedral Counseling Center. She specializes in the following areas: personality disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, multi-problem complicated mental health issues, adjustment disorders, attachment disorders, family dynamic issues, aging and ambiguous loss. Dr. Friedman has written and presented widely on these topics and her work appears in many professional publications. She is also a clinical consultant and reviewer for Behavioral Technology, the international training program for Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, and presents workshops, training programs, and lectures on issues related to Borderline Personality Disorder.
Couples Consultant
MSN, St. Xavier University
MA, PhD, University of Chicago
Couples Consultation Group
Karen Skerrett, PhD is a psychologist in private practice and long-time consultant at Cathedral Counseling Center. She leads the monthly Couple Consultation Group and guided the design of the Premarital Program. Dr. Skerrett has over 30 years of experience specializing in couple and family psychotherapy, with special expertise in working with families facing illness and disability. She was most recently an Associate Clinical Professor at the Family Institute at Northwestern. Her publications include co-authoring Positive Couple Therapy (Routledge Press, 2014) and co-editing Couple Resilience (Springer Press, 2015), as well as numerous book chapters and professional articles.
Trauma Consultant
MA, Northwestern University
Trauma Consultation Group
Amy Zajakowski Uhll is the founding director of the Chicago Center for Integration and Healing, specializing in trauma-Informed treatment, with a focus on Complex Trauma and Dissociation. Drawing on over 25 years of experience, she leads the monthly Trauma Consultation Group, providing clinical consultation to therapists to help them integrate trauma-informed practices into the work that they are already doing. Amy believes that, for therapists, it is more important how we are with our clients than what we do. She supports therapists in exploring their own internal experience as they develop their authentic approach to healing. Throughout her career, Amy has been interested in exploring the integration of traditional relational approaches with body-centered and mindfulness-based techniques.
Acting Executive Director
Maria Rodriguez joined Cathedral after serving in various financial director and senior executive roles in multiple corporations and non-profits. She holds a Master of Management from Northwestern University, Kellogg School of Management and a BA from The University of Chicago.
Medical Billing & Client Services
Operations Manager
Therapist - LCSW