Affiliated Staff of The Family Institute

As an extension of our Family Institute Staff Practice and to provide the best possible services to our clients, The Family Institute has engaged a select group of highly-qualified consultants in 15 metropolitan Chicago satellite locations. These specialists, listed below, include psychiatrists, counseling psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and social workers who have been carefully selected by The Family Institute for their expertise in treating families, couples, individuals, children and teens. Several of our Affiliated Staff are graduates of the Northwestern University Master in Marriage and Family Therapy Program with clinical training at The Family Institute.

Licensure and Certification Key

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Affiliate Psychotherapists

Heather J. Bates, LMFT

• Substance abuse, adolescents, young adults, families, blended families, anxiety, depression,trauma, intergenerational conflict
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Evanston & Northfield

Jeremy Bloomfield , PsyD ◊

• Individual adults and late adolescents; developmental issues; resolving repetitive relational conflicts; intimacy and isolation; anxiety; depression; trauma; sexual abuse; personality disorders; psychotic and dissociative disorders; intensive therapy with individuals seeking deep and lasting change; consultation and supervision of students and clinicians
• Evanston

• Iindividual children, adolescents and adults; couples; parent-child relationships; adoptive families, adoptive parents and adopted individuals; developmental and life cycle transitions; girl's and women's development and self-esteem
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Evanston

Sylvia Corcoran, LCSW, CADC, MCEd

• Individual adults and couples. Couple conflict and intimacy, communication. Specializes in the treatment of women’s issues: depression, anxiety, self-esteem, domestic abuse, alcohol and substance abuse, family of origin issues and spirituality. Weekend and evening hours available
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Evanston

• Cognitive-behavioral therapy for individual adults and adolescents with anxiety, panic, and depression; women's and relationship issues
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Downtown Chicago

Victor Dye, PhD ◊

• Trauma; loss; intimacy issues; couples; families; individuals; uses EMDR & EFT
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, Medicare
• Downtown Chicago, Evanston

Catherine Weigel Foy, MSW, LCSW, LMFT

• Families, couples, mother-daughter relationship; developmental transitions to middle school, adolescence and young adulthood; adoption; family preparation and adjustment to death; supervision and training
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Evanston, LaGrange Park

Paulette Freed, LCSW

• Adult individuals, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, adjustment issues, behavioral change, women's issues, parenting issues, parent child relationship and school issues, couples counseling,  supervision and training
• Downtown Chicago

Michelle Gavin, MD

• Psychiatric evaluation; psychopharmacology; women; young adults; mood and anxiety disorders
• Northbrook

Rhonda Goldman, PhD ◊

• Depression; anxiety; grief and loss; post-traumatic stress; couple conflict and intimacy; individual adults; couples
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Downtown Chicago

• Depression; anxiety disorders (Panic disorder, social phobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, phobias, posttraumatic stress disorder, generalized anxiety disorder); smoking cessation; cognitive behavior therapy
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Downtown Chicago, Evanston

James R. Harris, PsyD ◊

• Adult individuals and couples; anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress, behavioral change, men's issues, LGTB identity and relationships, pre-marital counseling, couple conflict and intimacy, life and family transitions
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Chicago

Josh Hetherington, LMFT, LCPC

• Couples struggling with conflict, anger, affairs, betrayals and other emotional injuries, closeness, sexuality, forgiveness and apology; families with adolescents, limit setting, understanding developmental needs, building stronger relationships; adult men struggling with transitions, anger, attentional issues, anxiety, depression and frustrating behaviors
• BCBS accepted
• Ravenswood

Carol Jabs, PhD, LCSW, LMFT

• Individuals; couples; issues of depression in one or both partners; loss or grief in families; life stress
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Oak Park

Jaime Henry-Juravic, LMFT

• Individual adolescents and adults; couples; substance use concerns; trauma; mindfulness and somatic awareness; LGBT individuals and couples; working with the creativity/anxiety connection with individuals involved in the arts
• Accepts Blue Cross and Blue Shield PPO
• Downtown Chicago

David Klow, LMFT

• Individual adults, couples and families, Group Therapy, men's issues, intimacy and communication, anger management, meditation, transitions to college, career transitions, anxiety, depression.
• Accepts BCBS
• Skokie

Nikki Lively

• Couples therapy (trained in Gottman method); postpartum depression and anxiety; women's mental health; parent-infant relationships; transitioning to parenthood; emerging adults; Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Mindfulness-based approaches
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Lincolnwood and Chicago

Isabela Marchi, MEd, MSEd

• Families with young children; individual children, adolescents and adults; couple intimacy and conflict; transition to parenthood; prenatal and postpartum therapy; parenting consultation; divorce and post-divorce therapy; emotional and behavioral problems in children; adoption; attachment; acculturation and immigration issues; bilingual therapy (Portuguese/Spanish - English)
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Downtown Chicago, Evanston

Larry Maucieri, PhD

• Psychological and neuropsychological testing for children and adults; comprehensive assessment and diagnosis of problems in children, adolescents and adults which lead to difficulties with behavior, memory, attention, language, spatial processing, and mood. These often include testing for common issues like ADHD, dyslexia and other learning disabilities, Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias, the effects of head injuries and strokes, exposure to toxins like lead and mercury, and anxiety, mania and depression; adults who have ADHD, cognitive problems and medical-related issues
• Pursuing credentials in clinical neuropsychology
• Evanston, Northbrook

Domonique McCord, AM, LCSW

• Children and adolescents with emotional and behavioral challenges, transitions to adulthood and parenthood, depression, and stress management
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, Medicare, Aetna, Cigna, MultiPlan Network, PHCS Savility & PHCS Network
• Downtown Chicago
  

Paula Pohlhammer, MSMFT, LCPC

• Couples, families, adoption, women's issues, loss, depression and anxiety
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• LaGrange Park

Mudita Rastogi, PhD, LMFT *

• Couples therapy for conflict, communication, intimacy, marital stress, or divorce; Families with children and adolescents; parenting children with emotional/behavioral issues; Individual adults dealing with depression, grief and loss, anxiety, post-divorce or transitions; Mother-daughter relationships; Diverse and multicultural clients; Acculturation and immigration issues; Bilingual therapy in Hindi; Evidence based approaches; Widely published.
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Arlington Heights

Sharon Risch, PhD

• Children, adolescents, and adults, depression/mood disorders, anxiety, loss, emerging adulthood, premarital couples, transition to marriage, marital conflict and intimacy; psychological testing for children and adults: ADHD, learning disabilities, Autism spectrum disorders, differential diagnosis of behavioral and emotional disorders
• Specialized training in Therapeutc Assessment
• Loop, Ravenswood

Mary Shein, MSMFT, LMFT

• Children, adolescents and adults; athletes and student-athletes; divorce; depression; peer and social issues; problems with school, life transitions; individual, couples and family therapy
• Northbrook

Kris Sliwicki, MSMFT, LCPC, LMFT

• Couples therapy and relationship counseling is core of practice. Build or strengthen bonds of care and intimate connection through multi-level approach addressing variety of issues including communication and conflict resolution skills, infidelity and betrayal crises, connection through emotional experience and expression, depression/anxiety/ADD influences, addiction issues, stress and trauma experiences, stress and anger problems, mindfulness practices and development of compassionate presence, loss and grief constraints, parenting matters, biological influences (illness, nutrition, hormones, sleep), individual and marital developmental stages, family of origin influences, financial conflicts, traditional versus peer marital styles, spirituality and faith, pursuit of pleasure, sexual issues. Often work with individuals to address the above issues for themselves and in their primary relationships.
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Libertyville

Leah Smethurst, MSMFT, LMFT

• Premarital counseling; couple intimacy and conflict; individual adolescent and young adult therapy; family therapy; divorcing families; step-families; school-related and social adjustment issues; family life-stage transitions; work-life issues; care-giving issues; depression; anxiety
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Downtown Chicago

Michael A. Solomon, MD

• Psychiatric evaluation, psychopharmacology; treatment of mood and anxiety disorders
• Evanston

Randy Thompson, MD

• Psychiatric evaluation; psychopharmacology; anxiety disorders; mood disorders
• Downtown Chicago, Hinsdale

Gwenn Waldman, MA, ATR-BC, LCPC

• Family therapy; individual therapy for children, adolescents, adults, women's issues, parenting consultation, divorce and post-divorce therapy for both adults and children; Board Certified Art Therapist specializing in art psychotherapy with children and adolescents who are struggling with anxiety, fear/phobias, separation, depression, academic discouragement, behavioral problems; loss/grief, attachment, divorce, remarriage, social/relational issues, anger, ADD/ADHD, and family dynamic issues; multi-cultural clients
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Evanston, Downtown Chicago

Mary Waldon, LCSW

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teen girls, families, young adults, women's issues, couples
• Winnetka

Leigh Weisz, PsyD

• Children, individual adults, adolescents, and families; psychological & psycho-educational assessment of children and adolescents (testing for learning disorders, autism spectrum disorders, attentional problems); parenting; play therapy; attachment issues; grief and loss; divorce; illness; anxiety disorders; relationship problems
• Northbrook, Evanston