The Family Institute Nationally-Recognized Staff Practice (scroll down for complete list)

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 25 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 Affiliates are graduates of the Northwestern University Master in Marital and Family Therapy Program with clinical training at The Family Institute.

The licensure and certification key is provided for your convenience in identifying our affiliates' credentials.

Affiliate Psychotherapists

Carlos Barrios, MD, SC

 

• Medical psychiatric evaluation; psychotherapy; medication management; school consultation; diagnostic assessment; treatment planning
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Highland Park

 

Kathy L. Bingham, PhD

• Individual adult psychotherapy addressing depression; anxiety, loss and/or major life transitions; latency age children and adolescents dealing with depression, anxiety, or adjusting to divorce or loss; parenting consultation; couples’ therapy
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Downtown Chicago, Evanston

 

Arthur Bloch, MD

 

• Psychiatric evaluations and medication management; ADD/ADHD in children, adolescents and adults; autism and PDD spectrum disorders; school refusal; psychotic disorders of childhood; obsessive-compulsive disorder; PTSD and other anxiety disorders; depression; bipolar disorder; schizophrenia
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Downtown Chicago, Highland Park

 

Ary Christofidis, PhD

• Families with adolescent/adult children; single parents with conflictual teens; couples; individuals with anxiety and mood disorders
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Evanston, Park Ridge

James DelGenio, LCPC

• Treatment of adults with anxiety; mood disorders; mental illness; families of people with mental illness; mental illness and substance abuse; grief and loss; couples counseling
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• LaGrange Park

 

Carol M. Donnelly, PhD

 

• 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

• Intimacy issues; couples; families; individuals; men's issues; marriage and divorce issues
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Downtown Chicago, Evanston

 

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. supervision and training
• Downtown Chicago

 

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

 

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

 

Ben Gorvine, PhD

• Individuals; couples; families with adolescent and adult children; parenting issues; parent-child conflict; school issues; fathering and men's issues; depression; anxiety; family of origin work; adoption
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Downtown Chicago

James R. Harris, PsyD

• Adult individuals and couples; anxiety, depression, behavioral change; couple conflict and intimacy; couples living with chronic medical conditions; gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender identity development, relationships and stigma management
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Chicago

Linda Honsa, MSMFT, LMFT

• Couple conflict and intimacy; post-divorce and remarriage issues; parenting issues; families; behavior disorders in children
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Evanston, Schaumburg

Patricia J. Husband, MA, LMFT

• Family adjustment to infancy and early childhood; family challenges with children with developmental variations and/or physical limitations; parenthood adjustments; sibling relationship building; parenting for individuals with past traumas; developmental transitions
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Metropolitan Chicago

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

Carla Ordóñez Junquera, MSMFT, LMFT

• Couples; individuals; families with children and adolescents; parenting; cultural and immigration issues; women's issues; bilingual therapy (Spanish-English)
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Naperville

 

Tracy Karam, LMFT

 

• Children with behavior problems, anxiety, depression, academic underachievement and concerns related to parents' divorce and/or remarriage; adolescents and young adults with relationship and identity/self issues; sexual abuse; parent training

• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Naperville

 

Sylvia Bell Lackey, LCSW, CADC, MCEd

• Addictions; depression; domestic violence; family of origin issues; spirituality; self-esteem in women
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Downtown Chicago, Evanston

 

Anna Lieblich, MSW, LCSW, LMFT *

• Couple conflict and intimacy; adult, child and parent relationships; families with adolescents; individual adults; depression; anxiety
• Highland Park

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
• Evanston, Northbrook

 

Walter Miller, LCSW, ACSW, BCD

 

• Individual adults and children, couples; issues related to life-threatening illness; gay and lesbian issues
• Downtown Chicago

Kristin Flynn Peters, PhD

 

• Cognitive-behavioral therapy for depression and the management of chronic illness
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Downtown Chicago

Leah E. Rubin, MSW, LCSW

 

• Individuals; families; couples; emotional and behavioral problems in children and adolescents; divorce and post-divorce therapy; parenting consultation; adoption; attachment, trauma and recovery; women's issues
• Skokie

 

Carol J. Ryan, JD, MSMFT, MSOD

• Entrepreneurial and family-owned organizations in the areas of communication and conflict resolution; hiring and retention; leadership development
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Family business locations throughout the United States

Ajit A. Samudra, MS, LMFT

• Family and individual therapy with older children and adolescents; depression; anger management; family conflict and parenting issues; school problems
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Evanston

 

Constance M. Sheehan, MSW, LCSW

• Individual, couples and sex therapy; women's health issues including sexual health and functioning; sexual and emotional trauma; body image; menopausal health
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Chicago

Mary Shein, MSMFT

• Athletes and student-athletes who struggle with academic and/or athletic stress;

  depression; anxiety; life transitions; relationship issues; parenting issues; and self-esteem issues

• Evanston
  

Susanne Simmons, MSMFT, LMFT

• Child/family therapy; child emotional and behavioral issues; parenting issues; divorcing families; couples; individuals; depression; anxiety; marital conflict
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Winnetka, Lakeview

Kristin Hall Sliwicki, MSMFT, LCPC, LMFT

 

• Couples connection, intimacy, communication, conflict resolution and negotiation; infidelity; pre-marital counseling; parent coaching; family formation (infertility and adoption); family development and transitions; relationship issues; aging families; care-giving issues
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Libertyville

 

Michael A. Solomon, MD

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

Mark Steinberg, PhD, LCSW

 

• Individuals of all ages; couples/marital therapy; adolescents; parents of adolescents; conflicts about career, work, study and relationships; gay and lesbian issues with individuals, couples and parents
• Downtown Chicago

Randy Thompson, MD

• Psychiatric evaluation; psychopharmacology; substance abuse; mood disorders
• Downtown Chicago, Hinsdale, Oak Lawn

 

Gwenn Waldman, MA, ATR, LCPC

• Art psychotherapy; children and adolescents who are struggling with anxiety, fear, separation, depression, academic discouragement, behavioral problems, loss, grief, divorce, remarriage, social/relational issues, anger, ADD/ADHD, autism and family dynamic issues; multi-cultural clients
• Accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO
• Evanston