This referral list is comprised of therapists who have an affiliation with the Jung Center. If you do not wish to apply for services through the Jung Center, you may contact any of these therapists directly to inquire about availability at their private practice.
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Michael Conforti
LCSW
Office Locations:
400 Linden, Suite 2
Wilmette, IL 60091
1509 W. Berwyn, Suite 201D
Chicago, IL 60640
Fee: sliding-scale
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO
Specialties: Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, PTSD
Life is full of twists and turns we never expect to encounter. We feel alienated and out of balance. Sometimes we simply feel lost and do not know which direction we are facing. Feelings of depression, anxiety and/or physical symptoms can shadow this experience and lead us to feeling more isolated. When we find ourselves in just this situation we tend to view it as if we are stuck. To me, however, we are being called to transformation and more often than not we all need assistance as we walk that path.
My practice is built to offer that companionship. I offer an open, caring, supportive container to assist you in making the change your life is demanding of you.
My emphasis is in depth psychology with training in Jungian, psychodynamic and Narrative modalities. I am a relationally oriented therapist and believe that suffering is a purposeful function of being human and is to be embraced if we are to find the golden nugget in the pain we experience.
Lorna Crowl
LCSW, Jungian Analyst
Office Locations: Northern Suburbs, Western Suburbs, South Suburbs, Wheaton
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Other Co’s reimburse for services without my involvement
Lorna is a Jungian Analyst in private practice in Wheaton who treats individuals and couples as well as provides supervision for Clinicians who are focused on depth work. She began her career in the corporate world, and through her own analytic work, realized she needed to change directions and become a therapist, and ultimately an Analyst. Lorna is on the training staff at the Jung Institute of Chicago and serves on many evaluative committees for the Analyst Training Program as well as provides clinic supervision for attendees at the Institute’s Clinical Training Program. She is a relationally oriented Analyst who works with clients, their dreams and imaginal material, to uncover split off aspects of themselves with the goal of becoming more whole. Lorna believes that suffering is a purposeful function of being human and is to be embraced if we are to find the gold in the pain. She obtained her BA In Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, and MSW at Aurora University. She is licensed as an LCSW, and became a Jungian Analyst in 2008.
Mary Dougherty
LCPC, ATR, Jungian Analyst
Office Locations: North Chicago, Downtown Chicago
Insurance: No
Mary Dougherty, MFA, ATR, NCPsyA, is a Jungian psychoanalyst and art psychotherapist in private practice in Chicago. She is the former President of the Jung Institute of Chicago and former Director of Training. She lectures on the clinical uses of film as active imagination, the clinical implication of gender and the impact of Jung’s thought upon creative development and artistic production. As a printmaker and performance artist she exhibited nationally and internationally, with venues including The George Eastman House, NY; Franklin Furnace, NYC; University of Chicago; Museo Contemporaneo, Sao Paolo. In 2001, she was awarded the ‘Lifetime Achievement in the Arts” award by the Chicago Women’s Caucus for the Arts.
Linda Goranson
PhD, LCPC, DCEP
Office Location: Evanston, IL
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield
I received a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the Pacifica Graduate Institute, a Jungian-based clinical degree which emphasizes the use of dreams and the imaginal field in therapy. Further training includes work with Dr. Michael Conforti in Archetypal Patterns with the Assisi Conferences. I also have been awarded Diplomat status in Energy Psychology by the Association of Comprehensive Energy Psychology. I am a practitioner and trainer in Advanced Integrative Therapy, a cutting-edge therapy that uses the body’s powerful energy centers to release trauma, negative emotions, limiting beliefs, dysfunctional relationship patterns, and bodily symptoms that are stored in the mind-body.
Tom Gorey
JD, LCPC
Office Locations:
Suburban Northwest
100 North Walkup Ave.
Crystal Lake, IL 60014
Chicago Downtown
737 N. Michigan Ave., #2130
Chicago, IL 60611
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO
My focus is on clients who are relatively high functioning, but who happen to be experiencing the types of issues and challenges that commonly present themselves, particularly relationship issues, developmental (e.g., adolescent and young adult) issues, mid-life (“second half of life”) issues, career and occupational issues, and issues involving meaning and purpose in life. I work with individual clients–adults and adolescents–as well as with couples and families. My therapeutic approach is best suited to clients who are highly motivated, anxious and willing to change, and committed to undertaking the difficult work of exploring their inner self. My graduate training is in pastoral counseling, which recognizes not only the psychological, but also the spiritual, dimension of human beings. I serve as adjunct faculty at Loyola University Chicago, where I both teach and counsel graduate students. I am a licensed clinical professional counselor and a certified Jungian Psychotherapist. My orientation is holistic: I work from an integrated–mind, body, spirit–perspective. My therapeutic approach, which incorporates dream analysis, recognizes the role of the unconscious and the inherent potential of each person to realize his or her authentic Self.
Virginia Jung
MA, LCPC
Office Location:
7430 N. Ridge Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60645
Fee: sliding-scale
Insurance: No
A therapist in private practice, I trained as a pastoral counselor through the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University Chicago; my license is LCPC To my counseling practice I bring many years experience as an educator of teens and young children, as well as reunification work with families affected by incarceration. My experience also includes facilitating groups to address domestic violence for survivors and for batterers along with groups for people in recovery from substance abuse. Additionally, I am a Benedictine sister; I value life in my monastic community, praying together and sharing daily experience with about forty sisters, seeking God in all.
As a therapist, I journey with people seeking to rekindle a spark of the divine within, a source to heal their inner selves or themselves in relationship with significant others. When people find they’ve gotten out of right relationship with themselves, with those close to them, or with the larger community, we work together to find the way to a more abundant life, using methods that work best for them in their situation, such as guided imagery, mindfulness, non-violent communication, journaling, storytelling, or dreamwork, along with observing and exploring behaviors, thoughts, and feelings they may want to change.
My clients are families, couples and individuals – from adolescents to elders. We do our work in English or Spanish language on a range of concerns: depression, family conflict, trauma, anxiety, coping skills, peer relationships, spirituality, career counseling, parenting, self-esteem, substance abuse, mood disorders, personality disorders, personal growth, and family reunification.
Jonathan Katz
PsyD
Office Location:
3660 N. Lake Shore Drive, Suite 210
Chicago, IL 60613
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Jonathan Katz is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in combining psychotherapy with Jungian and Eastern meditative and energy practices, along with creative approaches to help people overcome emotional blocks, become more creative, and experience more fulfillment and meaning in life.
In addition to being a Clinical Psychologist and Coach, Jon Katz has a background in music–recording and performing, theatre, film, and writing. He also has been a student and teacher of Traditional Chinese Martial Arts, Meditation, and Qigong (Energy Work) for over 20 years. He is currently at work on a bookabout his unique approach to enhancing creativity and performance.
John C. Knapp
PhD
Office Location: North Chicago, Wilmette
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Specialties: Dream analysis, Trauma, Post-Jungian Psychology
John Knapp is a licensed psychologist who received his doctorate in clinical psychology with an emphasis in depth psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California. There, he received training in psychodynamic, Jungian, and phenomenological treatment modalities. He practiced in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania for 8 years where he worked in residential, partial hospitalization, and private practice settings before moving to Illinois.
John has lectured internationally on topics related to psychology and the Holocaust, and he continues to pursue research interests related to the psychological significance of the Holocaust and the nuclear bomb. He has a particular expertise and interest in psychodynamic Jungian and post-Jungian therapy and analysis, i.e., the works of Carl Jung, James Hillman, and Wolfgang Giegerich, as well as a thoughtful and comprehensive approach to exploring one’s dream life. His newest interest is in philosophical dialectics as it is applied to psychology. John is also the co-editor of the forthcoming book entitled, Psychology as the Discipline of Interiority: ‘The Psychological Difference’ in the Work of Wolfgang Giegerich. He enjoys tennis, fishing, traveling, and glassblowing outside of his passion as a psychotherapist.
Mitchell Kupferberg
JD, LCSW
Office Location: 820 Davis St. Ste. 453, Evanston, IL 60201
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Medicare
Fee: sliding-scale
Specialties: Working with the body; dreams; trauma (current and past); grief/loss; relationship issues; depression; anxiety; masculine spiritual and emotional growth.
Pain that we encounter—whether it be emotional, physical, mental, or spiritual—is a “tell.” It is a canary in the coal mine of our lives that summons our attention to something that is not right in our lives. It takes courage to listen deeply to this “canary,” to explore it with resolve, flexibility, and kindness for ourselves and for those with whom we share our worlds.
My way of working with you is to help you cultivate, amplify and sustain the courage to explore your deeper truths with curiosity and compassion so that you can live the life you are most deeply and intuitively drawn to live. Perhaps you have “known” your whole life what is right for you, or perhaps you are in the process of discovering for the first time what that deep “rightness” is. Both starting points represent rich and powerful springboards for growth.
Often, psychic pain—our psychic canary—sings through the body, manifesting as chronic tightness, rigidity, slackness, numbness, or other physical discomfort or disturbance. My work combines Jungian depth psychology with a deep respect for the body as a bearer of unconscious truths about ourselves. As a trained and certified Integrative Somatic Psychotherapist, as well as someone informed by Jungian insights, I will help you explore any physical symptoms you are experiencing that may have a psychic or emotional origin, if that is something that seems relevant to you.
Dawn Livorsi
DSW, LCSW
Office Locations: Schaumburg, Arlington Heights
Fee: sliding-scale
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Dawn Livorsi holds a Doctorate in Social Work from Aurora University, where she now serves as an Assistant Professor in the BSW program. In addition to teaching, Dawn sees children, adolescents, and adults at her private practice in the northwest suburbs. Having spent many years working with at-risk youth and their families, Dawn uses a psychodynamic approach to address conflicts that are creating barriers and causing distress within these systems.
Steve Martz
LCPC, Jungian Analyst
Office Locations: Glen Ellyn, Chicago
Stephen Martz is a Jungian analyst in private practice in Glen Ellyn and Chicago. He is president-elect of the Jung Institute of Chicago, an Episcopal priest (who served 20 years in parish ministry), and an adjunct faculty member at Loyola University, where he teaches in the counseling program at the Institute of Pastoral Studies. Steve invites you to visit his web site for more information — www.jungiananalysischicago.org
Amy Mckeever
MSW, LCSW
Work Phone: 630-442-3966
Work Email: amy@butterflymedicinecounseling.com
Website: www.butterflymedicinecounseling.com
Office Location:
Rogers Park
1205 W. Sherwin Ave, Suite 812
Chicago, IL 60626
Fee: sliding-scale
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, United Healthcare
Qualifications: Licensed Clinical Social Worker with a Master’s Degree in Social Welfare and a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work
Specialties: Spirituality, Relationship Issues, Life Transitions, Addiction, Codependency, Self Esteem, Stress
Client Focus: Adults: Bisexual Allied, Gay Allied, Heterosexual Allied, Lesbian Allied
I have come to understand emotions as allies, inviting us to live our most authentic and creative lives. By engaging in therapy we pick up the tools necessary to do “the Work”. Fortunately pain is an excellent teacher precisely because it gets our attention. I assure you the struggle you’re experiencing now is guiding you. Struggle is a bonafide indication of real and important progress. If you’re trying to gain traction, but don’t remember how, I am here to help you move forward and heal from within.
The butterfly develops through a process called metamorphosis; a Greek word meaning a change in shape. Indeed, we can say that when we successfully confront and overcome a difficult challenge we are emotionally transformed. It is necessary to understand the stages of change so we are realistic with our expectations of ourselves.
Diane M. Miller
MA, LCPC
Office Location: Barrington
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield
As a Jungian oriented therapist, I view the struggles of life as opportunities for growth and transformation. I am particularly interested in how the spiritual and psychological dimensions of the individual psyche interconnect and contribute to the potential for healing and wholeness. My approach to therapy is relational as well as psychodynamic. I understand the relationship between therapist and client to be one of the most important factors in the healing process. I therefore endeavor to create a thoughtful, compassionate, and safe space for that healing to occur.
I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with a Masters degree in Counseling as well as a Masters in Pastoral Studies, both from Loyola University, Chicago. I am a graduate of the Clinical Training Program (CTP), a two year certification program in Jungian Analytical Psychotherapy from the Jung Institute of Chicago and have completed Basic Training in EMDR through Argosy University, Chicago.
I have previously served as Clinic Therapist and Intake Coordinator and currently as a Volunteer Therapist , Clinic Committee member, and Board of Trustees member at The C. G. Jung Center in Evanston where I also facilitate monthly dream groups. I work well with individual adults who are looking for transformation and are motivated to change those areas that are not working in their life. I utilize dreams, active imagination, and mindfulness/mind-body modalities. I have experience working with depression, anxiety, stress management, relationship issues, life transitions, self-esteem issues, loss/grief, spiritual issues, and trauma/sexual abuse/PTSD.
Robert J. Moretti
PhD, Jungian Analyst
Office Location: Downtown Chicago
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Medicare
Robert J. Moretti received his PhD in clinical psychology from Loyola University Chicago, followed by the completion of postgraduate work leading to the diploma in analytical psychology from the Jung Institute of Chicago. Prior to that he had earned an M.A. in personality processes from the Committee on Human Development at the University of Chicago, while also serving as a Research Fellow at the Illinois State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Moretti has been on the faculty at Northwestern University Medical School since 1981, He is the former Director of the program in health psychology in the Division of Psychology, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences. His current practice focuses mostly upon anxiety disorders, mood disorders, health/medical issues, and couples counseling. In addition to his use of Jungian analysis, Dr. Moretti has had a career-long interest in the applications of hypnosis, meditation, biofeedback, and relaxation training to various disorders. In recent years he has integrated the use of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) with Jungian analysis.
Terry Palmer
MA, LCPC
Office Location: Naperville, IL
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Aetna. Can bill all insurances.
I am a relational, depth therapist, deeply committed to providing compassionate, culturally sensitive treatment within a therapeutic relationship based on mutual respect and responsibility. I believe that life’s difficulties and symptoms present us with opportunities to heal, grow, find meaning, develop our potential, and discover new possibilities. I work with adults, adolescents, couples and families on a wide-range of issues. Some areas of focus include trauma, abuse, PTSD, depression, anxiety, mental health issues, attachment, relational issues, loss, grief, life transitions, mediation, and collaborative divorce. Dedicated to my on-going professional development, I have obtained the following post-graduate training: completed the 2-year Jungian Clinical Training Program at the Jung Institute of Chicago; 7 years in Womencare’s Trauma Consultation group; 9-month training program in Dissociative Disorders; numerous trainings on PTSD, trauma related disorders and returning veterans; completed DePaul University’s training in Family and Divorce Mediation; and trained to be a collaborative divorce coach. Prior to going into private practice, I worked at two rape crisis centers, a domestic violence shelter, and at a major behavioral health in-patient hospital. I earned my M.A. degree in Clinical Psychology from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology and my B.S. degree from Northern Illinois University.
Dennis Pomerleau
LCSW
Office Location: Chicago
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Humana, Cigna, and Medicare
I have over ten years of experience in counseling clients on issues of anxiety and depression. I am well-versed in assisting people with substance abuse issues. Additionally, I have an extensive background in working with people in grief and bereavement counseling, along with helping people with the loss of a pet or animal companion. I began my career in business, and I also have significant experience in the arts and creative endeavors. Whether you are dealing with issues of stress at work, or struggling with a creative block, I have the knowledge and skill to guide you through those challenges. I believe that everyone deserves good mental health therapy. Toward that end, I offer a sliding fee scale to accommodate most budgets.
Judy Shaw
LCSW, Jungian Analyst
Website: www.judithshawlcsw.com
Office Location: Wilmette, IL
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, CignaMs. Shaw is a licensed clinical social worker who has maintained a private practice of psychotherapy and Jungian analysis for 30 years and served on the Board of The C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago from 1992-1998.…
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Office Location: Wilmette, IL
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Cigna
Ms. Shaw is a licensed clinical social worker who has maintained a private practice of psychotherapy and Jungian analysis for 30 years and served on the Board of The C. G. Jung Institute of Chicago from 1992-1998. She currently teaches at the Jung Center of Evanston.
Ms. Shaw consulted for Fortune 100 companies in organizational development, team building, and initiatives of transitioning technology.
While serving with the Veteran’s Health Organization (VHO), in the Behavioral Health Lab, Ms. Shaw helped veterans address problems including bereavement, post-traumatic stress disorders, and mood and anxiety disorders.
Jessica Lynn Shell
LCPC, ATR-BC, RYT
Office Location: Evanston, IL
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield
Specialties: holistic approach (expressive arts therapy, yoga, mindfulness, CBT) for children, adolescents, adults, families, and couples with relational conflict, depression, anxiety, ADHD, autism
As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, Board Certified Art Therapist and registered yoga teacher in Illinois and California, Jessica strives to enrich lives by providing understanding, compassion, respect and individualized attention in a nurturing environment. Jessica founded SageWillow.com to provide a holistic therapeutic experience – offering an array of services that include individual, couples, group and family therapy as well as art workshops and professional training. Jessica incorporates the use of expressive arts, cognitive-behavioral techniques, yoga and mindfulness practices to facilitate healing and life satisfaction for children, adolescents and adults. Her passion for the arts inspired the creation of JessicaLynnCreations.com, where Jessica shares her handcrafted designs — crochet, paintings, drawings, photography, apparel, crafts, décor and accessories.
Mary Theis
MA, LCPC
Office Location: Evanston, IL and Apple Farm Community, Three Rivers, MI
Fee: sliding-scale
Insurance: Blue Cross/Blue Shield for sessions held in Evanston
I am available as a companion on the inner journey in affiliation with Apple Farm Community (www.applefarmcommunity.org). I can meet with clients in the Chicago area, or, for those who would like to visit Apple Farm for a retreat, I or another Apple Farm companion could meet with you in conjunction with your visit.
My focus is on supporting the individual’s inner work and journey toward individuation. Work on the inner journey includes dealing with outer life issues, such as family, work, relationships, and life transitions and includes work with dreams or other images. Companioning is not traditional therapy, but is intended to help the individual find the deeper meaning in their life.
If you have any questions or might be interested in sharing part of your journey, let me know and we can talk further about the possibilities.
About Apple Farm
Apple Farm acts as a container, a protected space, for people to explore their own interior life. The Farm is a safe haven from the complexities of contemporary life with its rapid pace, constant social media, contentious atmosphere and the widespread assumption that doing is more significant than being.
According to Helen Luke, founder of Apple Farm Community:
“Anyone who seeks for meaning in his inner life must therefore learn to listen with all the discrimination of which he or she is capable for that which he or she recognizes, however dimly as the ultimately single voice with a thousand names. It comes to us from the ground of our being and brings in a unique way to each individual an intuition of the unchanging oneness of life. It speaks through work or through image and the looking and the listening are ultimately one experience when we have ears to hear and eyes to see.” ¬ Helen Luke, Founder of Apple Farm Community, “The Voice Within”, Kaleidoscope.
W. Keren Vishny
MD, MA
Office Location: 809 Ridge Ave., Suite 200, Wilmette, IL
Insurance: No
Fee: sliding-scale
Keren’s practice is focused on dreamwork, mind-body medicine and psychotherapy. Her office is located in Wilmette, Illinois, where she works primarily with adults. Keren has worked closely with Jungian Analyst, Marion Woodman, and completed the Marion Woodman Leadership Training Program in 2007. She is a Dreamwork student of Rodger Kamenetz. Keren facilitates workshops and group programs through the Marion Woodman Foundation and The C. G. Jung Center in Evanston. She has also completed the Certification Program offered by the Center for Mind-Body Medicine.