Briana Rodriguez is a psychotherapist with Wellington Counseling Group. Briana works with couples and individual adults at our River North and Lakeview offices, and is available for telehealth sessions. Briana holds her Master of the Arts in Clinical Psychology Counseling Practice from Roosevelt University. 

Briana will provide a supportive environment for clients to process issues including: trauma, challenging life transitions, relationship challenges, and deficits in self-esteem. Briana is down-to-earth, empathetic, and authentic. She believes in meeting clients where they’re at. Often clients come in feeling stuck, especially when it comes to a reliance on unhealthy coping mechanisms, learned in the past, but an ill-fit for growing into the future. Briana can help support clients in identifying why they are drawn to these same patterns of behavior, and to develop and incorporate new, more functional behaviors of their choosing. Briana practices with a systemic mindset, aware that we do not live in isolation, and are impacted by our families, peers, and the larger culture. 

Outside of providing therapy, Briana enjoys spending time with loved ones (including her dog), being out in nature, catching up on TV shows, and singing.

Daniel Warshawsky is currently a third-year PsyD student at the Chicago School of Professional Psychology (TCSPP). He has worked with individuals across the lifespan and has extensive experience focusing on identity development for adolescents and young adults, concentrating on relationship development, interpersonal effectiveness, and self-actualization.

Before beginning his studies, Daniel worked primarily with children, adolescents, and young adults as the Midwest Engagement Director for United Synagogue Youth (USY), where he worked with professional staff and teen leaders from throughout the Midwest to create and implement innovative social, educational, and leadership programming for teens.

He currently holds dual Bachelor of Arts degrees in Communications and Jewish Studies and a minor in Marketing from Indiana University, and received a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology from TCSPP this past June. Daniel is extremely passionate about working with young people, LGBTQ+ issues, and mental health awareness, and recently finished his three-year term as a board member of No Shame on U, an organization dedicated to reducing mental health stigma. In addition to his studies, he has received certifications in Youth and Adult Mental Health First Aid, Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training (ASIST), Suicide Prevention from the QPR Institute, and has facilitated support groups for teens across the country.

When he is not at school or at work, Daniel spends his free time playing the guitar and piano, reading, baking, seeing concerts and movies, and enjoying time with friends and family.

Susan is a Gottman Institute-trained couples specialist who also treats adults in every stage of life, helping them understand themselves better and feel more balanced, healthy, and confident. She specializes in helping people transition through and face the challenges and rewards related to: dating, marriage, and bringing children into their lives, as well as in career changes, affairs, divorce, illness, and bereavement. Susan also has extensive experience in family advocacy, including adoption, surrogacy, learning differences, and disability.

Susan works to help clients make sense of their relationships, emotions, and their changing view of the world. She employs a variety of methods, often combining multiple schools of thought in order to best serve her clients. She serves whatever role her clients need – a sounding board, a champion, or a supportive presence. Her goal is to create a warm, collaborative, empathetic, and genuine environment that is conducive to drawing out insight and inviting change.

Susan earned her master’s degree in Community Counseling from Argosy University in Chicago and an MBA in Organizational and Psychological Behavior from Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University. Her clinical fellowships included roles in trauma, abuse, and the LGBTQI community.

In her free time, Susan is a presenter and mentor for Al Gore’s Climate Reality Project. She volunteers for a number of non-profits, while also serving as the founder of the Illinois Chapter of the Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing. She enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, snowshoeing, playing tennis, watching movies, and learning new languages.

Jeffrey is a licensed clinical social worker who specializes in working with children, adolescents, and young adults. He is experienced in addressing a variety of clinical issues, including: depression, trauma, anxiety, grief, relationship dynamics, life transitions, and diminished self-esteem.

Jeffrey follows a relationship-focused approach, developing a strong, trusting, nonjudgmental and empathetic connection between himself and his clients. He subscribes to a strong belief that clients are the experts of their own lives and that therapy works best when individuals feel empowered and supported to reach the goals they identify as most important. He incorporates a range of clinical tools, including narrative therapy and, with younger clients, play therapy.

After earning a Master’s in Social Work from Loyola University in Chicago, Jeffrey worked in multiple community mental health agencies, providing therapy to both children and their families. He also has extensive experience helping young adults adjust to life transitions such as changes in living situations, school and work life.

In his free time, Jeffrey enjoys traveling, hiking, watching movies, and taking his dog, Ernie, on walks around Chicago.

Anne Redlich is a seasoned therapist with over 40 years of experience in the mental health profession. Anne has worked in a variety of settings ranging from residential treatment facilities for children and adolescents all the way to private practice. Anne’s focus here at Wellington Counseling Group is on adults, couples, and families. Anne understands the challenges that come over the developmental trajectory in one’s life, from birth through marriage, raising children, and the loss of loved ones, to facing end of life for oneself. She brings her expertise in many therapeutic modalities to help her clients cope with these challenges and grow with new understanding and greater resilience. Anne is particularly interested in helping her clients to bring unconscious material into awareness toward the goal of understanding oneself more deeply. She is an expert in using dreams in psychotherapy and offers dreamwork as an option to her clients.

Anne earned her master’s degree at the University of Chicago in clinical social work. She went on to study in the psychoanalytic training programs at both the Chicago Jung Institute and the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis. Anne also has experience working with mindfulness and in cognitive behavioral therapy. In her spare time, Anne likes to take long walks in nature. Anne also loves to go to hear live music, see films, and visit art exhibits. She loves to cook and share her food with friends and family, as well.

Alexandra Milbourn is a Licensed Professional Counselor working with adults, adolescents and children experiencing distress or conflict that interferes with their quality of life. Her clinical areas of strength include complex trauma,adjustment difficulties, relationship difficulties, anxiety, and mood disorders. Alexandra is passionate  about creating a warm, safe, and non-judgmental space, while providing authenticity that humanizes the vulnerable experience of therapy. Her therapeutic approach is integrative and holistic in nature, wherein she focuses on the cohesion between the mind and the body. Alexandra makes use of evidence-based practices such as: trauma-informed, person-centered psychodynamic, and cognitive behavioral therapies, tailored to meet the unique needs of her clients.

Alexandra earned her Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology and her undergraduate degrees in Psychology and Criminology from Florida State University. She brings clinical experience in private practice and the inpatient setting, alike, experiences that provided her opportunities to treat diverse populations that included children, adolescents, and adults, all of whom presented with a wide range of mental health concerns and diagnoses. These experiences shaped Alexandra’s appreciation for psychotherapeutic intervention and prevention across the lifespan, and the particular role that psychotherapy plays in the capacity to strengthen emotional regulation and healthy connections  for children and adolescents. Alexandra approaches psychotherapy with adults with a trauma-informed lens and has received supervised training in sex therapy. Additionally, Alexandra’s education and training include forensic-based services and insight into mental health challenges within the justice system. She is currently working towards her final clinical license and continues to participate in professional trainings and education.

In her free time, Alexandra enjoys trying new restaurants, yoga, running, traveling, walks along the lakefront and spending time with friends and family.