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.

Dr. Rajkumar Periasamy is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with an extensive background in psychotherapy for children, adolescents, and adults. He has worked with a wide range of clinical issues, including ADHD, anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and relationship struggles. His approach to treatment is primarily Cognitive Behavioral with an openness to adapting his approach to fit his clients’ broad range of needs.

Dr. Periasamy specializes in psychological assessments for children and adults who present with a wide range of diagnoses, including ADHD, developmental delays, learning differences, and socio-emotional challenges. His approach to evaluations is highly comprehensive as he closely tailors recommendations to a goal of enhancing a person’s wellbeing or toward ensuring their academic or vocational success. He understands that the diagnostic process can feel quite overwhelming, particularly to youths, and he works with you to ensure your child receives the necessary help they need.

Dr. Periasamy graduated from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology with his doctorate in Clinical Psychology, with a primary focus on the psychology of the child/adolescent. He completed his undergraduate studies at The Ohio State University (Go Buckeyes!).

In his free time, he enjoys spending time watching sports, cooking, running long distances, hiking, and traveling the world.

Eric works closely with clients experiencing conflict or distress. His approach is built on consistent, empathetic listening and compassionate support, helping his client identify options and prioritize goals as they find relief from pain. Eric specializes in depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship challenges, and life transitions.

Eric taps into a few key elements of the healing process – identifying strengths, finding new coping mechanisms, and bolstering resilience. All of this helps clients develop self awareness to help transform automatic behaviors into conscious deliberate choices. This methodology places a special emphasis on psychodynamic relational concepts, a framework his published articles were at the forefront of first integrating into the field of social work.

Eric served on the faculty of the Jane Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois at Chicago as a Clinical Associate Professor for nineteen years prior to retiring from this role in 2011. During his academic career, he published eighteen articles on psychotherapy and clinical social work in peer-reviewed journals and presented at local, state and national conferences. In recent years, he has taught social work practice, psychopathology and group therapy courses at the University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration, The Institute for Clinical Social Work, and St. Augustine College. Eric also has served as President of the Illinois Society for Clinical Social Work where he has served since 2012.

In his free time, Eric enjoys listening to a wide variety of music and is a passionate Grateful “Deadhead.” He likes to take walks with his wife and catch up with his son on the latest technology.

Dr. Karlie Mirabelli works with children, adolescents, families, and adults. She helps children and families with concerns at school and at home, as well as with family and peer relationships. She is experienced working with college-aged clients as they navigate their transitions into higher education and adulthood. In addition, Dr. Mirabelli enjoys working with adult clients. Her focus is on emotional and behavioral difficulties across the lifespan, including but not limited to ADHD, social anxiety, separation anxiety, OCD, generalized anxiety, trauma, existential concerns, and depression. She also conducts comprehensive psychological, academic, and neuropsychological evaluations with all ages.

Dr. Mirabelli understands that the therapeutic relationship is among the most important factors in a positive therapeutic experience, and as such, she believes that psychotherapy is just as much of a place to laugh and celebrate joys as it is a place to grieve and manage disappointments. Dr. Mirabelli takes a collaborative approach to therapy, drawing from a feminist and social justice lens in order to guide clients towards personal liberation. She is well-versed in several modes of psychotherapy, such as ACT, CBT, trauma-focused CBT, CPT, exposure therapy, and behavioral therapy.

Dr. Mirabelli is a graduate of East Carolina University where she earned a Doctorate in Health Psychology with a specialization in Pediatric School Psychology and before that, a Master of Arts in School Psychology. In her free time, Dr. Mirabelli enjoys exploring the city of Chicago with her friends, family, and dog. She loves to kayak, bike along the lake, read, attend concerts, try new restaurants, and watch movies.