Martin McGovern is a Licensed Social Worker who works with youth, adults, and couples to navigate difficult mental health challenges, relationship dynamics, and life transitions. With a calm, collaborative presence, Martin helps clients slow down, tune in to their internal experience, and make intentional choices that align with their values.

Drawing from evidence and strengths-based approaches, Martin helps clients explore the deeper roots of their patterns while developing practical tools for change. Additionally, he integrates cognitive and mindfulness-based strategies to support emotional regulation and self-understanding.

Before becoming a therapist, Martin worked in career coaching and communication strategy, experiences that informed his work with professionals seeking clarity, purpose, and healthier work-life balance. He is particularly passionate about supporting individuals facing burnout, perfectionism, and anxiety.

Martin earned his master’s degree in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He is dedicated to creating an affirming, inclusive space for all clients and is attuned to the impact of culture, identity, and systems on mental health.

Martin sees clients at Wellington Counseling Group’s River North and Lakeview locations.

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Paul is a passionate Marriage, Family & Individual Therapy (MFT) graduate student at Capella University, driven to support individuals, couples, and families, with a particular focus on Men’s Mental Wellness and the Polish community in Chicago. He brings a unique blend of empathy and expertise, enhanced by his Gottman Level 2 certification, which empowers couples to build stronger, more fulfilling relationships through effective communication and shared vision.

Fluent in both English and Polish, Paul creates a welcoming and culturally sensitive environment for his clients. He believes in the transformative power of narrative therapy, working collaboratively with individuals to explore and re-author their life stories. He understands that life can be challenging, and feelings of overwhelm, discouragement, or confusion are common. Paul’s goal is to create a therapeutic partnership where clients feel safe, respected, and empowered to tap into their inner strengths and reclaim their sense of agency.

Paul’s journey to therapy is enriched by his diverse background. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from Loyola University Chicago and a Master of Science in Healthcare Information Systems and Operations Management, also from Loyola. His experience in the healthcare industry provides him with valuable insights into the complexities of healthcare systems.

Beyond his studies and practice, Paul cherishes time spent with family, friends and his dogs. He enjoys long walks, staying active, and connecting with new people. He is dedicated to helping his clients find greater comfort, joy, and peace in their lives.

Polish Version:

Paul jest pełnym pasji studentem studiów magisterskich w zakresie terapii małżeństw, rodzin i osób indywidualnych na Uniwersytecie Capella. Jego motywacją jest wspieranie jednostek, par i rodzin, ze szczególnym uwzględnieniem zdrowia psychicznego mężczyzn oraz polskiej społeczności. Paul wnosi unikalne połączenie empatii i wiedzy eksperckiej, wzmocnione certyfikatem Gottman Level 2, który umożliwia parom budowanie silniejszych i bardziej satysfakcjonujących relacji poprzez efektywną komunikację i wspólną wizję przyszłości.

Biegle posługując się językiem angielskim i polskim, Paul tworzy przyjazne i wrażliwe kulturowo środowisko dla swoich klientów. Wierzy w transformacyjną moc terapii narracyjnej, współpracując z osobami indywidualnymi w celu eksploracji i ponownego pisania ich życiowych historii. Rozumie, że życie bywa trudne, a uczucia przytłoczenia, zniechęcenia czy dezorientacji są powszechne. Celem Paula jest stworzenie partnerskiej relacji terapeutycznej, w której klienci czują się bezpieczni, szanowani i umocnieni, aby odkryć swoje wewnętrzne siły i odzyskać poczucie sprawczości.

Droga Paula do terapii jest wzbogacona jego różnorodnym doświadczeniem. Posiada tytuł licencjata z administracji biznesu z Loyola University Chicago oraz tytuł magistra nauk ścisłych w zakresie systemów informacyjnych i zarządzania operacjami w opiece zdrowotnej, również z Loyola. Jego doświadczenie w branży opieki zdrowotnej zapewnia mu cenne wglądy w złożoność systemów opieki zdrowotnej.

Poza studiami i praktyką, Paul ceni sobie czas spędzony z rodziną, przyjaciółmi i swoimi psami. Lubi długie spacery, aktywność fizyczną oraz poznawanie nowych ludzi. Jego misją jest pomaganie klientom w odnajdywaniu większego komfortu, radości i spokoju w ich życiu.

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.

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.