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 Stojek is a compassionate Marriage, Family, and Individual Therapist dedicated to helping people navigate life’s challenges, with a special emphasis on Men’s Mental Wellness, Premarital Counseling (Prepare & Enrich Certified Facilitator), and serving the Polish community. He brings a unique blend of empathy and clinical expertise to his practice. For couples, his Gottman Level 2 certification is key to empowering them to build stronger, more fulfilling relationships through effective communication and a shared vision; he also offers specialized Discernment Counseling for those at a marital crossroads. Fluent in both English and Polish, Paul ensures he creates a welcoming and culturally sensitive therapeutic environment for all his clients. He deeply believes in the transformative power of a collaborative, solution-focused approach, working with individuals to explore solutions and actively re-author their life stories. Recognizing that feelings of overwhelm, discouragement, or confusion are common experiences, Paul’s central goal is to establish 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 becoming a therapist is enriched by a diverse academic foundation, including a Bachelor’s in Business Administration and a Master of Science in Healthcare Information Systems and Operations Management from Loyola University Chicago. His prior experience in the healthcare industry provides valuable systemic insights, which he later complemented with a Master of Science in Marriage and Family Therapy from Capella University. Beyond his professional life, Paul enjoys cherishing time with family, friends, and his dogs, staying active, taking long walks, and connecting with new people—all of which reinforces his personal dedication to helping his clients find greater comfort, joy, and peace in their lives

Polish Version:

Paul Stojek to pełen współczucia Terapeuta Małżeński, Rodzinny i Indywidualny (Marriage and Family Therapist, MFT), oddany wspieraniu ludzi w pokonywaniu życiowych wyzwań, ze szczególnym naciskiem na Zdrowie Psychiczne Mężczyzn, Poradnictwo Przedmałżeńskie (Certyfikowany trener programu Prepare & Enrich) oraz służenie społeczności polskiej. W swojej praktyce łączy wyjątkową empatię z wiedzą kliniczną. W pracy z parami kluczowy jest jego certyfikat Gottman Level 2, który umożliwia wzmacnianie relacji, pomagając budować silniejsze i bardziej satysfakcjonujące związki poprzez efektywną komunikację i wspólną wizję; oferuje również specjalistyczne Poradnictwo Decyzyjne (Discernment Counseling) dla osób znajdujących się na rozdrożu małżeńskim.

Biegła znajomość zarówno języka angielskiego, jak i polskiego pozwala Paulowi stworzyć przyjazne i wrażliwe kulturowo środowisko terapeutyczne dla wszystkich swoich klientów. Głęboko wierzy w transformującą moc współpracy i podejścia skoncentrowanego na rozwiązaniach, pracując z klientami nad szukaniem rozwiązań i aktywnym współtworzeniem ich historii życiowych. Uznając, że uczucie przytłoczenia, zniechęcenia czy zagubienia jest powszechnym doświadczeniem, głównym celem Paula jest nawiązanie partnerstwa terapeutycznego, w którym klienci czują się bezpiecznie, są szanowani i upoważnieni do wykorzystania swoich wewnętrznych sił i odzyskania sprawczości.

Droga Paula do terapii została wzbogacona o różnorodne podstawy akademickie, w tym tytuł licencjata w zakresie Administracji Biznesowej oraz tytuł magistra w dziedzinie Systemów Informacyjnych i Zarządzania Operacjami w Opiece Zdrowotnej, uzyskane na Loyola University Chicago. Jego wcześniejsze doświadczenie w sektorze opieki zdrowotnej zapewnia cenne, systemowe spojrzenie, które później uzupełnił tytułem magistra Terapii Małżeńskiej i Rodzinnej zdobytym na Capella University.

Poza życiem zawodowym, Paul ceni sobie czas spędzany z rodziną, przyjaciółmi i psami; lubi pozostawać aktywny, odbywać długie spacery i poznawać nowych ludzi – wszystko to wzmacnia jego osobiste zaangażowanie w pomaganie klientom w odnalezieniu 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.

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.