Regular Member of ITAA since 1974
Ph.D., Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Member
ITAA since 1974, Chicago Transactional Analysis Institute, American Psychological Association, Illinois Psychological Association, Illinois Group Psychotherapy Society, American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
Individual, group, marriage and family therapy, as a licensed clinical psychologist in Illinois.
I particularly like to do couple therapy and group therapy. After receiving my Ph.D. in clinical psychology from IIT in 1974 and training for years in Transactional Analysis, I decided to do postgraduate work at the Family Institute of Chicago from 1978 to 1980, to increase my understanding of marriage and family therapy. Then in 1987 I attended a Couples in Crisis international conference in Rome, where I spent a week talking with marriage and family therapists from around the world. I developed a model of seeing couples every week or so, either as a couple or in a couples group, to explore what was happening in their relationship and to suggest changes they could make, monitoring these changes each time they came in.
The deeper issues in couples therapy usually stem from patterns learned in ones family of origin. I invite each member of a couple to work through their family of origin (script) issues in a separate weekly group. Then we discuss how those issues come into their marriage when I see them together.
I have two offices:
Chicago Loop
Wednesdays 9AM-7PM
180 N. Michigan, Suite 2403
Chicago, IL 60601-7451
Located at the southwest corner of Lake and Michigan in downtown Chicago, near the Millennium Metra station, the Randolph and Michigan CTA bus stop, and the Grant Park Parking Garage North. There is also a convenient parking garage on Lake between Wabash and Michigan. Take the elevator to the 24th floor, go through the glass door (not the wooden door), make two right turns and enter Waiting Room #1. After entering, turn around, look out toward the hall, and you will see doorbells on the wall to your right. At the time of your appointment, push the bell with Houck next to it (second from the top), and I will come out and get you.
Hyde Park
Mondays and Saturdays 9AM-6PM
5236 S. Cornell Ave.
Chicago, IL 60615-4212
Just north of the Museum of Science and Industry; just 2 blocks from Lake Michigan.
From the north, take Lake Shore Drive south to the 53rd St. exit. Go west on 53rd St. past Hyde Park Blvd. (Traffic light) to Cornell (4-way stop). Turn right (north) on Cornell, go to the second brick townhouse on the left, 5236. If there is no street parking, you may park in the apron of the driveway, between the sidewalk and the street. The front door will be unlocked, so just come in and wait in the foyer.
From the south, take Stony Island Avenue north to the end, 56th Street. Jog right a half block to Cornell. Turn left on Cornell Ave. Go north, crossing 55th St. and 53rd St Just past 53rd St. you will see a row of townhouses on the left; go to the second brick townhouse on the left, 5236. If there is no street parking, you may park in the apron of the driveway, between the sidewalk and the street,. The front door will be unlocked, so just come in and wait in the foyer.
You can also take the Metra Electric from Randolph or Van Buren and Michigan to the 53rd St. Station, walk east to Cornell and north to the townhouse, or the CTA Jackson Park Express #6 or #28X Stony Island Express to 5200 S. Hyde Park Blvd., walk west to Cornell through the synagogue parking lot and south to the townhouse.
