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OUR FOUNDER
Justin Tobin – LCSW
Founder
Justin received his clinical education from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and brings over twenty years of experience working with children, adults, and couples. His therapeutic approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (challenging negative and unhelpful thoughts), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (accepting emotions without judgment) and Solution-Focused Therapy (practical steps in reaching goals).
Justin specializes in working with high-achieving individuals—often men—who are navigating life transitions that create feelings of anxiety, overwhelm or uncertainty. This could be triggered by a job change, a change in a relationship, or a difficult personal decision that feels hard to navigate.
Justin’s warmth and sincerity is blended with being direct and challenging. He takes an active and engaged role in each therapy session. His style is to push his clients to find their core motivation for change, to confront fears and create actionable steps to be worked on outside of each session. It doesn’t matter the goal; each client is held accountable for their part in making progress.
His clinical expertise includes treating depression, anxiety and stress – each of which can contribute to physical pain, impaired sleep, intimacy issues, substance use, anger outbursts and/or lower self-confidence.
Justin also works with couples and families. He consistently offers his therapeutic impressions and pushes clients to realize – and then have them vocalize – their underlying message to their partner. He facilitates these conversations by asking direct and challenging questions which is solely aimed at helping partners improve communication, rebuild trust, and deepen emotional connection with one another.
Justin is available to work with couples, families and adult clients.
You can email Justin at jtobin@tobincounselingchicago.com
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OUR TEAM
Mary Adamczyk – LCPC
Mary is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who received her Master’s in Clinical Psychology with a Counseling Specialization from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Mary is trained in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Child Parent Psychotherapy, and is a provider of the Nurturing Parenting Program.
She works with clients who struggle with symptoms related to depression, anxiety, anger management, life stressors, and parenting difficulties. Mary also has extensive knowledge and experience working with traumas including sexual abuse, physical abuse, and domestic violence. When working with families, Mary helps increase healthier communication and rebuild trust. Mary guides clients to explore their experiences towards making connections to their perceptions of, and interactions with, the world around them.
Mary is available to work with adult clients.
Jonas Ginsburg – LCPC
Jonas Ginsburg is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. He received his clinical education at DePaul University. Jonas is both a clinician and a clinical supervisor. He is a member of Osaka Social Services – Chicago.
Jonas has extensive experience working with clients that are struggling with depression, anxiety, life transitions/stressors and trauma. Over the past 10 years, Jonas has helped many individuals overcome stigma due to their culture, sexual orientation and gender.
Jonas combines different therapeutic approaches to create a space for clients to explore and examine difficult emotions and process negative thought patterns. His goal is to identify and build on existing client strengths and help clients stay most centered and balanced during life transitions and their challenging times. He is a warm, genuine, empathic and non-judgmental therapist passionate about guiding clients to reach their goals.
Jonas is available to work with couples, adolescent and adult clients.
Deborah Kelly – LCSW
Deborah is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who received her Master’s Degree from the University of Tennessee. She is a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW), has extensive training in trauma and is a certified grief counseling specialist. She has over fifteen years of clinical experience providing treatment for depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationships, grief and trauma. When working with clients, she blends psychodynamic therapy, trauma-focused cognitive-behavioral therapy and mindfulness-based cognitive therapy.
Deborah meets with her clients through a lens of compassion. She is aware of how unresolved life experiences can leave deep impressions on our heart and our mind. To help clients heal and grow, she guides her clients in the discovery process to uncover their motivation in changing unhealthy patterns and create new coping mechanisms. She takes an active, yet collaborative approach to help clients feel empowered to gain a deeper understanding of themselves’ and how they ‘fit’ into their world.
Jennifer Rodgers – LCSW
Jennifer is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who received her Master’s in Social Work from Aurora University. She has received training in the Nurturing Parenting Program with a focus on the parent-child relationship which is aimed towards increasing healthier communication within families. When working with individual clients, Jennifer helps clients who are struggling with trauma, depression, anxiety, life adjustments/stressors and low self-esteem.
Jennifer views each client as an individual that is part of a system. Her goal is to empower her clients to feel more confident when making difficult decisions, navigating relationships and managing intense emotions. Her therapeutic style combines warmth, compassion and honesty aimed at helping her clients create meaningful and long-lasting change.
Jennifer is available to work with adult clients.
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