Downers Grove Counseling and Wellness
Heal | Grow | Thrive
Trusted therapy for children & adolescents, adults, couples and families
Our Therapists
Downers Grove Counseling and Wellness is proud to serve the greater Downers Grove, Illinois community. Our strength lies in the expertise and compassion of our dedicated team. Get to know our licensed, caring and knowledgable providers below. We look forward to offering you authentic and effective care and to helping you find wellness through collaboration, empathy and evidence-based practices. Find an in-person or virtual therapist who will be the perfect fit for your mental health journey.
Mary 'Lucy' Hoffman, LCSW
Clinical Supervisor | Therapist | EMDR Practitioner
Drawing from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS) and EMDR, Lucy's therapeutic approach is engaging, holistic and personalized. She excels at empowering her clients to deepen their understanding of themselves, establish healthy boundaries and navigate life with resilience and confidence.
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Providing a nurturing environment for adolescents, adults and families facing anxiety and panic disorders, school issues, work stress, parenting concerns, life transitions, depression and loss, Lucy's solutions-focused approach promotes clarity and goal-setting and aids her clients in creating strategies to identify and successfully overcome life's challenges.
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Holding certification as a Clinical Trauma Professional and trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Lucy offers specialized care for trauma survivors. She skillfully addresses the wounds of relational trauma while helping her clients take meaningful steps forward.
Informed by her personal journey of growth and healing, Lucy approaches her work with profound empathy and views it as an honor to accompany her clients on their unique paths to fulfillment, healing and purpose.
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Request an appointment with Lucy via online portal here.
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If you are a current client of Lucy's and need to reach her, please email lucy@downersgrovecounseling.com or call (312) 725-9501.
Trina Lewis, LSW
Therapist | EMDR Practitioner
Trina's client-centered approach blends warmth, empathy and curiosity with a commitment to helping her clients solve their most difficult problems with resilience and confidence. Using a holistic and goal-oriented process that encourages vulnerability and change, Trina views therapy as a collaborative, introspective journey we cannot take alone.
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Trina specializes in helping adolescents, adults and couples address trauma, identity confusion and self-esteem, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns and loss. Trina utilizes EMDR because of the power it has to quickly help people heal from past trauma and strengthen their today.
Trina holds certification in Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR and Somatic Therapy and takes an integrative, whole-person and multicultural approach uniquely informed by her own diverse cultural experiences and world travels.
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Trina thrives on challenging and supporting her clients to overcome their fears and barriers by providing immediate coping skills and helping them gain insight into the root of their problems. Trina assists her clients in moving forward - empowering them to live a more authentic life with integrity, peace and purpose.
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Request an appointment with Trina via online portal here.
If you are a current client of Trina's and need to reach her, please email trina@downersgrovecounseling.com or call (312) 588-9495.
Nadia Hallak, LPC
Therapist | EMDR Practitioner
Nadia's results-driven therapy approach has equipped individuals and couples with the tools they need for connection, introspection and success for over 10 years. Offering a holistic, strengths-based and down-to-earth approach, Nadia skillfully infuses profound empathy with actionable steps for change.
Fostering genuine connection, Nadia highlights her client's strengths in order to safety process their experiences and collaboratively identify strategies for growth. Guiding her clients towards a deeper understanding of themselves and teaching real-life coping skills, Nadia helps her clients achieve their personal goals with confidence.
Nadia incorporates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and The Gottman Method in her clinical work. She specializes in treating depression, anxiety, grief and loss, reproductive issues, relationship conflict, body image and life transitions.
With 15 years of experience as a Psychology Professor, Nadia is passionate about educating people about mental health. Nadia's Doctoral Dissertation examined the effect of negative emotion amongst couples on marital satisfaction.
Request an appointment with Nadia via online portal here.
If you are a current client of Nadia's and need to reach her, please email nadia@downersgrovecounseling.com or call (312) 659-9606.
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Nabela Ashraf, LSW
Therapist
Nabela therapeutic approach blends evidence-based practice, empathy and humor with an unwavering commitment to her clients’ personal growth. Treating adolescents, adults and couples facing relationship conflict, trauma, anxiety, grief and loss, life transitions, mood disorders and self-criticism,​Nabela excels at assisting her clients to highlight their strengths while collaboratively identifying action plans for solutions.
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Assisting her clients to build immediate coping skills to help them better thrive in the world, Nabela skillfully takes an active role in her therapeutic work. Her primary focus is on empowering her clients to move towards increased insight, understanding and confidence within themselves in order to swiftly make their desired changes.
Creating a safe and open environment is of paramount importance to Nabela, and her results-driven therapy approach, infused with active listening and straightforwardness, will help you discover the strength, healing and positive change you have been looking for.
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Request an appointment with Nabela via online portal here.
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If you are a current client of Nabela's and need to reach her, please email nabela.therapy@gmail.com or call (773) 234-7776.
Richard 'Tyler' Cipriano, LCSW
Therapist
A seasoned professional of 12 years, Tyler's therapeutic approach is grounded in principals of warmth, insight and self-efficacy. Tyler excels at helping his clients strengthen their relationships, deepen their understanding of themselves and find healing from trauma and PTSD, ADD/ADHD, anxiety, depression, family conflict and substance use.
Tyler holds certification or training in the following types of therapy: trauma-informed, attachment-based, child and family, The Gottman Method for couples, grief and loss, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Solutions-Focused.
Tyler adopts an active role in helping his clients create strategies to overcome life's challenges and equips children and adolescents, adults, couples and families with the essential tools needed to create implementable, authentic and lasting changes in their lives.
Tyler's down-to-earth and collaborative approach will help you take your desired steps forward with confidence.
Request an appointment with Tyler via online portal here.
If you are a current client of Tyler's and need to reach him, please email tyler@downersgrovecounseling.com or call (630) 632-7964.
Aarin Fisher, LPC
Therapist
Aarin's genuine, eclectic and individualized treatment approach helps her clients quickly identify the underlying reasons behind their problems and meaningfully implement the life improvements they would like to see.
Aarin excels at helping adolescents, adults and couples manage stress and change, implement coping skills, improve self-image, deepen their understanding of themselves and improve connection and communication in their relationships.
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Aarin adopts an active and down-to-earth approach in treating generalized and social anxiety, ADD/ADHD, trauma and PTSD, grief and loss, relationship conflict in couples and families, the LGBTQIA+ community and young professionals. She also offers culturally-informed treatment for clients of color. ​​
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Aarin has certification and training in the following types of therapy: The Gottman Method for couples, Psychodynamic, depth and insight-oriented, Narrative, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and trauma-informed.
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Request an appointment with Aarin via online portal here.
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If you are a current client of Aarin's and need to reach her, please email aarin@downersgrovecounseling.com or call (773) 234-4667.
Titi Fadiya, LSW
Therapist
Titi's passion for helping her clients achieve their goals with authenticity, warmth, and humor shines through in each therapy session. An unwavering advocate for personal growth, Titi collaboratively and holistically assists her clients in identifying areas for skill-building as they navigating the diverse challenges life presents.
Employing a practical, client-centered and goal-oriented approach, Titi offers a genuine and collaborative space for children, adolescents and adults to effectively address the root issues that led them to seek therapy.
Bringing significant expertise and training to treating trauma, anxiety, depression, substance use, family conflict, crisis management, women's issues and medical challenges, Titi offers personalized assessment and treatment planning to her valued clients.
Incorporating life experience and direct feedback in her work, Titi artfully employs trauma-informed, psychodynamic, CBT, DBT and mindfulness-based clinical approaches.
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Request an appointment with Titi via online portal here.
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If you are a current client of Titi's and need to reach her, please email titi.fadiya@gmail.com or call (773) 398-1287.
Nicole Knebelsberger, LSW
Therapist
Are you looking for a therapist for yourself, your pre-teen or teen? Or perhaps you're a teen yourself looking for guidance. Do you or your child struggle with big emotions, relationships, perfectionism or other life stressors? Do you or your child have difficulty at work or school, with appropriate social skills or with executive functioning? If so, Nicole could be a great fit for you.
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Nicole works with adolescents, adults and families struggling with anxiety, depression, self-esteem, stress, school issues, executive functioning, social skills, self-esteem and life transitions.
As a former teacher and school social worker, Nicole is adept to school issues, referral processes and varying student abilities and needs. She is laid back, open, inclusive and here to support and guide you and your family through the therapy process.
Nicole utilizes a strengths-based, eclectic approach including aspects of CBT, DBT and ACT. Together, you will create a plan that works to best meet your needs. Nicole strives to create a space in which her clients can be their authentic selves and cannot wait to work with you.
​Request an appointment with Nicole via online portal here.
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If you are a current client of Nicole's and need to reach her, please email nicoleknebslsw@gmail.com or call (630) 283-2303.
Amanie Salah, LPC, NCC
Clinical Supervisor | Therapist | ART Practitioner
Amanie's therapeutic approach blends warmth, empathy and attunement with a strong commitment to supporting her clients’ personal growth. She is dedicated to addressing the core challenges that bring clients to therapy, using a holistic and goal-oriented process that encourages authentic meaning, introspection and change.
Central to Amanie's practice is supporting folks who have been impacted by injustices, marginalization, and inequities and empowering clients to navigate life's complexities with dignity. Fluent in Arabic and English, Amanie is intentional about creating an affirming space for the Latinx and LGBTQIA+ communities and for those who desire to reclaim parts of identity that have been hidden.
Amanie holds certification in Accelerated Resolution Therapy, relational cultural therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), trauma-informed therapy, feminist therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), grief and loss, Family Systems, couples therapy and Psychodynamic therapy.
Through experience, Amanie has learned the most impactful therapists are those who embrace their unique identities and quirks, infusing their values into the therapeutic space to create genuine connections. With her, every session is not just therapy - it's a partnership grounded in authenticity and hope.
Request an appointment with Amanie via online portal here.
If you are a current client of Amanie's and need to reach her, please email amanie@downersgrovecounseling.com or call (312) 857-8643.
Jenna Kraft, LCSW
Owner | Director | Therapist
Jenna is an energetic and engaging therapist, consultant and clinical supervisor. As the founder of Downers Grove Counseling and Wellness, she has dedicated herself to helping people heal, grow and thrive for almost 15 years. Jenna received her BA from The University of Michigan and her MSW from The University of Chicago. Through her work with individuals and couples, Jenna has learned that an interactive, client-centered and collaborative treatment approach is most effective.
Jenna oversees clinical operations at DGCW, provides consultation to educators, other therapists and interdisciplinary professionals and is a frequent contributing writer and speaker to mental health blogs, articles and panels/community events.
As a clinician, Jenna partners with you to define and achieve your goals, ensuring a path towards swift and meaningful change. She brings special interest and skill to helping people heal from anxiety, self-criticism, marital/relationship conflict, unavailable caregivers, codependency and women facing stress and burnout from 'doing it all.'
Jenna has certification and training in the following types of therapy: Psychodynamic/Insight-oriented, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Emotion-focused, Narrative, The Gottman Method, Dialectical Behavioral (DBT), attachment-based, trauma-informed and Internal Family Systems (IFS). Jenna will help amplify your voice, harness your strengths and create tools that lead you towards clarity, connection and peace.
Request an appointment with Jenna via online portal here.
If you are a current client of Jenna's and need to reach her, please email jenna@downersgrovecounseling.com or call (630) 426-9719.
Keely Davis, BA
Intake Coordinator
As the dedicated intake coordinator at Downers Grove Counseling and Wellness, Keely serves as the initial point of contact for potential clients. A masters-level therapist in training, she deeply respects and understands the vulnerability it takes to ask for support and is committed to seamlessly assisting you in starting your therapeutic journey.
Keely fosters an atmosphere of trust and ease when you contact our office. She eagerly addresses any inquiries you may have about our approach, treatment specialties and insurance and fees and facilitates a smooth entry into our services.
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With a genuine passion for helping people find healing, introspection and growth, Keely is passionate about matching you with the best DGCW therapist for your needs. Ensuring your introductory experience at Downers Grove Counseling and Wellness surpasses your expectations and sets you up for success is Keely’s main focus.
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Email us to schedule your first appointment here.
Call our office to schedule at (630) 426-9719.
Request an appointment via online portal here.
