FAQ

  • We do!

    We’re a Boutique Therapy Practice designed to offer you the most convenient counseling options available. Take a look at our session options HERE.

    IN-PERSON LOCATIONS:

    LAKEVIEW / LINCOLN PARK

    561 W. Diversey Pkwy
    Suite 209
    Chicago, IL 60614

    GOLD COAST

    1165 N. Clark St
    Suite 305
    Chicago, IL 60610

    WE’RE CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS FOR IN-PERSON & VIRTUAL SESSIONS.

    REQUEST A SESSION HERE.

    VIRTUAL ONLINE SESSIONS ARE ACCESSIBLE TO CLIENTS LOCATED THROUGHOUT ILLINOIS & MICHIGAN.

  • All you need is wi-fi and a device with a screen (i.e. phone, tablet or computer).

    Prior to your session, we’ll send you a link that is exclusive to you for use at the time of our session. Sessions take place on a confidential HIPAA compliant platform.

    We’re licensed to provide therapy in Illinois & Michigan. So, if you’re physically located in either Illinois or Michigan at the time of the session, we are licensed to provide therapy to you.

  • Your therapist will go over this with you, too, but here’s an overview:

    We use a HIPAA-secure system that is similar to FaceTime or Zoom. It’s called Simple Practice (for Apple and Android users).

    To use it on a smartphone or iPad, you’ll need to download an app (just once). If using a laptop or computer, no download is needed.

    A strong and reliable internet or wi-fi connection ensures a great experience.

    Prior to each session, we email you a link specific to you & your meeting time. Click the link and we’re ON!

  • At Chicago Modern Therapy, we help Professional & Euntrepreneurial Women, like you, optimize the life you have, so you can ultimately LIVE THE LIFE YOU WANT!

    Our services are specifically designed to help young & accomplished professional women experience relief from overwhelm, so you can reclaim meaningful, conscious connection, not only to those you care most about, but also to connect to the best version of YOU.

    OUR SPECIALTIES INCLUDE:

    Anxiety & Burnout Relief,

    Breakup/Divorce Recovery,

    Navigating Relationship Challenges,

    Navigating Difficult Relationships

    Navigating Dating Dynamics & Singleness

    Navigating New Motherhood & Parenting

    Increasing Career Satisfaction,

    Navigating Relocations AND …

    Moving through Big Life Changes & the Life Transitions inherent in each of our lives.

    We help you, as a high-achieving woman, make lasting shifts in all things relationship + career!

  • There’s a brief intake that we’ll send you when you request an appointment.

    The intake includes a series of questions that help ensure that our expertise is a good fit for the concerns that you'd like to address.

    In the event that our expertise is not a good fit, we’ll inform you of this and offer you several referrals that are better suited to you and what you’d like to address.

  • The short answer… occasionally, YES!

    Your concern may initially appear to be outside of our scope of expertise, yet, after further discussion we may determine, together, that we actually are a good fit for your goals.

    If we ultimately decide we’re not a fit for what you’d like to address or achieve, we’ll offer you referral sources that may be better suited to your circumstances.

  • If you’re a new client, we’ll first connect via email or a free 15 minute call to see if we’re a good fit.

    We’ll then send you a brief intake via a confidential platform for you to complete.

    If our expertise is in alignment with what you’d like to address and achieve, we’ll reach out with next steps to schedule a session.

    If our expertise isn’t aligned, we’ll offer referral sources better suited to your circumstances.

    Feel free to REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT HERE and we’ll begin the intake/onboarding process!!

    If you are a current client, future sessions are scheduled at the time of your current session or via email.

  • Standard sessions are 45 minutes (but this can be altered to 30, 60, 90 or 120 minutes).

    Intensives... We offer INTENSIVES ranging from 3-12 hours -- Intensives can take place over the course of 1 day or up to 2 months, depending on your needs. Intensive sessions typically don't exceed 3 hours in a single day.

    In terms of the length or overall duration of therapy, we’ll determine that together.

    Once we’ve met and discussed your concerns and your goals for our work together, we’ll have a better sense of a realistic time-frame and the best session options for YOU.

    We have lots of session options!

    For more information see our INVESTMENT page.

    OR…

    REQUEST AN APPOINTMENT HERE.

  • FOR TRADITIONAL SESSION OPTIONS:

    • We’ll personalize the frequency & session length to your circumstances, what you want to achieve, what feels right & what’s clinically appropriate.

    • Typically, we meet weekly or every other week. But, our focus is on making this work for you and your schedule!

    FOR INTENSIVES:

    • Intensives are completely personalized and customized to YOU. Intensives can take place over the course of a day / a week / a month. It all depends on what you’re looking to address and achieve!

    LEARN MORE ABOUT INTENSIVES, HERE.

  • To help maximize your time and focus, we strongly encourage you to bring a list (or make a mental list) of the “important” & “big” subjects you want to dig into, share, or get feedback on.

    This can be anything that happens between sessions:

    • Stuff that pops up from your past,

    • Things that weigh on you or that you think about often,

    • Experiences or thoughts that have come up from homework, experiences with people in your life or things you’ve been working on in sessions.

    What we encourage & what our clients attest to…

    • If you truly carve out the time & space,

    • Show up for yourself in a meaningful way,

    • Express the things you’re struggling with, get clear on the way you want to feel instead…and identify the actions that are aligned with this…

    . . . YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN MAKE SIGNIFICANT AND LASTING CHANGE!!

  • FOR TRADITIONAL SESSIONS:

    We require 48 hours notice of cancellation to avoid the $180.00 cancellation fee.

    If you “late cancel” (less than 48 hours notice) or “no show” to any session, there is a $180.00 fee. No Exceptions.

    FOR INTENSIVES:

    A 50% deposit is required at the time of booking.

    This deposit is non-renfundable. The remaining balance is due on Day 1 of the Intensive.

    By booking the Intensive, you have purchased this time and it is yours unless you cancel at least 2 weeks prior to Day 1.

    If you cancel the Intensive within 2 weeks of Day 1, you will be charged the total amount of the Intensive Package. No exceptions.

  • The short answer is no, we do not accept insurance.

    All of our services are private pay - with a credit card, FSA card, or HSA card.

    Like most specialty providers, our boutique practice is a Self-Pay practice, and we do not work with any Insurance Carriers or have any affiliation with Insurance Carriers.

    Paying "out-of-pocket" offers clients maximum privacy, confidentiality, along with transparency and clarity regarding fees.

    In addition, we’re happy to provide receipts upon request for HSA or FSA accounts (with the fee amount and a designation of "Professional Services.")

    We do not work with insurance carriers in-network or out-of-network and thus, do not provide Superbills.

    See our INVESTMENT page for further info on fees and session options.

    (Please feel free to inquire about REDUCED FEE OPTIONS. We occasionally have space to work with clients in the virtual format for a reduced fee and are happy to offer this option if you qualify and we have space available at the time of your inquiry.)

  • We outline our fees on our INVESTMENT page under the Info tab HERE.

  • Yes! Please feel free to inquire about REDUCED FEE OPTIONS, HERE.

    We occasionally have space to work with clients in the virtual format for a reduced fee and are happy to offer this option if you qualify & if we have space available at the time of your inquiry.