Counseling · Chicago & Oak Park, IL
This is not the life I asked
nor planned for.Time to make your life
worth living for you.
Specialized counseling with a therapist who integrates personal experience and passion with clinical research and training for those affected by adoption, chronic illness, and individuals balancing a public life with their personal life.
In-person in Chicago & Oak Park,
and across Illinois via telemental health.
Hear it in her own words
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This space was built for you
For adoptees
Adoption is a lifelong experience — not a one-time event. As an adoptee, you may find yourself navigating questions about identity, belonging, family, and relationships that don’t have easy answers or no answers at all, and these resurface at unexpected moments throughout your life.
You might be struggling with how adoption has shaped your sense of self, your relationships, and your mental health. You might be dealing with the complexities of reunion, or the overwhelming difficulties of not knowing where to begin. You might simply want a space where you don’t have to explain the basics or deal with common misconceptions.
At Seeing Your Light Counseling, you don’t. This is a space that understands adoption from the inside out: the losses, the questions, the hopes, and the challenges of integrating grief with gratitude.
This space is created specifically for where you are
At Seeing Your Light Counseling, you enter a therapeutic space designed for people whose specific experiences and challenges are often met by stigma and misconceptions, which impacts our identities, relationships with family, friends, people at work, and being in public. This often leads us to doubt ourselves or become hesitant to open ourselves up to others \u2014 this is a space where rather than starting by dismantling common misconceptions and having to explain yourself, you can enter knowing that your therapist has a deep understanding of shared experiences around many of your challenges from both specialized clinical training and personal experiences.
Serving clients in-person in Chicago, Oak Park and other Chicago suburbs; and via telemental health throughout Illinois.
Book a Free ConsultationSimple from the very first step
Book a Free Call
An informal 20-minute conversation to see if working together feels right. No pressure, no obligation.
Your First Session
We begin by exploring where you’re at, how you got here, and where you’d like to go.
Ongoing Support
Regular sessions to create a life worth living based on your values and unique circumstances; either in-person (Chicago/Oak Park) or online (across Illinois) according to your preferences.
Schedule your free consultation
No commitment. No pressure. Just a conversation.
You’ll be taken to Sanna’s secure scheduling portal.