Licensed to practice in Illinois and accepts 14 insurances. Specializes in Life Transitions, Military/Veterans, Trauma and PTSD and 1 more.
(he/him)
New to Grow
If you’re feeling overwhelmed, stuck in familiar patterns, or carrying more than you can sustain, therapy can help you regain clarity and direction. I work with adults navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship concerns, and major life transitions—especially those who appear to be functioning well on the outside while quietly struggling with anxiety, stress, loss, or self-doubt. Every person comes to therapy with a unique story. I take time to understand your experiences, relationships, and the patterns shaping your life before we decide together where to focus our work. The goal is practical and lasting change that helps you move forward with greater clarity, stability, and confidence.
Our first session is an opportunity for me to get to know you and understand what brought you to therapy. We’ll talk about the challenges you’re facing, your personal history, your relationships, and what you hope will be different as a result of our work together. We’ll begin identifying the patterns that may be contributing to your current concerns and discuss where to focus our work. By the end of the session, you’ll have a clearer understanding of how I think about your situation and a shared direction for moving forward.
Clients often tell me they appreciate my calm, structured, and practical approach. I work collaboratively to help people better understand what’s keeping them stuck, develop practical strategies for change, and build lasting confidence as they move forward. Before becoming a psychotherapist, I spent more than 25 years in executive leadership, including roles with IBM, The Coca-Cola Company, Microsoft, and as the co-founder of my own business. That experience gives me firsthand insight into sustained responsibility, leadership, decision-making under pressure, and major life transitions.
My practice focuses on adults navigating anxiety, trauma, grief, relationship challenges, and major life transitions. Many carry significant responsibility in their careers, families, or personal lives while feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or uncertain about how to move forward. Although they often appear to be functioning well on the outside, they’re struggling internally with stress, loss, or recurring patterns that are no longer serving them. They are looking for greater clarity, a deeper understanding of themselves, and practical strategies that lead to meaningful, lasting change.
I use psychodynamic principles to help clients understand the deeper patterns that shape their emotions, relationships, and ways of coping. As those patterns become clearer, people often find they have more freedom to respond differently rather than repeating what no longer serves them.
Jim uses interpersonal therapy to help clients improve relationships, communication, and emotional well-being. This approach focuses on how current relationships affect mood, stress, and daily functioning, and is often used to address conflict, grief, role transitions, and family challenges.
Jim incorporates existential therapy to help clients explore meaning, purpose, responsibility, and personal values. This approach is particularly helpful during periods of change, loss, uncertainty, or transition, helping clients develop greater clarity, direction, and intentionality in their lives.