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Lakeview Center for Psychotherapy

We are an collaborative interdisciplinary practice providing therapy for adults, adolescents, childr Welcome to Lakeview Center for Psychotherapy.

We are a collaborative group of therapists in private practice who share a building and a mission. We are dedicated to providing inclusive, innovative, thoughtful, and compassionate psychotherapy. Our group is multidisciplinary and includes social workers, psychologists, counselors, and a psychiatric consultant. We provide individual, couple, family and group therapy to adults, children, adolescents, couples, and families in Chicago. We have training and expertise in psychoanalysis, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Gottman and Emotion Focused Couple Therapy, Modern Psychoanalytic Group Therapy, EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, Body Centered Therapy, Substance Abuse, and Eating Disorders.

01/20/2026

image-Matthieu Jungfer

Art Therapy with Lizzy Dixon

"I do not see my art therapy practice as separate from my psychoanalytic practice–
patients do not come to see me for either art therapy or talk therapy. In all of my sessions, I have a variety of art materials on hand during sessions that my patients are welcome to use. I tend not to directly invite patients to make art, but some do on their own volition. Other patients make art outside of our sessions and bring it into the consulting room. Some show me images of other artists’ work or describe their encounters with artwork, performance, or music in our sessions. In other treatments, visual art may never enter the work. If, when, and the extent to which patients use art in our work together is up to the patient’s desire."

For more info on art therapy, email lizzy.lakeview@gmail.com.

12/17/2025

Photo: Toa Heftiba on Unsplash

New psychology research flips the script on happiness and self-control:

“The most important takeaway for the average person is to reconsider how they approach self-improvement,” Jia said. “The common advice is often to ‘just try harder’ or to focus on building discipline through sheer willpower. Our findings suggest a potentially more effective, and certainly more pleasant, alternative: prioritize your well-being to build your self-control.”

https://www.psypost.org/new-psychology-research-flips-the-script-on-happiness-and-self-control/

To increase your well-being with low fee therapy, email us at support@lakeviewtherapy.com.

12/08/2025

Jen Humke has slots for trauma-informed low fee therapy available now!

Jen has a background in human rights and journalism, working cross-culturally with individuals and communities across Africa and the United States. Jennifer brings this deep curiosity about people and their stories into her clinical work, offering a safe and nonjudgmental space to explore identity and navigate life’s challenges and transitions—including anxiety, depression, complex trauma, relationship issues, and disordered eating. She believes our well-being is deeply tied to the health and strength of our relationships and integrates psychodynamic, relational, and feminist theories into her work with patients.

For more information, contact Jen at humketherapy@gmail.com .

10/03/2025

Meet Our New Fellow Lizzy!

Lizzy (they/them) is a postgraduate fellow at Lakeview Center for Psychotherapy. They hold a master’s degree in art therapy and counseling from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Lizzy is currently pursuing additional psychoanalytic training as a fellow with the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis. Lizzy’s approach to therapy is individualized, attentive, direct, and flexible. Guided by Lacanian psychoanalysis and grounded in social justice, Lizzy offers their patients a space to speak freely about their suffering, history, questions, wishes, fantasies, and desires. They listen carefully for the unconscious in their patients’ speech, focusing on the unique complexity of each patient. Speaking, listening, and being heard in this way opens up new possibilities for ways of relating to oneself and others. This approach works for a wide variety of concerns, including those that are difficult to put into words. Lizzy offers individual art and talk therapy to patients of all ages who are willing to speak about their suffering and learn new things about themselves. Lizzy also provides couples and relationship counseling to partners, exes, and roommates.

To connect with Lizzy, email lizzy.lakeview@gmail.com.

06/19/2025

This restorative model applies to relational therapy as well.

The Social Discipline Window describes four basic approaches to addressing behavior that needs to be changed. Restorative practitioners use this tool to gauge the best response to a specific incident or ongoing issue. The four strategies are represented as different combinations of high or low control and high or low support. The restorative domain combines high expectations of behavior and high support and is characterized by doing things with people, rather than to them or for them. A restorative approach allows us to address the problematic behavior, while also practicing empathy and maintaining a strong relationship.

06/14/2025

We are excited to welcome our newest therapist, Kim Brooks!

Kim Brooks is a psychotherapy fellow at Lakeview Center for Psychotherapy. She received her Masters in Social Work at Loyola University and a Masters of Fine Arts from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop at the University of Iowa. Before coming to Lakeview, she worked as an author, editor, and creative writing teacher. As a relational psychotherapist with a background in the arts, Kim brings openness, warmth, and curiosity to her work with clients. Her approach is grounded in attachment theory, family systems, and feminist thought. In individual therapy, she explores the emotional and relational patterns formed in early life and how they impact our behaviors and self-esteem. In her work with couples and families, her goal is to support mutual understanding, repair, and deeper emotional safety. Kim is especially interested in working with clients who are navigating life transitions, parenting challenges, postpartum mood disorders, relationship difficulties, anxiety, and complex trauma.

06/02/2025

Image by Ashley Piszek

What happens to the therapeutic process when a patient unconsciously relates to their therapist (or even other therapists/influencers online) as an influencer (whether in person or on Zoom) or as a consumable pre-branded "object"? And how might the therapist inadvertently strengthen the patient's narcissistic defenses in this dynamic? How does this shift curate a transferential dynamic toward—unacknowledged or unanalyzed—idealization, narcissistic twinship, or even consumer-like expectations?

https://www.everydayanalysis.co.uk/post/the-therapist-as-the-good-enough-commodity-from-holding-to-selling

05/28/2025

Image-Marcus Winkler

Recognizing Love Bombing

You feel swept off your feet, but also a bit anxious or pressured
The other person talks about forever while you’re still trying to remember their last name!
You feel guilty for asking to slow things down
Your boundaries are dismissed or made to seem unnecessary
You’re losing touch with your support system
Though you hate to admit it to yourself (and sometimes don’t), there is a nagging feeling that something isn’t quite right

Sometimes, the biggest red flag is just how fast everything is happening. What relationship therapists say is that healthy love has room to breathe. Feel rushed or suffocated, even at the beginning? Something might be happening here that’s cause for concern.

https://www.gottman.com/blog/what-is-love-bombing/?utm_campaign=Professionals%20Non-Journey&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_m9A7B9rcrNvsUDc4cvtQ0uIw28HK69gRsDMGK2EK-DphdApBjUbX328Hota7Z8iB2hUxdZwHIKBqFEhGko6PysCG-jA&_hsmi=363574786&utm_content=363594766&utm_source=hs_email

05/16/2025

illustration by Ben Denzer

Waldinger, the fourth steward of the Harvard study, was moved by the consistency of his own research and the work that preceded him — the thousands of questionnaires, saliva samples, genetic analyses, cholesterol reports, dental records, I.Q. tests, wide-ranging interviews and brain scans. Much of it added up to one key insight: “The clearest message that we get from this 75-year study is this: Good relationships keep us happier and healthier. Period.”

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/01/magazine/happiness-research-studies-relationships.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250516&instance_id=154628&nl=from-the-times®i_id=188323914&segment_id=198043&user_id=fed179c9fa781656bfaa32a0103f63fe

05/07/2025

image by Baptista Ime James

“I am generally pleased being small in the world.” As soon as the words tumbled out of my mouth, an alarming feeling sunk into my gut and echoed. I could not unhear it. But it wasn’t what I meant to say. What an uncanny sensation. I felt estranged from what I was saying, but, clearly, I had uttered a familiar logic by which I lived.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/our-human-condition/202504/liberating-psychotherapy-society-and-yourself

04/23/2025

Psychodynamic Treatment for People with Autism

Traditionally, psychodynamic therapy was not designed with neurodivergent people in mind. In fact, it sometimes misunderstood autism, framing differences in emotional expression or communication as signs of deeper pathology. Fortunately, that has changed. Today, many therapists have adapted their psychodynamic approach in ways that are affirming, respectful, and responsive to the autistic experience.
This begins with a core principle of all good therapy: meeting the client where they are. For autistic individuals, this might mean:
• Allowing for different styles of communication (including nonverbal or indirect expression)
• Being sensitive to sensory needs in the therapy space
• Understanding that emotional insight may look different but is no less significant
• Avoiding assumptions about what “healthy” relationships or emotions should look like

03/23/2025

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3322 N Ashland Avenue
Chicago, IL
60657

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 9pm
Tuesday	8am - 9pm
Wednesday	8am - 9pm
Thursday	8am - 9pm
Friday	8am - 9pm
Saturday	8am - 5pm
Sunday	8am - 5pm

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http://www.lakeviewtherapy.com/

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Welcome to Lakeview Center for Psychotherapy. We are a cooperative of independent professionals dedicated to providing innovative, thoughtful, and compassionate psychotherapy. Our cooperative is multidisciplinary and includes psychiatrists, psychologists, social workers, counselors, a medical advisor, and a nutritionist. We provide therapy, counseling, nutrition therapy and medication management to adults, children, adolescents, couples, and families in Chicago. We have expertise in psychoanalysis, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Body Centered Therapy, Couples' and Group Treatment, Substance Abuse, and Eating Disorders.