Chicago Christian Counseling Center

Chicago Christian Counseling Center Professional Christian counseling throughout Chicagoland & NW Indiana since 1973. individual, coupl

10/31/2025

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Domestic violence might not look the way you expect, and it often looks nothing like what you see on TV. The National Domestic Violence Hotline lists several warning signs of abuse: https://www.thehotline.org/identify-abuse/domestic-abuse-warning-signs/

However, the best way to know if you're in an abusive relationship is to meet with a therapist.

Chicago Christian Counseling Center therapist Debra Crockett, MSW, LCSW, wrote an article — Healing from the Brokenness: Domestic Violence — where she discusses the cycle of power and control and steps we can take if we find ourselves in an abusive situation:https://www.chicagochristiancounseling.org/files/NL21_10dvhealing.pdf

If you are in a life-threatening emergency, call 911.

To schedule an appointment with a therapist, call (708) 845-5500, or email us at info@chicagochristiancounseling.org.

Meet Audrey Franklin, Clinical Intern in our Orland Park and South Holland, IL locations!Email info@chicagochristiancoun...
10/03/2025

Meet Audrey Franklin, Clinical Intern in our Orland Park and South Holland, IL locations!

Email info@chicagochristiancounseling.org or call 708-845-5500 to set up an appointment.

More about Audrey:

Audrey Franklin received a BA in psychology from University of Arizona and is currently pursuing her Masters of Social Work at Capella University. Audrey’s passion and call in life is to help others through life’s difficulties, finding the strength and inner power they never knew they possessed. She believes each individual is the expert in their lives, and counseling helps to find the answers to problems from within through interventions, guidance, and support. She is deeply committed to changing the narrative for children, adolescents, and individuals who have experienced trauma, depression, anxiety, grief/loss, self-esteem issues, and life transitions.

As a graduate-level counselor in training, Audrey brings to the field a fresh perspective and an integrated approach that will help guide her to adapt her skills and techniques toward her clients’ unique, individualized interests, needs, and concerns. She infuses biblical principles & evidence-based therapeutic interventions when collaborating with her clients to ensure they will acquire a more healthy and healed state where they can function and thrive as the best version of themselves.

She is supervised by Heather Mulcahy, MSW, LCSW.

Audrey FranklinClinical InternOrland Park and South Holland, IL location
10/03/2025

Audrey Franklin
Clinical Intern
Orland Park and South Holland, IL location

Today is World Su***de Prevention Day, part of Su***de Prevention Month during the month of September. Joni Eareckson Ta...
09/10/2025

Today is World Su***de Prevention Day, part of Su***de Prevention Month during the month of September. Joni Eareckson Tada of the disability ministry Joni and Friends shared her thoughts on the topic recently. After becoming a quadriplegic at 17, she struggled with depression and tried to take her own life. Now 75 years old, she shares what she's learned over the years about hope.

If you're struggling, please reach out for help. You can call 988 for the Su***de & Crisis Lifeline, you can call 911, and/or visit https://988lifeline.org/ to chat.

This year marks the 20-year anniversary that Lynne Scherschel, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, has been with Chi...
08/28/2025

This year marks the 20-year anniversary that Lynne Scherschel, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, has been with Chicago Christian Counseling Center! 🎉 We are honored to be a part of her journey. Lynne was kind enough to answer some questions for us:

• Where are you from?
"Originally from Elkhart, IN, then eventually Muncie, Alaska, Munster, and Crown Point."

• What job(s) did you have before you started working at Chicago Christian Counseling Center?
"Waitress, factory assembly and machine operator, teacher, and 20 years with Lutheran Social Services."

• What led you to pursue therapy as a career path?
"My own pain and a desire to help others followed by God using Isaiah 61:1-3 twice to call me."

• How is the field of therapy different now compared to when you first started?
"Obviously telehealth was probably the biggest change for me, as well as everything being computerized. Societal, cultural, political, and technological changes have also produced increasingly challenging stressors for people seeking therapy."

• What did you want to do when you started as a therapist vs. what you do now?
"I think I just wanted to see nice people and help them feel better! Early in my career my caseload became inundated with sexual abuse and adult survivors of in**st and physical abuse, which usually presented all together. That sent me on an in-depth dive for more information, and that hasn’t stopped."

• What do you consider your biggest professional achievement?
"Being trained and practicing EMDR – so again/still I’m on a deep dive!"

• What is your favorite part about working at Chicago Christian Counseling Center?
"Working with such an amazing organization and such amazing Christian brothers and sisters – the unity!"

• What advice would you give someone looking to become a therapist?
"Be seeking your own healing and choose the best training sources you can."

• How have you seen God’s hand at work in your life, either personally or in the workplace?
"Watching God heal my clients – and me."

• What is your favorite Bible verse/passage?
"Ephesians 3:20-21, 'Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.'"

• What is a favorite hobby you have outside of therapy?
"Gardening, grandchildren, and crafts."

What do we really want out of life?Some say happiness. Others point to success, love, or freedom. But beneath the surfac...
08/19/2025

What do we really want out of life?

Some say happiness. Others point to success, love, or freedom. But beneath the surface of our striving, late psychologist, author, and spiritual director Dr. Larry Crabb suggested that we are driven by two deeper, primary needs: security and significance.

Kathy Krentkowski, MA, LCPC, LMHC explains the two great needs of significance and security and how God can meet those needs. Read her article here:https://www.chicagochristiancounseling.org/files/NL25_08Significance.pdf

We are thankful for the freedom God has blessed us with! Happy Independence Day! 🎆🎇
07/04/2025

We are thankful for the freedom God has blessed us with! Happy Independence Day! 🎆🎇

Nurturing Tomorrow’s Counselors TodayAt Chicago Christian Counseling Center, we believe that shaping future therapists i...
06/26/2025

Nurturing Tomorrow’s Counselors Today

At Chicago Christian Counseling Center, we believe that shaping future therapists is not just a responsibility—it’s a calling. Our clinical intern program stands as a testament to that commitment, offering emerging professionals a year-long opportunity to grow, learn, and serve within a supportive, Christ-centered environment.

Each intern is paired with a seasoned clinical staff member who provides supervision, mentorship, and real-world guidance. Through this relationship, interns gain not only essential clinical skills but also deeper insight into integrating Christian principles into compassionate mental health care.

We are proud that many of our past interns have chosen to continue their journey with us, joining our staff as licensed counselors and continuing the legacy of Christ-centered care.

Interested in seeing one of our clinical interns? Call us today at (708) 845-5500 to schedule an appointment, or email info@chicagochristiancounseling.org.

Read more about our clinical training program and our interns on our website: https://www.chicagochristiancounseling.org/trainingProgram.html

Personal Peace in the Day-to-Day"A few years ago, my friend challenged me to think about all the times that I have chos...
06/20/2025

Personal Peace in the Day-to-Day

"A few years ago, my friend challenged me to think about all the times that I have chosen to 'keep the peace' in various relationships. I’m sure we all have been in situations where 'keeping the peace' seemed like the path with the least resistance and therefore appeared to be the best choice to make.

To that end, it’s important for us to consider three things: the cost/benefit of 'keeping the peace', peace as it’s influenced by the 21st century, and what God intended peace to be."

Katie DeYoung, MA, LCPC, LMHC helps us to reflect on the different facets of peace, what that has looked like in her life, and what peace can look like in our own lives.

Read the full article here:
https://www.chicagochristiancounseling.org/files/NL25_06Peace.pdf

"He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake."-Psalm 23:3
06/12/2025

"He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake."
-Psalm 23:3

From all of us at Chicago Christian Counseling Center, have a peaceful, blessed Memorial Day."By this we know love, beca...
05/26/2025

From all of us at Chicago Christian Counseling Center, have a peaceful, blessed Memorial Day.

"By this we know love, because He laid down His life for us. And we also ought to lay down our lives for the brethren." -1 John 3:16

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