Chicago Christian Counseling Center

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

12/25/2025

Have a Merry Christmas, from all of us at Chicago Christian Counseling Center!

"Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, goodwill toward men!" -Luke 2:14

"The valleys we experience in life, especially those that are long-suffering, can creep into our sense of identity. We t...
12/21/2025

"The valleys we experience in life, especially those that are long-suffering, can creep into our sense of identity. We tend to take on these identities and see ourselves through the lens of how we handled these experiences. Were we gracious and loving? Were we angry and depressed? If there is a right and wrong way to respond to our valleys, we can be plagued with wondering: Did we do it right?"

Katie DeYoung, MA, LCPC, LMHC, shares pieces of her journey and what she learned about her identity and glorifying God through the hardships and valleys in life.

Click here to read:https://www.chicagochristiancounseling.org/files/NL25_12Valleys.pdf

“’Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,’ which is translated, ‘...
12/18/2025

“’Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and bear a Son, and they shall call His name Immanuel,’ which is translated, ‘God with us.’” -Matthew 1:23

Christmas is in one week. The coming of the Messiah was a time of anticipation. Let's take time to rest in the joy of eager anticipation of Christmas Day — remembering His first coming — and of the second coming of our Messiah.

Dear Friends of Chicago Christian Counseling Center,This Giving Tuesday 2025, we invite you to support the Stephen Fund,...
12/02/2025

Dear Friends of Chicago Christian Counseling Center,

This Giving Tuesday 2025, we invite you to support the Stephen Fund, a vital program that helps under-resourced individuals and families access professional counseling from a Christian perspective.

Your generous gift to the Stephen Fund provides compassionate care to those navigating life’s challenges, offering hope, healing, and guidance grounded in faith. Every contribution helps remove financial barriers and opens the door to healing and wholeness.

Together, we can make a meaningful impact in our community. Join us in being the hands and feet of Jesus to those in need this Giving Tuesday.

Thank you for your continued faithfulness and support.

In His Service,
Amanda Kuba

Click here to donate: https://chicagochristiancounseling.charityproud.org/Donate

From all of us at Chicago Christian Counseling Center, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!"The Lord bless you and keep you...
11/27/2025

From all of us at Chicago Christian Counseling Center, we wish you a Happy Thanksgiving!

"The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face to shine upon you and be gracious to you; the Lord lift up his countenance upon you and give you peace." -Numbers 6:24-26

Our office is closed today and tomorrow. If you need to get a hold of your therapist, please call (708) 845-5500 and dial their extension or press pound for our staff directory list by first name.

"Corrie finished her message, and as she was leaving the church, she said, 'And that’s when I saw him.' This man was com...
11/20/2025

"Corrie finished her message, and as she was leaving the church, she said, 'And that’s when I saw him.' This man was coming toward her. She began to have flashbacks. ... This man had been a guard at Ravensbrück Concentration Camp where they were sent."

Linda Ostlund, MA, LCPC, takes us through the story of Corrie Ten Boom, a woman who saved the lives of hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust, and how Corrie came to a place of radical forgiveness.

Read "Radical Forgiveness" here:https://www.chicagochristiancounseling.org/files/NL25_10forgiveness.pdf

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.

We will be out of the office Friday, October 17th, for our all-staff meeting. To leave us a message, call (708) 845-5500...
10/17/2025

We will be out of the office Friday, October 17th, for our all-staff meeting. To leave us a message, call (708) 845-5500.

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."

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