When Meaningful Change Requires More Than Quick Fixes
Depth-oriented mental health services for individuals, couples, and families seeking lasting transformation
At NK Psychological Services, we provide depth-oriented psychotherapy and psychological assessment services to individuals, couples, and families throughout Chicago. Our group practice brings together experienced clinicians who share a commitment to comprehensive, long-term therapeutic work that addresses not only immediate concerns but the deeper patterns that shape emotional well-being
Integrated Mental Health Services in Chicago
We recognize that meaningful change requires more than brief interventions or symptom management. Our approach integrates multiple dimensions of therapeutic work—combining insight-oriented exploration with experiential techniques that engage both mind and body. This integration allows us to address psychological challenges at their roots, creating lasting transformation rather than temporary relief.
Our clinicians work collaboratively as a team, which means families can receive coordinated care across multiple providers. Parents seeking support for their child's anxiety or behavioral challenges can work with a therapist themselves while their child sees another clinician in our practice. Couples navigating relationship difficulties alongside individual struggles can access both couples therapy and individual treatment within our group. This capacity for wraparound care distinguishes our practice and allows for truly comprehensive treatment.
Our Therapeutic Approach
We practice psychodynamic, relational, and depth-oriented psychotherapy—approaches that take seriously the complexity of human experience. These modalities explore how past experiences shape current patterns, how unconscious processes influence behavior and relationships, and how emotional understanding leads to genuine change.
Our work is fundamentally collaborative. We believe that therapy succeeds when built on authentic rapport, mutual curiosity, and the willingness to explore difficult territory together. Sessions typically occur weekly, allowing for continuity and depth that supports meaningful progress over time.
In addition to traditional talk therapy, our clinicians utilize specialized approaches including EMDR and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy. These methods engage emotional experience directly, working with the body's inherent capacity for healing and integration. This combination of top-down and bottom-up approaches creates opportunities for transformation that purely cognitive interventions cannot achieve alone.
Psychological Testing and Assessment Services
Beyond psychotherapy, we offer comprehensive psychological and neuropsychological assessment for both children and adults. Our testing services address questions about ADHD, autism spectrum disorders, learning differences, and emotional functioning. These evaluations provide clarity when diagnosis is uncertain, support educational planning, and inform treatment recommendations.
The assessment process begins with a detailed intake to understand your specific questions and concerns. We then design a customized testing battery tailored to address those questions rather than applying a standard protocol. Testing typically requires six to eight hours, scheduled across multiple sessions to maintain focus and accuracy.
After data analysis, we provide preliminary feedback and collaborate with you to determine whether additional testing would be helpful. The process concludes with a comprehensive feedback session and detailed written report that includes specific recommendations and supporting documentation for schools, employers, or other providers as needed.
Who We Serve
Our practice works with adults navigating depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, and life transitions. We provide specialized care for couples seeking to strengthen their relationships or navigate conflict more effectively. We work extensively with children and adolescents facing mood challenges, attention difficulties, developmental concerns, and family stressors.
Parents seeking guidance and support in their parenting roles represent an important part of our practice. Whether addressing specific behavioral challenges, navigating developmental stages, or seeking to understand and respond to their child's emotional needs more effectively, parents find space here to explore their own experiences alongside practical guidance.
We welcome individuals and families from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds. Our staff reflects this diversity, and our location and practice values express our commitment to serving Chicago's varied communities.
Beginning the Therapeutic Process
Starting therapy begins with a brief phone consultation to ensure that outpatient services at NK Psychological Services align with your needs. If appropriate, we schedule an intake appointment with one of our senior clinicians—either our Practice Director or Clinical Director, both licensed clinical psychologists.
This intake conversation allows us to understand your concerns, history, and goals in depth. Based on this meeting, we provide recommendations regarding treatment modality and match you with an available clinician whose expertise and approach fit your specific situation. This careful matching process ensures that therapeutic work begins on solid ground.
Treatment Specialties and Clinical Expertise
Our clinicians bring specialized training and experience across multiple areas. We work extensively with ADHD, autism spectrum presentations, and mood disorders including depression and anxiety. We provide trauma treatment for both acute traumatic events and complex developmental trauma. Our couples therapists address relationship patterns, communication difficulties, and attachment injuries. Our work with children and families encompasses behavioral challenges, emotional regulation, developmental concerns, and family systems dynamics.
We also provide consultation services, 504 and IEP support for families navigating educational systems, and parent guidance that integrates therapeutic understanding with practical strategies.
Accessible Care Across Chicago
We offer both in-person sessions at our Chicago location and secure virtual appointments, providing flexibility to meet varied schedules and preferences. Sessions are typically scheduled for 55 minutes at a consistent weekly time, creating the structure and continuity that supports therapeutic progress.
Our practice accepts Blue Cross Blue Shield and Aetna PPO insurance plans. For specific information about fees, insurance verification, and scheduling availability, we encourage you to contact our office directly.
Your Next Step
If you're seeking psychological services that honor complexity, prioritize depth, and commit to your long-term growth rather than quick fixes, we invite you to reach out. Meaningful therapeutic work requires investment—of time, energy, and resources—but yields results that endure.
Contact NK Psychological Services today to schedule your initial phone consultation and begin the conversation about how we can support your mental health and well-being.