Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling

10/17/2025

Therapists, would you like more support treating clients working on substance use? Our upcoming workshop is for you! Come learn how to compassionately and directly assess for and treat substance use, misuse, or dependence. Friday, Nov 14 at 2PM 2CEs available.

The substance use narrative based assessment training will provide a structured method in how to explore a client’s relationship to substances through a client centered and non judgemental approach.

10/13/2025

The Code of Ethics of the American Counseling Association clearly states that counselors have a duty to avoid harming their clients, but many mental health professionals worry the the rapidly changing macro environment in the United States may put clients at risk of harm.

Our upcoming workshop is for practicing LCPCs, LCSWs, MFTs, and other mental health professionals who want to be proactive in adopting client-centered, protective practices of care in their documentation. Sign up today!

Friday, November 07, 2025, 3pm - 5pm CST | Virtual | 2CEs | $40

This two-hour, 2-CE workshop is designed for practicing counselors, social workers, marriage and family therapists, and other mental health professionals who are concerned about the rapidly changing macro environment in the United States which may put clients at risk of harm, and who want to be proa...

10/01/2025

Hey therapists, there's still time to sign up for our upcoming workshop: Discernment in Therapy: Using Discernment as an Intervention with Couples and Individuals with Melissa Larmon, MFT. This Friday, October 3rd, 2025, 2pm - 3:30pm CT | $25 with CEUs

Learn about the history and basics of traditional Discernment Counseling, as well as how to implement discernment methods in your practice with a variety of clients.

09/05/2025

Are you a therapist needing CEUs? Check out our new upcoming workshop: Discernment in Therapy: Using Discernment as an Intervention with Couples and Individuals with Melissa Larmon, MFT.

Friday, October 3rd, 2025, 2pm - 3:30pm CT | $25 with CEUs

Learn about the history and basics of traditional Discernment Counseling, as well as how to implement discernment methods in your practice with a variety of clients.

07/15/2025

Please join CCRC's Internal Family Systems Book Club facilitated by our CEO, Josh Hetherington, LMFT, LCPC.

Meetings will occur weekly on Thursdays, 10am–11am CST, from September 11th until November 20th, 2025. The book of focus will be No Bad Parts: Healing Trauma and Restoring Wholeness with the Internal Family Systems Model, by Richard Schwartz, PhD (2021).

As a prerequisite to joining, please complete the course Introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Mindfulness, available through CCRC's website here and also facilitated by Josh Hetherington, LMFT, LCPC. We hope you can join!

Please join CCRC's Internal Family Systems Book Club facilitated by our CEO, Josh Hetherington, LMFT, LCPC

07/11/2025

Do you need CE’s but don’t have time to attend workshops live? Check out our newest asynchronous offering “Introduction to Internal Family Systems and Mindfulness.

This didactic and experiential workshop will provide therapists with a basic understanding of the theory and practice of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Mindfulness. It includes mindfulness exercises, IFS exercises, video and discussion of IFS therapy sessions. The material is presented in a direct and focused manner by Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling’s President, Josh Hetherington, LMFT, LCPC. Complete the course at your own pace any time!

No prior Mindfulness or Internal Family Systems (IFS) training required.

This workshop offers therapists a practical introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Mindfulness through guided exercises, videos, and expert-led discussion.

07/09/2025

One week left before the first meeting of our new s*x therapy consultation group.

Gain community support and strengthen your confidence treating s*xual issues in our new consultation group. This group is great for specialists or those who are interested in supporting s*xual issues more generally. Space is limited so sign up now!

This virtual group helps psychotherapists of all levels integrate s*x therapy concepts and tools into their work with couples and individuals through collaborative case consultation and guided practice over ten sessions from July to November 2025.

06/17/2025

Do you wish you could pick a therapist's brain without meeting for a full session? Ask away in our anonymous form and we'd be happy to answer your question in an upcoming blog post!

06/10/2025

Hey therapists, are you looking for an engaging workshop that you can do at your own pace while earning CEs? Check out our new experiential offering, Introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Mindfulness.

This didactic workshop will provide therapists with a basic understanding of the theory and practice of Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Mindfulness. It includes mindfulness exercises, IFS exercises, video and discussion of IFS therapy sessions. The material is presented in a direct and focused manner by Chicago Center for Relationship Counseling's President, Josh Hetherington, LMFT, LCPC.

This workshop offers therapists a practical introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Mindfulness through guided exercises, videos, and expert-led discussion.

06/06/2025

Therapists, how are you doing? In this new blog post, founder, Josh Hetherington, LMFT explores his experience of being activated during these challenging times. And after reading the post, check out his new online self-led workshop, Introduction to Internal Family Systems (IFS) and Mindfulness. We can all use some extra support and care these days.

I’m looking for some comfort. Some peace. This is a hard time. I’ve been very anxious as Donald Trump and Elon Musk have pushed through the door and caused havoc. You too? I’m guessing that I’m not alone among therapists in several ways.

05/30/2025

Therapist Spotlight: Meet Anna!

Anna Speder, AMFT, is one of our passionate culturally attuned therapist, who is also a polyglot, speaking Hungarian, English, German and currently learning Spanish.

Anna’s works with couples, individuals and families using a culturally sensitive lens incorporating spiritual and holistic approaches with clients. She says “I'm a visual person, who enjoys bringing metaphors to sessions and likes to ‘talks with my hands’”. Anna draws from evidence based approaches, such as Emotionally Focused Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and intergenerational family therapy models.

Anna sees clients from our Lakeview and Wicker Park offices as well as virtually for all residents of Illinois. Schedule a session with Anna today by sending a message to: info@chicagocenterforrelationshipcounseling.com

05/16/2025

In honor of mental health month, try out this helpful tool for making decisions shared in this article by Madalyn Simpson, LMFT.

https://www.chicagocenterforrelationshipcounseling.com/post/decision-making-with-your-wise-min

Since you woke up this morning, how many decisions - big or small - have you confronted? Did the answers to these decisions naturally arrive as a calm clarity or as an abrupt lightbulb moment? Did you survey the crowd around you for insight, or suffer over ‘what-ifs’ and endless possibilities? A...