Chicago Human Potential

07/13/2025

06/19/2025

Walk then 5 scheduled clients and two urgent slots.

05/23/2025

Success Doesn’t Equal Inner Peace
High-achieving professionals often excel in leadership, strategy, and innovation. But underneath that polished surface, many quietly experience persistent mood symptoms, emotional burnout, or relationship difficulties. If you’re a high-functioning executive seeking more than just performance—if you want to feel deeply connected and emotionally clear—psychotherapy for professionals can help you move from coping to thriving.

Therapy That Matches Your Level of Insight
Unlike traditional talk therapy that may feel too basic or slow-moving, this work integrates:

Psychodynamic therapy to uncover and reframe early emotional patterns

Somatic techniques to reconnect the mind and body under stress

Behavioral activation to build actionable habits and relational resilience

Trauma-informed care that honors your full life story

This is not therapy for dysfunction—it’s therapy for alignment, growth, and emotional integrity.

What High-Achievers Bring to Therapy
Most of my clients are deeply insightful, hardworking, and self-aware. But even they face:

Anxiety or irritability that’s hard to explain

Disconnect in intimate relationships

Exhaustion masked as productivity

Perfectionism or over-functioning

A yearning for more authentic presence

Through executive therapy, we bring clarity to these patterns and build sustainable change from the inside out.

Joslyn Jelinek, LCSW – Psychotherapy That Meets You Where You Are
With over 30 years of experience, I specialize in helping high-functioning professionals who are ready to do deep, effective work. My clients include executives, academics, creatives, and founders from across industries and identities. I offer an inclusive, trauma-informed space where your intelligence, drive, and complexity are honored.

Whether we’re addressing trauma, stress, relationship patterns, or emotional blocks, we collaborate on what matters most to you.

Therapy, Coaching, and Intensives: Flexible Support That Fits Your Life

Call or Text Joslyn (773) 517-3448

05/23/2025

Join us for a Femme presenting (telehealth) overspending group. We meet Wednesdays at 7:30pm until 8:30pm weekly. Harnessing the principles of behavioral activation and DBT skills modify your behavior, to declutter your life, decrease stress and save money!!

04/12/2025

Joslyn Jelinek has treated clients effectively who experience this particular subtype of OCD!
Contact us @chicagohumanpotential.com

Religious scrupulosity is a form of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) characterized by persistent, intrusive thoughts related to religious or moral issues, often accompanied by compulsive behaviors aimed at reducing associated anxiety. Clinical signs include:

Obsessions (Intrusive Thoughts)

Excessive fear of sinning or offending God, even in trivial or imagined ways

Preoccupation with moral or religious perfection

Constant doubts about one's faith, intentions, or salvation

Persistent guilt or shame over thoughts, behaviors, or past actions perceived as sinful

Compulsions (Mental or Behavioral Rituals)

Excessive prayer, confession, or seeking reassurance from clergy or loved ones

Repeating religious rituals until they feel "just right"

Avoidance of situations or people perceived as morally or spiritually contaminating

Compulsive checking (e.g., rereading scriptures, reviewing memories to ensure no sin was committed)

Functional Impairment

Time-consuming rituals that interfere with daily life or relationships

Avoidance of religious practice due to overwhelming anxiety

Difficulty participating in religious communities due to fear of judgment or failure

Differential Factors

Unlike healthy religiosity, scrupulosity causes distress and disrupts functioning

Symptoms are ego-dystonic (unwanted and inconsistent with personal values)

Not relieved by spiritual guidance alone; typically requires psychological treatment and responds very effectively!

The Colts' Braden Smith told the Indianapolis Star he has a type of OCD that prompted him to spend 48 days in a treatment facility last year and to ultimately turn a psychedelic drug that he believes helped save him.

12/16/2024

Interested in KAssisted Therapy? Free 30 minute group or one on one info sessions available now! info@chicagohumampotential.com

12/15/2024

Walk and Talk Therapy available at Chicago Human Potential

10/30/2024

An intro to Ketamine therapy. In the setting at CHP a patient will dose a prescribed amount by a prescriber they have already met with before KAT. When we are in session we may explore 2-3 hours of your journey with an altered and very safe state that is supported by CHP staff.

Over the years, the therapeutic use of psychedelics has become increasingly more popular and available. Ketamine is one such psychedelic, listed as a Schedul...

10/25/2024

Available January 1, 2025
Reserve your appointment info@chicagohumanpotential.com

09/24/2024

Call 988 for emergencies and until they find you a therapist

Ravi Coutinho bought a health insurance plan thinking it would give him access to mental health providers. But even after 21 phone calls and multiple hospitalizations, no one could find him a therapist.

09/10/2024

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