Chiralaine Natschke

Chiralaine Natschke is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois (IL LCPC #180.010761) with 18 years of experience in the behavioral health field. She has served in roles including mental health therapist, child welfare supervisor, school counselor, and crisis screener/therapist, bringing a broad clinical background to her work.

She works with adults, adolescents, children, and families who are facing adjustment challenges, depression and mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, dual diagnosis, and chronic mental illness. Her clinical toolkit includes evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Experiential Therapy, and stress management and mindfulness techniques.

Chiralaine practices goal-directed treatment, beginning with a thorough assessment to establish one or more clear goals and then planning care to make progress in a time-efficient way. She takes a collaborative, supportive stance in sessions, and clients report that she is easy to talk to.

She assumes people come to therapy seeking change and will work to help them meet their goals while making no guarantees about specific outcomes. Clients are likely to get the most benefit when they commit to the process and actively participate. Frequency of sessions is agreed upon between Chiralaine and each client to fit individual needs, and she looks forward to working with new clients.