Marcelo Gonzalez

Marcelo Gonzalez is a licensed clinician in Illinois with 10 years of professional experience. He holds an Illinois LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor), license number IL LCPC 180.013409.

Working from a holistic perspective, Marcelo strives to create an encouraging, empathetic, and affirming environment where clients can examine life from new viewpoints. He aims to help people who are feeling isolated or overwhelmed by day-to-day stress to discover different lenses for understanding their experiences.

Marcelo has experience supporting people with questions of identity related to gender, race, nationality, and cultural background, as well as concerns such as low self-esteem, anxiety, depression, life-stage transitions, career changes, LGBTQ-related issues, and acculturation. He also works with those managing intimacy-related difficulties, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and stress.

Meeting individuals, couples, and families where they are, Marcelo uses a judgment-free and authentic approach to help clients create space for growth. He collaborates with clients to identify goals, uncover patterns and barriers, and build insight that promotes forward movement.

Recognizing that people carry many overlapping identities - including gender, culture, ethnicity, and geography - Marcelo invites each person to explore how those identities shape the way they move through the world and the perspectives they bring to their relationships and choices.