We’re a Chicago-based team of therapists who believe good therapy starts with being genuinely understood. That means excellent clinical care, thoughtful therapist matching, and space for the whole of who you are, your relationships, culture, faith, questions, history, and everything in between.
Therapy Is Personal. Your Care Should Be Too.
About Siv Counseling & Consultation
what we HELP WITH
You don’t have to scroll through profiles and hope for the best. Our Client Care Team gets to know what you’re looking for and connects you with a therapist based on your needs, preferences, availability, and payment options.
We get that finding the right therapist can feel like one more thing you don't have energy for. That's why we do the matching work for you.
Siv comes from the imagery of a sieve - sifting through what we carry to discover what is worth holding onto. Inspired by Amos 9:9, it reflects our approach to therapy - helping you make sense of your story, release what no longer serves you, and move forward with greater clarity, strength, and purpose.
There's meaning behind
our name.
Why Siv?
Therapy doesn’t make you someone new. It helps you uncover what’s worth carrying forward.
Trust matters. We aim to be honest, humble, clinically responsible, and willing to own it when we get something wrong.
Accountability
We believe healing happens in community. We're committed to providing compassionate, whole-person care that supports your emotional, relational, spiritual, and mental well-being.
You deserve a space where you can tell the truth about your life without shame, performance, or judgment. Compassion shapes how we listen, respond, and care.
Compassion
You are more than a diagnosis. We care for the whole person — emotional, relational, spiritual, mental, and physical — because those parts of life are deeply connected.
Wholistic Wellness
We believe people heal in relationship. We don’t run from hard things — we move toward them together, in the therapy room and throughout the communities we serve.
Community
meet the founder
I didn't start Siv because I had all the answers. I started it because I knew what was possible when people had the right support.
I’ve spent my career at the intersection of clinical psychology, faith, education, and community. Over the years, I’ve sat with people in some of the hardest moments of their lives, trained emerging therapists, taught, consulted, and helped organizations navigate change.
Siv grew out of a simple conviction: everyone deserves access to excellent care and a therapist who actually gets them.
We’ve built this practice around that belief ever since.
Dr. Deb Gorton
Clinical Psychologist · Founder · Author · Speaker
Meet the Team
Real People. Genuine Care.
Our therapists bring different backgrounds, specialities, personalities, and perspectives to the work. What we share is a commitment to thoughtful, whole-person care, and to showing up as real people for real people.
In-person and virtual sessions throughout Illinois.
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