Author: Chicago Minds

Collaborative Care within Private Practice

Building a strong network of colleagues in private practice is highly beneficial. It provides therapists with the opportunity to seek advice from peers, discover practice-building resources, and foster a sense of community that can be mutually valuable both within and outside the workplace.  Better care is provided together.  It’s normal to bring experiences and biases […]

My Therapist Journey

Chicago Mind’s Community Coordinator and Office Manager, Sarah Hormanski (they/them) My name is Sarah Hormanski (they/them), and I’m the Community Organizer and Office Manager for Chicago Minds. I’ve been with Chicago Minds for the last three and a half years, during which time I’ve learned a great deal about therapy. My colleague Teddy Neer interviewed me […]

Chicago Minds: Healing with Community

The Stresses of Private Practice Burnout is an ever-present risk for mental health clinicians and can often be caused by feelings of isolation or a lack of peer support. This phenomenon is especially prevalent among clinicians in private practice, who may spend an entire day working alone in their office—only interacting with their clients. Compounding […]

Easing the Clinician’s Burden: The benefits of a shared flexible therapy space

At Chicago Minds, we believe that when clinicians are supported and given the flexibility to choose how they want to work, they’re able to devote more time and energy to hone their practice and become the most efficient clinician possible. Lessening administrative burdens: Clinicians in private practice often have to juggle a plethora of administrative […]