About Dr. Jan Willer

I enjoy working with the wide variety of people who come to see me on the North side of Chicago.  My practice is in Lincoln Square, but also I work with people from some of the most diverse neighborhoods of Chicago, including Uptown, Edgewater, North Center, Ravenswood, Albany Park and Andersonville.

After earning my Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, I came to Chicago in 1991 to work with our nation’s veterans for 13 years.  During that time, I supervised psychology doctoral students in their final internship training experience.  In 2004, I started my private practice in Uptown, and have since moved the practice to Lincoln Square.  Currently, I am an adjunct faculty member and teach part-time at DePaul University.  I also regularly give invited seminars for mental health trainees at Northwestern University and University of Chicago. I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist in the state of Illinois (License Number 071-004606).

I have outlined some of my other qualifications below:

• Author
  • The Beginning Psychotherapist’s Companion (2008), Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
  • Peer-reviewed journal articles
• Topics of presentations at state & national professional meetings include:
  • Women’s mental health and trauma issues
  • Education of mental health professionals
• Experienced with:
  • Various ethnic/racial backgrounds: African-American, Asian-American, Native American, White, among others
  • Differing religious backgrounds: Muslim, Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, and others–as well as experience working with individuals who are not religious
  • Heterosexual, gay and bisexual clients
  • Facilitator of diversity training program for 6 years
• Memberships
  • American Psychological Association
  • Illinois Psychological Association
  • Author’s Guild