Therapy in Chicago, IL

About Our Practice + Our Therapy Team

At LifePath Therapy, individuals, relationships, families, and communities — across all seasons of life— find refuge and restoration that fosters connection and healing.

At LifePath Therapy we partner with individuals, relationships, and families across the lifespan who are facing the complexities and challenges that are an inherent part of living. We believe collective liberation is deeply rooted in personal liberation. Our therapists are committed to maintaining a stance of compassion, curiosity, and cultural humility while we collaborate with you throughout the therapeutic process.

We believe that healing unfolds and that new possibilities can emerge within safe and connected relationships. We invite clients into self-exploration to open up new possibilities and expand their capacities. We believe in the liberation of all people through challenging the practices and systems that uphold oppression and affirming the stories and lived experiences of our clients.
At LifePath Therapy, individuals, relationships, families, and communities — across all seasons of life— find refuge and restoration that fosters connection and healing.

At LifePath, we acknowledge that racism is deeply embedded in the structures and systems that govern our society, including the mental health system.

As a team of therapists, we commit to confronting the reality of racism both within ourselves and in our practices, by engaging in self-reflection, identifying and challenging our own biases, uplifting diverse voices, and holding a curious and accountable space for discussions about power and privilege. We recognize the profound impact of oppression on mental health, particularly in a system that has pathologized people’s responses to unjust conditions and aim to address it through inclusive therapeutic practices that value agency, compassion, and liberation.
We seek to promote anti racism through professional development, advocacy, and through accountability with our clients and also with each other. Our practice is inclusive to and welcoming of all humans, including folks who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color (BIPOC), members of the LGBTQIA+ community, folks of any size, folks with disabilities, and folks of any religion.

Our Values

Humility

We’re humans, not therapy robots. We admit when we’ve had a "miss", misattuned to you, or wish we had done something differently. We believe in being willing and courageous to be transparent with you in sessions and be flexible in our approaches.
Curiosity

We’re curious about the experiences, beliefs, systems, and values that shape your life! Getting curious together looks like understanding how patterns and ways of being have served you, and where they may actually be getting in the way of the things you most want for yourself.
Authenticity

We bring our humanness into the therapy room and we want you to do the same! That new hobby you picked up, that tv show you can’t stop binging, the “bleh” feeling a Chicago winter often brings - we invite you to bring all parts of yourself to therapy.
Collaboration

Each and every step of the way you are an active collaborator in your own therapeutic process. We bring experience, knowledge, and tools, and you bring your expertise on your own life. We work creatively together to create real change in how you relate to yourself, others, and the world around you!
Intentionality

We thoughtfully use the therapeutic relationship and interventions to help you in your process. We take our years of training and our embodied knowledge of different therapeutic approaches to make informed choices in what we bring into your sessions.
Joyfulness

We don't take ourselves or the therapy process too seriously. Yes, there is pain and suffering to process, witness, and honor, and we can also hold space for laughter and joy. We believe in accessing resilience, authenticity and connection through humor.

Leadership Team

Kim Vander Griend

AM, LCSW
Practice Owner
Psychotherapist

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Sarah Morgan

AM, LCSW
Clinical Director
Psychotherapist

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Colt Coffin

AM, LCSW
Associate Clinical Director Psychotherapist

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Samantha Perry

AM, LCSW
Training & Therapy Group Coordinator
Psychotherapist

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Supervisory Clinical Team

Sacha Olan

MA, LMFT
Couples Clinical Lead
Psychotherapist

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Jack Lionberger

AM, LCSW
Clinical Supervisor
Psychotherapist

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Anuradha (Anu) Spain

MSW, LCSW
Clinical Supervisor
Psychotherapist

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