Mental Health Department
Counseling
Child Link’s Counseling Program supports youth in our community by giving them the tools to adopt useful behaviors and habits that they will carry with them for the rest of their lives. Our skilled clinicians work with a variety of presenting clinical issues including anxiety disorders, attention deficit disorders, and attachment concerns.
The children we serve are often directly and indirectly impacted by violence in their environment, including domestic violence, separation from parent(s), gang violence, and abuse. Our licensed therapists are well equipped to assist children impacted by divorce, bullying and other social hardships. Child Link also treats individuals experiencing interpersonal conflict at home, school, work or in the community. Due to Child Link’s work within the community providing services that extend beyond clinical work, we are able to offer referrals to crisis intervention services for cases of extreme circumstances as well as any other community based resources that may help to improve treatment for our patients.
We provide tailored integrative clinical services that are as individualized as the people we treat. These treatments include:
Trauma Informed Treatment
Psychodynamic Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
We are currently accepting new Blue Cross Blue Shield clients. Contact us at counseling@childlnk.org to set up consultation.
Each course of treatment is based on collaborative treatment plans that are tailored to the needs of each patient on their family.
In 2019, our Counseling Program served over 100 children from diverse communities throughout the Chicago area, including: Pilsen, Little Village, Brighton Park, South Lawndale, and North Lawndale. Children we serve are often directly and indirectly impacted by violence in their environment, including domestic violence, separation from parent(s), gang violence, and abuse. Child Link is working to help resolve these tragic issues and avoid the loss of lives due to violence.
Meet Our Clinical Staff
Nicole Chirillo LCSW
Arturo Huizar
Priscilla Aguilera
