Therapy Services

• Individual psychotherapy for adults

Assessments

• Cognitive and personality assessment

Conditions Treated

• Anxiety disorders (panic disorder, phobias, social anxiety, generalized anxiety disorder, etc.)
• Mood disorders (depression, dysthymia, bipolar disorder)
• Post-traumatic stress disorder, and other effects of trauma, such as sexual and physical abuse
• Issues involving childhood experiences of parental neglect, emotional abuse, or abandonment
• Life transitions and stage-of-life events

Education and Training

• Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from Boston University
• M.A. in Counseling Psychology from Northwestern University
• Certificate in Jungian Psychotherapy from the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago
• Training in post-traumatic stress disorder and behavioral medicine (Veterans Administration Hospital, Boston, MA)
• Training in personality disorders (Two Brattle Center, Cambridge, MA)

Experience

• Licensed Clinical Psychologist (Illinois)
• Previous positions:
• Boston University: 
  Assistant Director of Clinical Psychology Doctoral Program; Research Associate; Lecturer; Director of Practicum Training for the Center for Anxiety and Related Disorders
• Adjunct faculty, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology

Research and Publications

• Theories of personality disorders
• Issues related to the self and identity
• The impact of sexual abuse on personality development and functioning
• Personality assessment
• The use of clinicians as expert informants in psychological research
• Subclinical thought disturbances

Memberships

• American Psychological Association (Division of Clinical Psychology)
• Illinois Psychological Association
• C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago

Phone 708-429-6999 to make an appointment.

Contact Dr. Heim by e-mail