About
Our Mission
Wildlight Therapy is committed to effective and helpful treatment to improve emotional and psychological well-being, providing services to adults through a variety of frameworks. We take a holistic approach to mental health and wellness, utilizing traditional psychotherapy, as well as integrative mind-body psychotherapy and practices such as EMDR (Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing).
In addition to our holistic approach, we are dedicated to providing LGBTQ affirming services. We come to the therapeutic relationship with specific expertise in issues surrounding sexualities, gender, and social inequality. We are poly- and kink-affirming and welcome clients who are creating and living in diverse relationship forms.
Meet Dr. Adriana Brodyn (she/they)
I am an integrative psychotherapist and bring curiosity, warmth, compassion, and a sense of humor to the therapeutic relationship. I use a collaborative, strength-based, and relational approach focused on promoting long-lasting change.
Fundamentally, we are social beings, embedded in complicated social relationships. It is my belief that many struggles people face are linked to how they experience these relationships and how larger structural and societal issues impact these relationships.
Qualifications:
Ph.D. in Sociology, University of British Columbia
MA in Social Sciences, University of Chicago
MA in Counseling Psychology, Adler University
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois
Registered Clinical Counsellor (RCC) in British Columbia
Publications & Projects
Frankly is a podcast that explores the health and wellbeing of youth from the perspectives and lived experiences of young people on Chicago’s South and West sides. Co-produced by Chicago youth Kaya Thomas and Alizha Vernon and the University of Chicago’s Center for Interdisciplinary Inquiry and Innovation in Sexual and Reproductive Health, Frankly. is a seven-episode series that builds on the findings from Ci3’s Adolescent X study, a research project that studies narrative methods to explore the messages that young people receive about their bodies, identities, and sexual health.
Body Mapping and Story Circles in Sexual Health Research with Youth of Color: Methodological Insights and Study Findings from Adolescent X, anArts-based Project, Health Promotion Practice.
Performative Progressiveness: Accounting for New Forms of Inequality in the Gayborhood, City & Community.
Family Feuds: The Relationships between Legal Changes and Media Framing Concerning the Family, The Sociological Quarterly.
Queer Pop-ups Take Us Beyond the Gaybourhood, The Conversation.
Provider and Patient Perspectives on a New Tangible Decision Aid Tool to Support Patient-Centered Contraceptive Counseling with Adolescents and Young Adults, Journal of Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology.
Evaluation of the Social Exclusion Simulation: A Training Tool for Professional Psychology, Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
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