Meet Sera

ABOUT

We all need different things depending on where we’re coming from, where we are now, and where we’d like to be. It’s often overwhelming even trying to define what those things are. Whether it’s through conversation, creativity, structure, education or a combination of these and something else, I’m honored to bring myself into the room with someone and play a role in accompanying them on that path.

I approach clients using an eclectic orientation based on humanistic, psychodynamic, and cognitive/dialectical behavioral theories. By incorporating elements of each, I’m able to provide a safe, nonjudgmental space to describe, process, and understand one’s own story at a comfortable pace while building coping skills to use outside of session. Using the belief that we are more than just our diagnoses, I encourage clients to be collaborative in bringing expertise of their own lives into the room, and I meet their efforts by sharing with them any of the skills and knowledge that have been gifted to me throughout my professional training and education. 

I received a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from DePaul University and have been practicing as a therapist since 2018. I’ve worked in medical, nonprofit and academic settings providing individual and group therapy to adolescents, adults, and other clinicians. My personal experiences navigating neurodivergence, trauma and the behavioral healthcare system have allowed me to empathize and apply a unique, relational perspective to my practice while challenging the traditional parameters and power imbalance of clinical work as the world around us continues to change.

MORE ABOUT SERA

Before going to therapy school, I worked in film and animation and participated in writing, gaming and anime conventions. Nowadays I spend most of my time at home with my partner and our cats, collecting jewelry and reading nonfiction.