ALL ABOUT SUMMIT
Summit Counseling Group is a boutique psychotherapy practice that specializes in burnout prevention & career transitions. Whether you are at the start of your career, feeling lost, or actively shifting to a new professional/entrepreneurial chapter, Summit can help you to make crucial decisions & infuse sustainable healthy habits into your day-to-day life that foster resilience & satisfaction.
When it comes to the intersection between progress & burnout, the holistic picture is important: let's look at things from more than one perspective & consider specific energy sucks in your life... from addressing relationships that make you feel stuck, to managing a chronic medical condition or even navigating a complicated fertility journey, the Summit counseling team can help you to engage with life's challenges in accordance with your actual values, not just pushing through in chronic survival mode. We also can give your productivity hacks if you'd like them!
At Summit, we believe that balancing personal & professional growth is a human right. We're not just here to help you to live a happier & healthier life, we're here to ensure that you thrive (& if you haven't yet defined what thriving could look like for you, we even can start there)!
Career Change & Burnout
If you feel burnt out & overwhelmed on a regular basis, you came to the right place. We will help you to employ skills & resources to enhance your productivity & reclaim your personal life. Our goal is to reduce the impact that stress can have so that you can get back to thriving & enjoying.
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Entrepreneurs, healthcare / mental health providers, & young professionals face unique challenges with specific dynamic & demanding responsibilities. Our providers understand how imposter syndrome, resource limitations, toxic work environments, short runways, infuriating system inadequacies/inefficiencies, lack of workplace support, & unending pressure can impact the most important resource that makes all that hard work possible- passion. Summit can help to remove hurdles that stifle motivation & protect its vital role in your professional & personal journey.
FLEXIBILITY
Because Summit does not panel with insurance companies, we have the freedom to offer counseling sessions based upon clinical need, desire, & budget. This means that if you require a half-hour check-in with your therapist or want to meet for two hours, either are possible. We charge by the quarter hour, so no need to justify services to insurance companies & wait for a response or a surprise bill later. Not utilizing insurance also helps to achieve ultimate privacy, but if needed, we are happy to provide a superbill to patients who would like to submit therapy receipts to their insurance company retroactively for potential partial reimbursment from them.
What's Therapy Like?
Therapy sessions are designed to develop insight into personal values, goals, & habits related to behaviors, emotions, boundaries, relationships, resource management, & decision-making in order to provide effective coping tools that boost functionality. Just like learning a musical instrument, practice is key.
Once you & your therapist establish therapy goals (which often evolve over time) homework between sessions will help you to make progress as quickly & effectively as possible. Your therapist serves as your guide & accountability partner to help you through exposure, acceptance, & reflection in order to help you through tough times.
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Summit employs the tenants of cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) & integrative holistic approaches in order to develop life-changing habits for young adults, professionals, individuals with entrepreneurial pursuits, medical professionals, mental health professionals, & more.
INDIVIDUALIZED CARE
We are a boutique clinic that focuses on accessibility & efficient progress. Summit therapists often encourage homework exercises between sessions in order to practice the clinical approaches shared within the therapy room- this will help to make gains quickly. We also prioritize offering on-demand services whenever possible (for the emergencies in life).
"If you want something you've never had, you must be willing to do something you've never done." - Thomas Jefferson
ONE MORE THING...
All of Summit's therapists train extensively through DASC Academy. DASC consultation & continuing education topics include Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Exposure-Based therapies, & a weekly review of up to date evidence-based research. Summit's collaboration with DASC ensures patient access to well-trained & supported clinicians as well as a strong referral network.
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Jane Shersher, LCSW
Founder, Executive Director
Jane attended the premier occupational therapy program in the country prior to obtaining her graduate degree in medical based social work at Loyola University Chicago. Jane believes that wellness includes a balance between the environment that a person functions in as well as their mind & body health.
Jane has worked with children, adults, & seniors facing life transitions, medical & learning disability, injury, & illness, addiction, personality disorders, trauma, grief, psychosis, mood disorders, anxiety, & relationship challenges. Jane regularly coaches entrepreneurs & was named an "All Star Mentor" at 1871 (#1 ranked global tech startup incubator by UBI). As the founder of Ava Today, Jane also presents about burnout at MATTER (a health-tech accelerator).
CONTACT US
3838 N. Ravenswood Ave. Suite #206
Chicago, IL 60613
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Phone: (609) 564-1025
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