About Us

Kate Schechter, Ph.D., Director, is an internationally known expert on the interface of psychoanalysis, politics, and culture. Dr. Schechter is a psychoanalyst and psychotherapist in private practice, as well as a faculty member at the Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis and Rush University Medical Center, where she is Assistant Professor of Psychiatry. Over the past 20 years, she has taught at the University of Chicago and Loyola University, served as Chair of Conceptual Foundations at the Institute for Clinical Social Work, and supervised numerous post-graduate trainees in psychiatry, psychology, and social work in Chicago and elsewhere. Dr. Schechter holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and is the author of numerous articles and the award-winning Illusions of a Future: Psychoanalysis and the Biopolitics of Desire (Duke University Press, 2014). She is the director of the Psychoanalytic Scholars Program at the Chicago Psychoanalytic Institute.

Sarah Goldberg, Ph.D., LCSW, has practiced psychoanalytic psychotherapy and psychoanalysis for over fifteen years and maintains a private practice in downtown Chicago where she specializes in the treatment of adults, adolescents, and couples. She received her Bachelor’s degree from the University of Chicago, her MSW from Loyola University Chicago, and her Ph.D. from the Institute for Clinical Social Work. Dr. Goldberg's research and writing have primarily been focused on psychoanalysis and aging. Sarah has extensive experience, interest, and training in psychoanalytic work with midlife and older adults as well as elders.

Bill Hutchison, MA, Ph.D., holds an MA in Humanities and a Ph.D. in English from the University of Chicago, specializing in Science and Technology Studies. For over a decade, Bill has established himself as an educational counselor and educator with a psychoanalytic bent. He is dedicated to teaching, counseling, and mentoring students in high school, undergraduate, and graduate school, as well as adult learners.Specializing in academic counseling and executive function coaching, Bill empowers individuals with essential skills such as attention, focus, planning, time-management, and structured problem-solving. As an experienced and passionate academic tutor and mentor, Bill also successfully guides students through the intricate maze of college and graduate school admissions. He cultivates meaningful, supportive relationships to aid his clients in clearly articulating their personal, academic, and professional aspirations. He then equips them with the skills, confidence, motivation, and a strong sense of self to make sustained progress towards their goals. Bill enjoys working with students across the humanities, social sciences, and STEM fields.

Prior to joining CCCP and Depth Counseling, Ray Noll, MSW, Ph.D., held a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Sexualities Project at Northwestern University and taught courses on gender and sexuality, political belonging and transgression, and affect and psychoanalysis at University of Chicago and Northwestern. She received her Bachelor's degree from UCLA and her MSW and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in Anthropology and Political Science. Since 2010, Ray has run a group for queer individuals at Cook County Jail, and her work on themes of incarceration, marginalization and exclusion in social and political life deeply inform her psychotherapy practice with individuals from all backgrounds.

Spanish Speakers

Spanish-speaking therapists are available.
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Networks

We are an out-of-network provider for most major PPO plans, and in-network for BCBS PPO.