About Us
Guiding Behavior Counseling, PLLC creates positive and understanding therapeutic environments that are conducive to gaining skills, knowledge, and positive lasting change for those with experiences with ADHD, Autism, anxiety, depression, OCD, and trauma. In addition to an office setting, we can provide services over telehealth to best support in gaining increased understanding and taking meaningful steps to a more fulfilled life.
Ginny Nikiforos, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP, ASDCS (she/her)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP), Certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist (ASDCS); Services provided: Individual, couples, and parent counseling
Ginny Nikiforos has over twenty years of psychotherapy and skill-building experience working with adolescents, parents, and adults with experiences in ADHD, Autism, anxiety, depression, OCD, and trauma. She is a passionate advocate for those that are neurodivergent, running Chicago-based ADHD support groups and nationwide executive functioning skills groups. She is on the board of ACBS (Association for Contextual Behavioral Science) Chicago-chapter and on the conference committee for the Annual International Conference on ADHD.
Ginny specializes in providing individual, couples, and parent counseling, in addition to Executive Functioning Skill development, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Inference-Based CBT (I-CBT) and Exposure-Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and Written Exposure Therapy (WET) for trauma, and parent support utilizing SPACE (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions). Ginny supports nervous system healing and regulation through the Safe and Sound Protocol informed by Dr. Stephen Porges’ Polyvagal Theory. She utilizes executive functioning curriculums and skill building within her services as helpful. She provides services in person and over telehealth.
Ginny supports individual adults, couples, and parents in increasing awareness within oneself and/or a family dynamic, and developing meaningful actionable steps to increase fulfillment within targeted life domains. Ginny has lived experiences with neurodiversity and neurodiverse learners that she uses to support in understanding and bringing compassion to her work with her clients when applicable and helpful to the work.
Ginny is licensed in CO, FL, IA, IL, IN, and OH and in network with every insurance plan at Guiding Behavior Counseling, PLLC. She can accept private pay, provide superbills, and accept FSA/HSA cards.
Alicia Chin, LCPC, ADHD-CCSP (she/her)
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), ADHD Certified Clinical Services Provider (ADHD-CCSP); Services provided: Individual counseling
Alicia has over 17 years of experience in mental health services for neurodivergent adults in psychotherapy, group therapy, behavior therapies and crisis management. Her focus is on relationships, skills building, values and perspectives that shape who we are and how we relate to the world around us. Even when change can be difficult or seem hopeless, therein lies endless possibilities.
Alicia specializes in supporting adults using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Functional Analytic Psychotherapy, and Dialectic Behavior Therapy via Telehealth.
Alicia looks forward to partnering with you in therapy, providing compassionate care and skill building in your desired area.
Alicia is in network with BCBS PPO, BlueChoice PPO, and Aetna PPO at Guiding Behavior Counseling, PLLC and licensed in IL, OH, and FL. She can accept private pay, provide superbills, and accept FSA/HSA cards.
Caren Kangas, BCBA, ADHD-CCSP (she/her)
Board Certified Behavior Analyst, ADHD-Certified Clinical Services Provider
Services provided: Individual, group, and parent skill building and behavior support services
With over 15 years in the classroom, Caren has seen first hand how "invisible" challenges can erode a person’s confidence and success.
Witnessing the "in the trenches" reality of chaotic mornings and frustrated children, she recognized a recurring pattern: capable, dynamic individuals and loving families who were simply exhausted—stuck in a cycle of reactive stress because standard advice fails to account for how the brain actually works.
Caren believes that for an individual to thrive, the entire ecosystem must be addressed. A child cannot regulate their emotions at school if they aren’t resting at home; an adult cannot perform at work if their home operations are in constant friction; and a parent cannot lead with calm intention if they are drowning in "cognitive drain" and decision fatigue.
Her approach is a direct partnership that goes far beyond simple suggestions. By focusing on practical, real-world strategies, she and her clients move life out of survival mode and into a rhythm of daily success and intentional living.