Office update: my Hyde Park office closes on October 31, 2026. From November 1, I see clients in person in downtown Chicago, at 401 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 1225 (Streeterville) and 125 S. Wacker Dr. (the Loop), and online throughout Illinois.
Hyde Park Is Known for Deep Roots, Quiet Minds, and People Who Understand Everything Except How to Put It Down.
Hyde Park is known for the lake, the university, the bookstores, and a particular kind of person who has read extensively about their own inner life and still cannot seem to get out of its way.
It is a neighborhood of long roots and complicated histories. Families who have been here for generations. Immigrants who built something real and passed it on. Graduate students who moved here for five years and stayed for thirty.
On the outside, the life looks considered. Intentional, even.
On the inside, there may be grief that has not moved, a family relationship that quietly broke years ago, a sense of belonging nowhere quite fully, or the specific exhaustion of carrying more than one culture in one body.
People from Hyde Park come to my office for different reasons. But there are patterns in what they carry.
Hyde Park is a community that values reflection. The people I see here are thoughtful, often highly educated, and sometimes the most resistant to admitting they need support precisely because they know too much about how support is supposed to work. Therapy in this office is practical, warm, and goes as deep as you are willing to go.
Hyde Park draws a specific kind of person and a specific kind of problem. People here are often dealing with more than one layer at once:
This neighborhood does not have a simple story and neither do most of the people who live in it. That complexity is not a problem to solve. It is the material we work with.
I see Hyde Park clients in person at my Michigan Avenue office, 401 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1225, a direct Metra Electric ride downtown. The office is easily accessible from:
Hyde Park is where people come to think. This office is where they come to do something with what they have been thinking about for too long.
I see clients Friday 10 AM to 8 PM and Saturday 10 AM to 5 PM. Monday through Thursday appointments are also available at this location.
Therapy in this office is not passive. I will listen, and I will also respond. I will notice things and name them. If you have been in therapy before and felt like you talked a lot without anything changing, this will be different.
In your sessions, you will:
→ Understand the pattern beneath the presenting problem, not just the symptom.
→ Work with the generational material that is shaping your current situation.
→ Get direct feedback, not just reflection. Warmly, but honestly.
→ Address grief that has been sitting unprocessed for years or decades.
→ Navigate complicated family relationships with a clear framework.
→ Build language for experiences that have resisted language until now.
The work I do is grounded in relational neuroscience and narrative therapy. I developed Relational Narrative Imaging™, a clinical method that helps clients see the generational stories shaping their lives and make deliberate choices about which parts to carry forward. If you want to understand more about how this works, the grief counseling page and the family therapy page go into this in more detail.
In larger group practices or community mental health settings, clinician assignment is often based on availability, not fit. As a solo practitioner, I offer:
→ Consistency from first session to last. You work with me, not a team.
→ Cultural fluency that does not need to be explained or justified.
→ Saturday appointments, which almost no other solo practitioners in this area offer.
→ A direct, relational approach that goes deeper than symptom management.
The Michigan Avenue office is the only location where I offer Saturday sessions. If weekday appointments are not possible, this matters.
Yes. Saturday 10 AM to 4 PM at 401 N Michigan Ave, Suite 1225. This is the only location where I offer Saturday sessions. Weekday appointments are also available Friday 10 AM to 8 PM, and Monday through Thursday at this office.
Yes. Grief is one of the most common presenting concerns in this practice, and I work with it across its many forms: loss of a person, loss of a relationship, loss of a cultural home, loss of a life you thought you would have. There is no correct timeline for grief and I do not impose one.
Yes, and this is among the most specific work I do. I was born in India and am fluent in Bengali and Hindi. I do not need cultural context explained. I understand the family dynamics, the pressure to succeed, the grief of immigration, and the complexity of living between two worlds from the inside.
Yes. Many of my Hyde Park clients are adult children navigating complicated or painful dynamics with parents, or parents who feel estranged from adult children. Family therapy does not require everyone in the room from the start. Individual work on family relationships is often where we begin.
Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, Aetna PPO, and United Healthcare PPO. Self-pay sessions are $200 per 60 minutes. If you have questions about coverage, we can work through it in your first session.
Yes. Telehealth is available throughout Illinois. Many Hyde Park clients use a combination of in-person Saturday or Friday sessions and telehealth during the week. The work is the same format regardless of location.
The Metra Electric runs from the 53rd Street station to Millennium Station, a short walk from 401 N Michigan Ave. CTA buses stop in front of the building, and the Red Line is a short walk away. From downtown Chicago, the Metra Electric is approximately 20 minutes. The building has a valet garage entered from Lower North Water Street, and public garages are a few blocks away.
in-person and online options throughout Illinois.
Tuesday – Friday: 11 AM – 7 PM
Saturday: 10 AM – 4 PM
401 North Michigan Avenue,
Suite 1225,
Chicago, IL 60611
Parking: Valet garage in the building, entered from Lower North Water Street. Public self-park garages a few blocks away: Nordstrom Garage (Shops at North Bridge), 516 N. Rush St., entrance on the west side of Rush between Illinois St. and Grand Ave.; and Ogden Plaza Garage, 300 E. North Water St. Paid street parking is also available.
Public Transit: CTA buses stop in front of the building, and the Red Line is a short walk away.
Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday
11 AM – 8 PM
125 South Wacker Drive
Suite 308
Chicago, IL 60606
Parking: Paid street parking or multiple public garages..
Public Transit: CTA & Metra.
Strong relationships require attention, especially as life grows more complex. If you’re seeking couples therapy in Lincoln Park, you’re invited to reach out and schedule your first appointment. Fill out the form, and I will reach out to you as soon as I can.
This form is not for emergencies. If you are in crisis, call or text 988 or call 911.
Please don’t include personal health details here. I’ll get back to you within one business day to schedule your first appointment.
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