How It Started
Before building a practice or a team, Tina was a 20-something crisis worker in Chicago. She carried a pager at all hours, on-call overnight, driving across the city to support families when things were falling apart.
Wanting a more sustainable life for herself and a better experience for clients, Tina started offering home-based, private-pay therapy.
She drove across Chicagoland, walked into people's living rooms, sat on their sofas, and helped families rebuild communication in the same spaces where the conflict happened.
That became the foundation of her values: meet people where they are, and give them tools they can actually use.
Building Empower Family Therapy
From one part-time therapist to a thriving team
In 2019, Tina had one part-time therapist and a dream: build the go-to practice for couples and families.
Then COVID hit. Demand surged.
The practice grew from two therapists to a team of 16, plus 3 administrative staff.
"Family time shouldn't suck."
That's the mission behind everything Empower Family Therapy does.
Empower Family Therapy is known for helping families enjoy each other again, giving parents the tools to work as a team, and getting couples reconnected after long stretches of strain. It offers family and couples therapy in person in Chicago and Oak Park, and virtually across Illinois and Florida. Same systemic, whole-family approach Tina started with on those living room sofas, just with more people delivering it.
Start with a free 15-minute intake call.
We'll match you with the right therapist for you.