Meet the Team

Victoria (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who specializes in treating first responders and their family members, adolescents (12+ years) with a collaborative approach to include families, multicultural and people of color experiences, life transitions, relationship problems, anxiety, depression, trauma and PTSD, as well as perinatal mental health. Victoria’s passions include de-stigmatizing mental health and providing women of color a safe space to authentically and genuinely be themselves. She has experience working with a broad range of ethnically and racially diverse clients of all ages. Victoria has experience in a variety of different settings including private practice, community crisis intervention, emergency rooms, police and/or court involvement, and non-profit social service agencies. She completed her Master’s Degree in Forensic Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in 2012 and is nearing completion of a PhD in Organizational Psychology and Leadership.

Victoria is an eclectic clinician who utilizes a multimodal, evidence-based approach with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as her foundation; mixing in Family Systems, Coaching, Solution-Focused and Reality-Based theories and techniques. In addition, she employs the use of humor, story-telling, direct challenging, psychoeducation, authenticity, and genuine care to assist clients’ in reaching their personal goals. She tailors her use of these approaches to each individual client, always working from a holistic mind-body connection lens. Victoria is LGBTQ+ affirmative.

Victoria is a bi-racial (African American and German) woman. She is a proud mother of 3 children and 3 fur babies, as well as a wife to a K9 Police Captain and Army Veteran. In Victoria’s spare time she enjoys advocating and promoting mental health integration into the law enforcement profession. She currently assists police departments nationwide in the establishment of crisis intervention/ mental health/ social service programming and also works part-time as a Police Crisis Worker. 

Victoria sees clients in-person at our Oak Park office and via telehealth, during the weekdays and evenings.

Integrative Counseling Group is looking for full-time Clinical Therapists to join our dynamic team in Oak Park and via telehealth (must reside in Chicagoland or near suburbs). Schedule is flexible, tbd with candidates.

We are a group practice, serving Chicagoland and Suburban areas via telehealth and in our downtown Oak Park office. We provide services to a range of clients and issues, with specialty areas of perinatal mental health and trauma. We are currently seeking independently licensed clinicians who embody an integrative practice model of utilizing evidence-based psychotherapy combined with a natural, mind-body wellness approach. Ideal candidates would have experience/specialized training on working with one or more of the following populations: perinatal clients/couples, infertility, anxiety, trauma, depression, chronic medical conditions, eating disorders and body image.

Candidates must be independent, driven, collaborative, and enhance our fun, diverse, and positive-minded team. We encourage practitioners with a niche including an integrative treatment focus to apply (i.e., nurse practitioner, clinical yoga therapist, somatic therapist, etc.). Candidates MUST be independently licensed to practice therapy in the state of IL: LCPC, LCSW, PMHNP, PsyD, LMFT, with at least one year of therapy experience.

We are offer the following benefits as a W2 employee:

• General Health Insurance
• Retirement/IRA matching
• Malpractice Insurance
• Steady stream of referrals
• In house medical biller to coordinate benefits/eligibility and submit claims
• In house receptionist who answers calls and schedules intake appointments
• Convenience of HIPAA compliant Electronic Health Record and phone service
• Flexible/self-scheduling
• Individual and group clinical consultation
• Onsite training and an annual CEU allowance
• Onsite group room and access to larger spaces for holding groups/workshops.
• Flexible vacation time within your clinical judgment.
• Supportive team environment - value on work culture, self-care, and individual growth
• Comfortable, modern office setting with natural lighting and great view.
• Very accessible office location for clinicians and clients.
• Oak Park office has parking garage access, Metra and Green line within 1 block, and near the Harlem/I-290 exit.

COVID-19 considerations:
We currently offer the option of working from home or privately access the office, seeing clients via telehealth until emergency guidelines change. Therapists are eligible for COVID-19 vaccination, after which they may return to seeing clients in office.

Please email your resume and cover letter to apinto@integrativecounselinggroup.com