About Judith L Hanna, Psychotherapist
The journey we are on takes us in all different directions, testing us at every turn. You don't have to do it alone! In the field for two decades I have been honored to hear people’s stories at various stops along their journey. I have witnessed the fragility of the human condition, and at the same time, the empowering strength and resiliency each individual can harness to adapt and survive the difficulties we all face.Therapy, I believe, is not about “changing” one’s self, or making one into someone or something else. Rather, it is about learning to live with intent.
Experience
Psychotherapist
Judith Hanna received her Master's in Social Work from Loyola University in 2007, graduating with honors from the clinical mental health program. with a specialty in attachment theory and trauma. Since graduating, she has completed five years of Jungian training — two years at the Chicago Jungian Institute and three years at the Center for Applied Jungian Studies — and is also trained in EMDR.
Ms. Hanna completed her practicum at the Fillmore Center, Community Care Options, in Berwyn, IL (2005–2007). She went on to work at Seasons Hospice in Des Plaines, IL, and House Calls Counseling in Evanston, IL, followed by a role as therapist and community support worker at Counseling Centers of Chicago (C4) in 2008. She later served as a Behavioral Health Clinician and supervisor for Resurrection Health Care Services' outpatient behavioral health program (ProCare), and most recently provided psychotherapy to individuals, couples, families, and groups at Dr. Aimee and Associates in Bloomingdale.
Ms. Hanna works with clients across the lifespan — children, adolescents, adults, and older adults — and regularly supervises and mentors other clinicians toward licensure.
Before entering the mental health field, Ms. Hanna spent three decades as a professional musician and conductor, experience that reflects her discipline, focus, and capacity for leadership. As a university music professor, she came to recognize that her students' emotional wellbeing and self-esteem mattered more than whether they pursued music as a career — an insight that continues to shape the empathy and attentiveness she brings to her clinical work.
As a first-generation American, Ms. Hanna brings a deep, personal understanding of cultural difference and the challenges of assimilation, giving her a particular interest and sensitivity in cross-cultural clinical work.