psychotherapy, counseling, mentoring, guidance to adults, couples and children thru McHenry County
Northern Illinois Counseling Associates, P.C. provides highly effective psychotherapy, counseling, mentoring, guidance, assessment, consultation, and other mental health services to adults, adolescents, couples, children, and families.
Keywords: individual counseling, marriage counseling, mental disorder, mental illness, psychotherapy, counseling, psychological services, depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, ADD ADHD, psychological assessment, grief, loss, PTSD, trauma, stress
Interview Q&A
How long have you been in business?
Since 1979 in Crystal Lake
What is your primary product or service?
Psychotherapy, counseling, mentoring, guidance, consultation, psychological testing, neurocognitive assessment, and many other mental health services to adults, adolescents, couples, children, and families.
How do you differentiate yourself from other businesses in your category and area?
Dr. Larry Gelman and Dr. Glenn Gelman are Licensed Clinical Psychologists with a reputation for being talented, innovative and dynamic healers with each having over thirty-five years of extensive professional experience providing psychotherapy, counseling, and psychological testing services to adults, adolescents, children, couples, and families.
Dr. Larry, the older brother, is passionate about life, love and laughter. Many of his clients are “regular” people who have hit “a bump-in-the-road” and need a helping hand. Others have been battered about through no particular fault of their own – and sometimes because of the choices they have made. And there are some who have experienced unspeakable horrors and are trying to survive and cope with all their might.
Dr. Larry has an unusually broad and diverse professional background and can respond to the mental health needs of individuals, couples, and families. He is no stranger to the competing and conflicting vicissitudes of both the strengths and frailties of the human condition. He knows that fear robs us of courage and teaches that while it is acceptable to be afraid, it can be psychologically damaging to allow fear to dictate what you will do.
Dr. Larry Gelman is a “black belt” in the art of living and also in the dance of mind-body-spirit “at-one-ness.” He is a fiercely devoted to each one of his clients, with a deep and profound respect for their own self-agency and self-determination.
Dr. Glenn, the younger brother, has worked in clinical and counseling psychology, health psychology and forensic psychology, and has served as a consultant to religious leaders, business organizations and local municipalities.
An accomplished clinician, Dr. Glenn artfully applies his clinical skills to enable healing at a “deep-structure” level. He has a rare ability to identify the “potential” in his clients. He works tirelessly to help those in his charge to solve or resolve their problems and conflicts, and/or transform their emotional pain into opportunities for discovery, growth, and change.
Dr. Glenn is an assiduous agent, advocate and ombudsman for the “best interests” of every one of his clients. Emanating from a deeply held conviction that values authenticity, positive self-regard, psychological readiness, and personal responsibility, he inspires his clients to “do, be, and become better.” Dr. Glenn Gelman specializes in helping clients create meaning, purpose, and joy in their lives and relationships.
How many locations do you have and do you have plans to expand?
Our one and only office is located in downtown Crystal Lake
Provide detailed directions to your location
“We’re on the Brink!” Northern Illinois Counseling Associates, P.C. (NICA) is very conveniently located in beautiful downtown Crystal Lake, at the corner of Brink Street and Minnie Street. Our historic office is only one block south of the Crystal Lake Metra station, one block north of Home State Bank, one block west of Starbucks and the Raue Center, and one block east of Walkup Avenue. Parking is free in our parking lot and on Minnie Street. Look for our office sign and the green canopy adorning our front entrance.
What type of payments do you accept?
Most Health Insurance plans, Medicare, Private Pay, MasterCard, VISA, Discover, Check, Money Order, Cash
Which areas do you service?
All of Northern Illinois and Southern Wisconsin. Locally, areas served include: Crystal Lake, McHenry, Woodstock, Algonquin, LITH, Cary, FRG, Barrington, Lake Zurich, Wauconda, Elgin, West Dundee, Hoffman Estates, Schaumburg, Chicago, Illinois
Who owns your company or runs daily operations?
Dr. Larry B. Gelman and Dr. Glenn B. Gelman
What are your hours of operation?
9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. Monday thru Thursday, by Appointment.
What is the best compliment anyone can give you?
Living the compliment in their own lives.
What is your favorite quote or Bible verse?
"Do not mistake a child for his symptom." - Erik Erikson
"Abnormal behavior in an abnormal situation is normal." - Viktor Frankl
"The unit of relevance is the individual." - Ralph Reitan
All human behavior has a purpose." - Rudolph Dreikurs
"If all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." - Abraham Maslow (paraphrased)