Our Team
Nicole Ness, LCPC, CST, PMH-C
PRESIDENT | CO-FOUNDER
Nicole is Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist, and a certified Perinatal Mental Health Counselor through PSI.
Nicole is a relationship-oriented therapist, in that she supports individuals in rebuilding and repairing the connection they have with themsel
Nicole Ness, LCPC, CST, PMH-C
PRESIDENT | CO-FOUNDER
Nicole is Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, AASECT-Certified Sex Therapist, and a certified Perinatal Mental Health Counselor through PSI.
Nicole is a relationship-oriented therapist, in that she supports individuals in rebuilding and repairing the connection they have with themselves, and within their external relationship(s.) Nicole has extensive experience in working with those struggling with an eating disorder and/or negative body image. She operates from a body-inclusive, anti-diet lens where she supports clients in creating a more flexible and freeing relationship with food, a more compassionate/neutral relationship with their bodies, and towards living a life that is less constrained by food-rules and unrealistic body expectations.
Nicole also works with individuals/partnerships in rebuilding the relationships they have with their sexual selves, and sex/intimacy with their partner(s.) Topics explored in Sex/Relationship-Centered Therapy might include: increasing emotional and/or sexual intimacy, sexual dysfunction, trust repair, conflict management, communication, desire discrepancies, and ethical nonmongamy.
Her style of practice is informed by Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance & Commitment Therapy, and attachment theory.
Nicole's approach therapy is curious, warm and simultaneously direct; she incorporates a sense of relational humor into sessions. The connection and relationship between individual and therapist is ultimately what has drawn Nicole to this work.
Spencer R. Potesta, LPC, NCC, MA, MA
CO-FOUNDER
Spencer is a Double Board Certified Psychotherapist who focuses on providing individual psychotherapy and building organizations (focus on healthcare). Clinically, he focuses on severe and treatment resistant patients experiencing complex anxiety (e.g., OCD, Phobia's, and Agoraphobia). He offe
Spencer R. Potesta, LPC, NCC, MA, MA
CO-FOUNDER
Spencer is a Double Board Certified Psychotherapist who focuses on providing individual psychotherapy and building organizations (focus on healthcare). Clinically, he focuses on severe and treatment resistant patients experiencing complex anxiety (e.g., OCD, Phobia's, and Agoraphobia). He offers typical psychotherapy along with half-day and full-day intensives which assists patients to accelerate their treatment through Exposure and Response Prevention. In addition to his psychotherapeutic private practice, Spencer is the Founder & Principal at Potesta Holdings Corporation (a Healthcare Holding Company)and Founder of Social Capital Foundation (a non-profit focused on giving back to Healthcare).
His trainings in Psychotherapy and Organizational Psychology informs his time in psychotherapy along with building healthcare companies. While he focuses most of his time in his clinical practice and building organizations, he also has consulted for Fortune 500 healthcare and technology, PE & VC, along with a myriad of mid-sized and start-up organizations.
Spencer is also author of Principles of Performance and Control which provides readers with accessible purposely concise, and psychologically-sound tools to manage change and adversity, regain control, and maintain peak performance.
Christiana Ryan, MA, LPC
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Christiana is a licensed professional counselor and received her Masters in Counseling Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy.
Christiana understands that it can feel extremely discouraging when you look at your partner and feel
Christiana Ryan, MA, LPC
PSYCHOTHERAPIST
Christiana is a licensed professional counselor and received her Masters in Counseling Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy.
Christiana understands that it can feel extremely discouraging when you look at your partner and feel like the spark or flame that brought you together is now dwindling. We find ourselves in patterns that have become comfortable or too familiar and don't know how to break out of them.
The therapy space with Christiana is one where curiosity and authenticity are inherently invited. She supports clients in making sense of all the moments, interactions, traumas, narratives, and experiences that have shaped your relationship as you rebuild your current one.
Christiana show up to sessions with curiosity, humor, and a level of directness that helps aide in this journey of self discovery. She draws from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Internal Family Systems/Parts-Work to support my clients in not only unpacking their stories, but restructuring and modifying their paths going forward.
Whether you are about to get married, have kids / have one on the way, feel like things are lacking in the bedroom, or just feel like "roommates," Christiana provide a space to navigate these dynamics and work together to help achieve your goals as a couple.therapy sessions.