WHAT WE BELIEVE
We believe healing is both personal and collective. True therapy is not just about feeling better — it is about transformation, reclaiming power, and breaking cycles. We believe in creating space where every part of who you are — your culture, your history, your identity, your pain, and your joy — belongs.
We believe therapy should challenge, nurture, and empower. It should honor where you’ve come from while equipping you for where you’re going.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to provide bold, inclusive, and culturally rooted counseling that transforms lives and communities. Guided by the spirit of Sankofa — the wisdom of returning to the past to heal the present — we stand with those who have been marginalized, silenced, and overlooked.
We exist to create spaces where healing is active, growth is possible, and every client is empowered to reclaim their story and step into a future they choose.
SPECIALIZATIONS
Our team specializes in:
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Multicultural Counseling — honoring heritage, identity, and community.
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Queer & Trans Affirming Care — where safety and celebration of identity are non-negotiable.
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Addictions & Recovery — grounded, compassionate, and real.
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Trauma & Survivor Work — centering lived experience, resilience, and liberation.
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Mood & Anxiety Disorders — with depth, creativity, and evidence-based tools.
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Couples & Relationship Therapy — because love deserves healing, too.
At Sankofa Tree, we are committed to breaking cycles of silence, stigma, and shame. We believe therapy should be direct, compassionate, and rooted in culture. That’s why our approach blends clinical expertise with authenticity, lived experience, and radical honesty.
GUIDED BY EXPERIENCE & CULTURE
Sankofa Tree Counseling is dedicated to providing empathic, culturally-informed, therapeutically-grounded therapy. Located in Illinois, we serve children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families. Our compassionate team of highly-experienced clinicians, headed by two, nationally-known, well-respected doctoral-level counseling professionals, specialize in addressing trauma, anxiety, depression, addiction, and identity issues through personalized treatment. Your well-being is at the heart of our mission, and we aim to create a safe space for healing and growth. Counseling and therapy are about healing. If you weren't healing with your previous therapist, what exactly were you doing?