Northern Illinois University
Department of Psychology
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Overview

We provide a full range of outpatient psychological services to the NIU community and residents of the local area. We welcome individuals with all backgrounds and identities. Read more about our commitment to diversity.

Our services include psychological testing, diagnostic interviews and a variety of psychotherapies, such as:

• Individual, couple, family and group therapy.
• Parent education and play-based therapy for children.
• Methods for controlling stress.

We can assist you with:

• Personal difficulties (depression, anxiety, anger, low self-esteem, etc.).
• Relationship complications and marital conflict.
• Children's issues (behavioral problems, developmental and learning disabilities, attention deficit disorders, etc.).

New Clients

Please see the banner at the top of this page for the updated status of our caseload. If you're interested in our services and we have availability to take new clients, please follow these steps:

1. Call us and leave a brief message or email us. We'll send you information on how to get started, including a consent form describing telehealth procedures and a confidentiality agreement.
2. Read the consent form and provide information and signatures in the appropriate sections.
3. Email the completed form to psc@niu.edu.

To learn more about our procedures and operations, read our information for clients and review our notice of privacy practices. We look forward to working with you.