Sanna Stella, LCPC, NCC, CTP

As someone who chose a new purpose in midlife by becoming a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, I layered specialized trauma and adoption research and clinical training on a foundation of rich lived experiences. I have lived on three continents but am based in the Chicago area and founded Seeing Your Light Counseling to support people with unique and often invisible challenges — where multicultural identity, health challenges, different kinds of families, and public visibility impact life in often unexpected and complex ways. I bring both clinical training and personal experiences to my work with those affected by adoption, chronic illness, advocacy work, or being known to the public in some way. I understand how deeply these aspects affect every part of our lives, even if it seems unrelated on the surface. As a therapist I strive to understand connections, patterns, and roots of people's internal and interpersonal struggles while supporting them in creating a life that they may not have chosen nor planned for — but that is worth living.

Office: 

Chicago Minds, 213 West Institute Place, Suite 500, Chicago, IL 60610
 

Medical Arts Building, 715 Lake Street, Suite 910, Oak Park, IL 60301

Email: Sanna@SeeingYourLightCounseling.com

Website: https://seeingyourlightcounseling.com/

Phone: (464) 245-5656

Areas of Practice:

• Adoption (adoptees, birth parents, adoptive family)

• Chronic Illness (i.e. Long Covid, ME/CFS; patients & caregivers/loved ones)

• Grief

• Public Figures (i.e. leaders, advocates, performing artists, religious leaders)

• Racial/Multicultural Identity

• Trauma

Language(s) Spoken

• English

• German

Insurance Accepted

• BCBS PPO
• Blue Choice PPO
• Blue High Performance (HPN)
• Blue Cross Community Health Plans
• Medicaid
• Medicare