Sharon Steckler, MSW, LCSW

Who I work with

• adults living with complex trauma and childhood trauma

• people who came in for anxiety or depression and found childhood emotional neglect or attachment wounds underneath

• people who understand their history and still feel stuck after years of talk therapy

• adoptees, adoptive families and inter-racial families (see below)

• members of the LGBTQ+ community

• people living with HIV/AIDS

• people interested in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy and PSIP

How I work

• EMDR therapy. I'm a certified EMDR therapist and an approved EMDR consultant and training facilitator.

• Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, individually and in our ketamine-assisted therapy group, which I co-facilitate with Agi Corona Semrad.

• PSIP, a somatic and relational approach to trauma, in which I trained through the Psychedelic Somatic Institute.

• The Safe and Sound Protocol

Adoption, adoptees and inter-racial families

I'm recognized as an Adoption Competent Provider, and I have advanced training in supporting people affected by adoption and inter-racial families. Adoptees are often told they should feel grateful, which can make it hard to name the loss and the questions that come with adoption, even to themselves. It's one of the clearest examples of trauma people are told isn't trauma. I work with adult adoptees, transracial adoptees and adoptive families.

Ketamine-assisted therapy research

Alongside my practice, I worked with Agi Corona Semrad and colleagues at the clinic, two physicians and a nurse, on a pilot of ketamine-assisted therapy groups in a public urban HIV clinic, which I presented.

For therapists

I provide EMDR consultation toward EMDRIA certification, and supervise pre-licensed therapists. Therapists can also refer clients to us for ketamine-assisted sessions while continuing their own work with them. See our page for providers.

Training and credentials

• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Illinois

• Master of Social Work (MSW)

• Certified EMDR Therapist; approved EMDR Consultant and Training Facilitator

• MDMA-Assisted Psychotherapy training, MAPS

• Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy training, Polaris Insight Center

• Trained in PSIP through the Psychedelic Somatic Institute; listed in its therapist directory

• Adoption Competent Provider

• Founder, director and clinical supervisor, Mind's Eye

• Pronouns: she/her

Offices, telehealth and fees

I see clients in person at our Lakeview office (3304 N Lincoln Ave, Suite G) and by telehealth anywhere in Illinois. See insurance and fees.