History and Mission
Cornerstone Counseling Center of Chicago
Cornerstone CounselingCenter of Chicago is a not-for-profit (501(c)3) mental health agency providing exceptional counseling and therapy services to individuals of all ages, couples, and families. Our therapists incorporate evidence-based, cutting-edge tools into their work with clients, and every client receives individualized care based on their needs and goals.
Our vision is to make our services accessible to the community, which is why we partner with Chicago area schools, businesses, churches, and other community organizations to provide professional development training, seminars, and workshops as well as academic counseling groups for students. We have been practicing in the Near North neighborhood of Chicago for over 51 years and are a training partner of the Chicago Area Christian Training Consortium, an American Psychological Association (APA) – accredited doctoral internship in psychology.
Mission
Cornerstone empowers people to reach their spiritual, relational, and emotional potential through exceptional counseling and therapy services.
Vision
For all people to access tools to reach their maximum potential because holistic well-being is the cornerstone of a thriving community.
Tenets
Social Justice Through Holistic Therapy Service
Cornerstone practices social justice through providing equitable quality mental health services through our CAP program. The CAP program seeks to remove barriers to receiving quality mental health services by making it affordable to those who are under-employed, under-insurance or uninsured.
Cultural Competence and Humility
Cultural Competence and Humility
The openness and curiosity to lifelong learning surrounding cultural differences that reflect the commitment to leading with humility as we stand with those who feel invisible, not heard and oppressed. As we use cultural competence and humility, we will collaborate with all people, institutions and organizations to identify inequitable systems, unjust differences in power dynamics, thoughts and decisions. To ultimately experience the beauty of the Imago Dei (God’s Image) in Ourselves and our Clients.
Integration of Faith and Practice
The integration of faith and practices are central to the services that Cornerstone delivers to the community and our clients. When requested by a client, our clinicians use evidence-based practices to integrate the faith values of our clients in effective and relevant treatment planning. This is done through using a bio-psycho-social-spiritual model by reviewing both the family of origin and spiritual histories of the client, as well as the social, psychological and biological histories of the client. In addition, all clinicians practice cultural humility to understand and integrate the cultural context of the client.
CCCOC Was Founded as a Ministry Of the LaSalle Street Church
In September of 1971 and was originally called the Near North Counseling Center. In April of 1982, CCCOC became known as the Center for Life Skills and in 2002 was renamed the Cornerstone Counseling Center of Chicago to more accurately reflect our agency.
In the fall of 2002, CCCOC joined the Chicago Area Christian Training Consortium (CACTC), an American Psychological Association (APA)-accredited doctoral internship in psychology for pre-doctoral interns who desire to develop their skills in a Christian context. The internship provides an opportunity for students on the cutting edge of research, development, and practice in the last year of their doctoral candidacy in clinical psychology, a professional, academic outlet for research, education, and practice.
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