Founded in 2017, Depth Counseling is now the largest independently owned behavioral health clinic in Chicago, serving the needs of children, adults and couples. We work in person and by telehealth, with locations in Chicago (the Loop and Ravenswood) and growing offices in Texas (Austin and Houston). Our primary goal is to help our clients get beneath their presenting symptoms to identify the blocks that hold them back from living their fullest and most rewarding lives. We believe in the transformative power of this work and in the potential for growth at any stage of life.Our mission is to make high-quality, long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy accessible, welcoming, and relatable to the people in our greater community, regardless of any client’s race, color, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, or income level.We envision a world in which all people have affordable access to high-quality, long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy.We are committed to contributing to the greater efforts in society to decolonize and de-stigmatize mental health, including dismantling anti-Black racism and white supremacy. We recognize that these issues are deeply embedded in the work we do as well as the field in which we work.We proactively challenge the psychoanalytic community’s historical pathologization of the LGBTQIA+ community and are working to bring new understanding, perspectives, and psychoanalytically-informed contributions to the queer community and the psychoanalytic field.We envision an equitable and just environment where all staff members—especially those who are Black, Indigenous and people of color, as well as members of the LGBTQIA+ community—can pursue a safe workplace, training and therapy in the pursuit of professional and personal growth. The strategic growth of Depth Counseling’s practice and staff focuses on prioritizing the recruitment, retention, representation, understanding, and action needed to implement these values actively.