Dr. Schemper writes: “I am often asked, ‘how can you listen to people’s problems all day long?’ That’s not how I view what I do. I am entrusted with the stories of individuals who have the courage and desire to understand, heal and change their life and thereby their stories. It is an interactive creative process and I enjoy my work!”

Dr. Schemper holds a PhD in clinical psychology from Northwestern University. He works with adults and specializes in relationship problems, marital counseling, spiritual issues, and the treatment of depression and anxiety and live coaching. His practice also focuses on the challenges and opportunities related to middle and later life, including the redefining of one’s sense of vocation in the middle years.

John is a therapist who works with adult individuals and couples. While he draws on contemporary psychodynamic, humanistic approaches, as well as CBT and ACT, his approach is essentially person-centered. John works collaboratively with clients to establish a relationship built on trust and respect, which honors personal uniqueness and fosters reverence for one’s life. His practice includes those wishing to address anxiety, depression, grief and loss, spiritual concerns, loneliness, relationship issues, identity and LGBTQ issues, anger management, substance use, trauma, physical and sexual abuse as well as life transitions and vocational discernment.

In the context of a relationship marked by empathy, openness, and a measure of humor, John works collaboratively as a therapeutic ally, supporting clients’ personal healing and evolution. Being a composer and jazz guitarist himself, John spent many years counseling musicians, artists and other creatives interested and involved in the arts. He sees therapy as analogous to the dialogue inherent in music, involving a soulful conversation that opens up new possibilities for wholeness, self-love, understanding, creativity, relationships and personal growth.

Ms. Campbell believes life is a process and feels it is an honor and a privilege to be invited by clients to be part of their journey. Every person has a life story and that story matters. We all grow up in an environment that is influenced by politics, religion, race, ethnicity, and economics. We develop patterns of thinking, feeling, and behaving in that environment that enable us to survive and thrive. Some of these patterns give us our strengths, but some no longer work in adulthood and create problems in our relationships and general functioning. Ms. Campbell sees her role in therapy as helping identify cognitively those patterns that no longer work and gradually replace these patterns with more positive, productive ones. She strives to develop a positive therapeutic relationship including empathy, compassion, understanding, and respect to facilitate the healing process. She works with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, and issues from childhood. Ms. Campbell has a psychodynamic base but also includes object relations theory, self psychology, ACT (acceptance and commitment therapy), and mindfulness. She is open to discussing faith if a client is so inclined.

She has more than forty years of experience as a psychotherapist and has been with the Replogle Center since 1978. Ms. Campbell has served as a second-year field instructor for Loyola Graduate School of Social Work for twenty-five years. She holds a master’s in social work from Loyola University Graduate School of Social Work, Chicago, and is a board-certified Diplomat in Clinical Social Work.

Ms. Cornelius has worked as a psychotherapist for more than thirty years and is continually impressed with the internal resources, resilience, and strength each individual possesses. Her role in the healing process is to provide the guidance and support needed to help clients discover their natural ability to repair a sense of wellness. She sees this work as a partnership. Suffering is an aspect of our common human experience; Ms. Cornelius begins from the premise that we all can find transformation through suffering and can experience growth and healing. Yet at times we can feel trapped and helpless; she uses psychotherapy as a tool to help clients move from being stuck in personal struggle to finding new strength and restored resilience.

Ms. Cornelius holds a master of social work from Loyola University Chicago. She completed a two-year graduate-level training program in marriage and family counseling at the Family Institute of Chicago, which is affiliated with Northwestern University. She also completed the clinical externship program in structural, strategic models of marriage and family therapy at the Institute for Juvenile Research, which is affiliated with University of Illinois at Chicago. She has been on staff at the Replogle Center since 1990.

Nancy Karen is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She uses an integrative approach to weave together techniques of many modalities in helping clients find their best selves. She believes that many of us have life obstacles, formed in our early years, that can be explored and overcome through psychotherapy. Before becoming a psychotherapist, Ms. Karen worked in the field of information technology for thirty years. She gained experience working for Fortune 500 companies in a variety of management and technical positions and rose to the position of Chief Information Officer of a large firm. In 2007, Ms. Karen decided that she wanted to move into a “helping” profession and studied for her Master of Social Work degree in clinical social work.

Ms. Karen earned her BA from Vassar College, an MS from Columbia University graduate School of Business, and her MSW with a clinical concentration from Loyola University Chicago.

Ms. Schemper is a licensed professional counselor and a spiritual director. She brings the gifts of deep listening and the creation of a sacred space to individuals who are seeking insight and connection for the purpose of becoming more fully their authentic self. She received training at the Institute for Spiritual Leadership and Loyola University. She offers experiential therapy using the techniques of EMDR, Heart-Centered Hypnotherapy, and Developmental Needs Meeting Strategies and has been trained to integrate energetic and holistic techniques used by healers and shamans around the world.

Ms. Schemper considers herself to be a curious, lifelong learner and appreciates the journey of walking with others as they explore and integrate different parts of themselves in order to be more fully conscious and whole. In addition to therapy and spiritual direction, she works with schools, teachers, parents, and children as a teacher, trainer, and parenting coach. Her passion has been the human potential to become more fully who God calls one to be, through education, insight, healing practices, and transformation.

Jacob Kaufman worked in the fields of law and real estate for twenty years. During that time, he realized that his great joy came supporting the growth of people he encountered. Since then he has graduated from Northwestern University with a master’s degree in mental health counseling. He now devotes his professional time to supporting clients in their movement toward growth and healing.

Welcoming a variety of clients with a collaborative approach, Sarah combines mindful self-compassion and traditional methods to offer tailored, unique support to individuals and couples. Her international experience and integration of nonviolent communication (NVC) make Sarah an ambassador for change with over 15 years of multicultural and LGBTQIA+ advocacy. She believes that by connecting with what truly matters inside of us, we grow ourselves and our world.

Her psychodynamic approach is supported with EMT (emotion-focused therapy), ACT (action and commitment therapy), and MBCT (Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy) in the healing of depression, anxiety, and trauma. In this safe space she also explores life transitions and relationships with self and others. Sarah values curiosity, kindness, and acceptance in a shared exploration of human wholeness.

Bill Singerman holds two master’s degrees - one in clinical counseling and psychotherapy from the Institute of Clinical Social Work, and another in education from Bank Street College of Education. Bill provides individual therapy for adults and leads groups as well. While the foundation of his practice is psychodynamic, Bill's approach is integrative, one in which different therapeutic modalities are interwoven to meet the needs of the unique client.

Bill's clinical interests include helping individuals with anxiety, depression, trauma, bipolar disorder, spiritual concerns, and LGBTQAI+ issues. A former middle school humanities teacher at a progressive, independent school, he especially enjoys working with individuals in the helping professions and arts.

While working in a research lab at Northwestern University, Sam began to realize that his gifts and talents lay beyond the field of Biology. His love for learning and natural curiosity led him to go back to school to study counseling. Being convinced that following his heart really was the best move, he embarked on what has been a beautiful and fascinating adventure delving ever deeper into the realm of psychology and ultimately to what it means to be human.

Sam is by nature, a warm and welcoming person. He values inclusion, and endeavors to foster a space where folks can show up with their full self, finding a place where they are seen and heard and where collaborative work can flourish. He favors a person-centered approach with emphasis on empathic listening which is enhanced with techniques such as mindfulness and emotional exploration. Being a deeply spiritual person, Sam believes that each human being is unique and so is their specific context; therefore, he favors an integrated and unique approach that honors each individuals’ strengths and challenges as they journey toward greater awareness and healing.

Elise Magers, M.Div. M.A. LCPC, first studied Interior Design and Art History at the University of Minnesota. After moving to Chicago in 1981, she studied theology at McCormick Theological Seminary in Hyde Park, graduating with an Master of Divinity in 1986. Following a year immersed in the study of Jungian psychology with Father Bill Thompson, SJ, Elise enrolled in the Pastoral Counseling program at Loyola University and in 1988 received a second Master’s degree from the Institute of Pastoral Studies. She then went to work as a psychotherapist, supervised by Dr. John Boyle and subsequently became Assistant Director of the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being at Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago.

Elise held these positions for 35 years and in 2017 she pivoted, becoming a SoulCollage® facilitator and is now part of a world-wide collage movement started by Seena Frost in 1988. This collage method combines three of Elise’s primary interests: art, psychotherapy and spirituality in an intuitive and imaginative practice. She teaches SoulCollage® in a variety of settings. SoulCollage® and Poetry at the counseling center is one of her favorites. “The intention of SoulCollage® is to offer a creative practice for exploring, healing and evolving” the many facets of one’s self.

Rabbi Ruth Mayer spent much of her professional life as a psychologist. For twelve years she had a private practice specializing in long-term adult psychotherapy. As an expression of her personal journey and to deepen her spiritual life, Rabbi Mayer began pursuing a path in the rabbinate and was ordained in 2008. She sees clients in therapy and spiritual direction, accompanying people as they seek a path to deeper meaning and spiritual connection to their lives.

Rabbi Mayer earned a BA from Yale University, a PsyD from Illinois School of Professional Psychology, and an MBA from Kellogg School of Business at Northwestern University. She was ordained at Hebrew Seminary in Chicago.

Carl Greer is a retired clinical psychologist and Jungian analyst, a businessman and a shamanic practitioner, author and philanthropist, funding over 60 charities and more than 1,250 past and current Greer scholars. he has taught at the C.G. Jung Institute of Chicago and has been on the staff at the Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-being.

Elly is currently finishing her Masters in Pastoral Counseling at the Institute of Pastoral Counseling at Loyola University Chicago. She is passionate about creating an affirming space for healing, exploration and transformation for a variety of clients, both individuals and couples. Through the power of a supportive and trusting therapeutic relationship, Elly hopes to help clients become more empowered ad integrated i their values, actions and emotions. Elly believes every client has the tools necessary for growth and healing and she looks forward to uncovering those together.

Carolyn is currently finishing her master’s degree in social work at the University of Chicago’s Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy and Practice. Carolyn believes that every person is the authority on their own experience. By using a person-centered, warm, compassionate , and authentic approach, she aims to be a companion to her clients as they navigate their own path to achieving the life they want to live. Carolyn spent the last 10 years working in business and realized through her own personal growth that helping others find meaning, fulfillment and peace is what she is most passionate about. Carolyn’s clinical interests include life transitions, anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship concerns. She enjoys working with clients from all walks of life.

Jerome is completing his Masters in Pastoral Counseling at the Institute of Pastoral Studies at Loyola University in Chicago. Jerome is a psycho-spiritual person-focused therapist who believes that the client is the focus of the practical compassionate and supportive presence to mitigate acute distress through Connection and Hope/Meaning. Jerome is committed to bringing spiritual, theological and teleological awareness into his clients, making them the protagonists of their therapeutic process under the care of the Unknown Counselor. For Jerome, the client is the only efficient, upholding, and sustaining creator of new meanings by internalizing self-love and self-compassion.

John Boyle came to Fourth Presbyterian Church in 1976 as both the founding director of the Lorene Replogle Counseling Center and as an Associate Pastor. Prior to his move to Chicago John had been the Director of Counseling and Clinical Pastoral Education at the Texas Medical Center in Houston, Texas. Before that, he served on the faculty at Soutern Baptist Theological Seminary where he earned his master and doctorate in theology degrees and at Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky. He graduated with an A.B. degree and held a Bachelor of Divinity Degree from Central Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, Kansas.

John served in World War II as 1st Sargeant in the 42nd Rainbow Division of the US Army in France and Germany. He fought in the Battle of the Bulge. His Unit was the first to liberate the Nazi Concentration Camp at Dachau, Germany in April of 1945. Through these experiences his prior decision to enter the ministry was affirmed with a conviction to counter the moral injustices that he had witnessed. He was a beloved teacher, counselor and friend.

He died at home in June of 2013 at the age of 87.