Child and Family Therapy

Therapist

Deva Suckerman, LCPC

Deva Suckerman is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. She received her Masters Degree in Art Therapy and Counseling from the University of Illinois at Chicago and has focused her career on working with children, youth and families in the context of child welfare.

Deva is trained in adoption competent mental health and has extensive experience working with individuals with tough starts and developmental trauma. She is attachment focused and trauma informed in her approach. Her work with families emphasizes therapeutic parenting and helping families build connection, communication, emotional attunement, and an understanding of the impact of their individual and collective histories. Children and youth can benefit from incorporating art into the therapy space as an alternate and sometimes less threatening mode of communication and self-expression. In addition, Deva has particular interest in mindfulness skills for people of all ages as a means of increasing self-awareness, learning to respond rather than react, and building compassion for self and others.