Meeting you where you are on the way to where you want to be.
Hi, I’m Dr. Colby Schepps (she/her), clinical psychologist and founder of Aligned Mind Chicago. I have spent over a decade helping adults navigate life’s challenges, from managing small life stressors to recovering from trauma. The majority of my career has been dedicated to working with Veterans and Active Duty Service Members, treating a variety of conditions, including trauma, depression, anxiety, and co-occurring substance use. The training and experience I gained in that setting continues to inform my process and practice: a trauma-informed, evidence-based, and integrative approach. Regardless of the specific modality we use, I am always supporting clients in becoming more psychologically flexible and in living in deeper alignment with their values.
Here are some of my core clinical values.
flexibility
Remaining present and tapped into what is actually important when feeling challenged.
curiosity
The antidote to judgment and keeps everything way more fun and interesting.
nonjudgment
The only way to actually be in the moment is to not be in judgment of the moment. This moment is literally where all of our options are.
authenticity
Being true to ourselves is the price of admission to connection, trust, and vulnerability.
humor
It’s totally okay to be unserious while moving through serious stuff. Being able to hold something lightheartedly is a sign of recovery.
identity
We are all made up of so many identities, some visible, some less so. Each of our identities is important and should be seen, known, and loved.
How It Works
Therapy is a completely individualized experience that begins with me learning more about you, what feels important to you, what’s already going well, and what might be getting in the way. From there, you and I decide where we want to go. You are the expert on you and I am here to support you in moving closer to where you would like to be in life, whether that is in your recovery, your work, your relationships with others, and most importantly your relationship with yourself. With our direction and goals in mind, we will begin to work through areas that might benefit from either acceptance or change in service of higher alignment with your values.
So what happens if we have this great plan and then things change? This space allows for the shifting of gears and being flexible when life asks that of us. One great thing about using a therapy space to process and put out life’s big and small fires, is it allows us to better understand what might be setting and fueling these fires, and equip us with the knowledge and skills to prevent and quell them on our own.
Credentials
MS, Clinical Psychology, Nova Southeastern University, 2015
PsyD, Clinical Psychology, Nova Southeastern University, 2018
Education
Illinois: 071.022628
Wisconsin: 3729-57
PSYPACT: 25613