Our Team
Marci Zinke Durante, MA, LCPC, CSAT, CCPS-C
Clinical Therapist and Owner
Marci is a highly trained clinician with a specialized focus on relational trauma, particularly as it relates to Complex PTSD (CPTSD) and the effects of narcissistic abuse. She works with individuals who have been impacted by toxic relationships, compulsive sexual behaviors, and the profound betrayal of self and partner that arises from maladaptive relationship dynamics, including negative communication patterns, and emotional dysfunction.
With a trauma-informed, directive, and collaborative approach, Marci assists clients in exploring the root causes of their challenges, gaining deep insights into their relational patterns, and implementing meaningful change. She utilizes a range of evidence-based modalities, including attachment theory, to support healing and growth while consistently prioritizing a trauma-focused lens throughout the therapeutic process. Marci’s work is individualized to meet each client’s unique needs, ensuring a holistic approach to recovery and relational restoration.
Marci holds a Master’s in Counseling Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology, and is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) through the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP). In addition, Marci is a Certified Clinical Partner Specialist (CCPS-Candidate) through the Association of Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists (APSATS). Marci has extensive experience in partner sensitivity, sex addiction, and relational trauma which provides her with a comprehensive toolkit for addressing the multifaceted nature of emotional and verbal abuse, as well as the complexities associated with compulsive sexual behaviors, and relational dysfunction.
With her extensive training and expertise, Marci is committed to helping clients navigate and heal from the trauma of relational betrayal, while empowering them to reclaim their sense of self and rebuild healthier, more fulfilling relationships.
Katie Susik, LPC
Clinical Therapist
For four years, I sat in my corporate cubicle daydreaming of becoming a psychotherapist. I could only ignore my calling to work in service of the human condition for so long before ultimately embarking on a 180° career change.
Since then, I have come to intimately understand that transformation does not happen in isolation. In the sanctity of private sessions, I have witnessed clients encounter shame with tender curiosity, reparent themselves, uncover and mindfully address values-incongruent tendencies, reframe disempowering personal narratives, implement boundaries, somatically resolve trauma, and develop deep trust in intuition.
Stigma often mischaracterizes the pursuit of psychological healing and emotional reckoning through therapy as a testament to one’s weakness. But the term “psycho-therapy” translates to “serving the soul.” Commitment to the therapeutic process, and therefore acknowledging a need for additional support, is a reflection of one’s quiet strength, humility, and capacity for self-advocacy. Within my professional purview, a person’s choice to seek therapy is an act of redemptive warfare for their soul.
My clinical interests include counseling adolescents, young adults, and adults seeking support for anxiety, PTSD, and ADHD, and recovery from early childhood trauma. My therapeutic style is predominantly informed by psychodynamic theory and neuroscience, however my educational and clinical experiences have equipped me with the skills necessary to facilitate interventions aligned with additional modalities, such as CBT, DBT, and ACT. I am compassionately direct in my counseling approach and appreciate the injection of humor into sessions where appropriate.
I have received certification in both Levels I and II of Applied Polyvagal Theory (PVT) in Yoga (16-hour) and I am currently a student in the Somatic Experiencing (SE™) Professional Training Program, seeking to complete the educational & related requirements of the program to use the Somatic Experiencing® Practitioner (SEP) credential.
Elli Clark, LPC
Clinical Therapist
Elli Clark, LPC (she/her) is a Licensed Professional Counselor with an M.A. in Counseling Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. Elli specializes in working with individuals and couples healing from betrayal trauma, narcissistic abuse, sex and love addiction, complex PTSD (C-PTSD), attachment wounds, and relational trauma. She also supports clients experiencing anxiety, chronic stress, grief, identity transitions, and spiritual or existential exploration.
Elli is deeply committed to helping clients who feel stuck in painful relationship patterns, overwhelmed by trauma responses, or disconnected from their bodies after years of survival mode. She creates a compassionate and non-judgmental space where clients can safely explore the impact of emotional abuse, infidelity, developmental trauma, or dysfunctional family dynamics. Her work often focuses on rebuilding self-trust, increasing emotional safety, and strengthening the nervous system after long-term relational harm.
Grounded in trauma-informed, attachment-based, and experiential approaches, Elli incorporates somatic principles and evidence-based modalities to help clients regulate their nervous systems, understand their trauma patterns, and develop tools for healthier relationships. She believes therapy should feel collaborative, empowering, and deeply human—supporting clients as they reconnect with their authentic selves and create lives rooted in clarity, confidence, and inner peace.
Whether navigating the aftermath of betrayal, healing from toxic or narcissistic relationships, or seeking healthier ways of relating, Elli provides a warm, steady presence that helps clients feel understood, supported, and genuinely seen.