Our Team
Marci Zinke Durante, MA, LCPC, CSAT, CCPS-C
Clinical Therapist and Owner
Marci Zinke Durante is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT), and Certified Clinical Partner Specialist Candidate (CCPS-C) specializing in trauma therapy, Complex PTSD (CPTSD), narcissistic abuse recovery, betrayal trauma, toxic family dynamics, and relationship healing. She works with adults who are struggling with the lasting effects of toxic relationships, dysfunctional family systems, emotional abuse, compulsive sexual behaviors, attachment wounds, and relational trauma.
Marci has extensive experience helping individuals recover from the impact of partners of infidelity, narcissistic parents, emotionally immature caregivers, toxic family dynamics, chronic invalidation, scapegoating, enmeshment, and unhealthy relationship patterns that often continue into adulthood. She understands how early family experiences can shape self-worth, boundaries, attachment styles, and the relationships people create throughout their lives. Her work focuses on helping clients identify these patterns, heal unresolved trauma, and develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.
In addition to working with survivors of toxic family systems, Marci specializes in betrayal trauma, partner trauma, infidelity recovery, narcissistic abuse, and compulsive sexual behaviors. She supports individuals and partners navigating the profound emotional impact of relational betrayal, helping them rebuild trust, strengthen boundaries, and restore a sense of safety and self-confidence.
Using a trauma-informed, collaborative, and directive approach, Marci integrates attachment theory, trauma-focused interventions, Polyvagal-informed concepts, and evidence-based therapeutic modalities to help clients gain insight, process difficult experiences, and create lasting change. Every treatment plan is tailored to the unique needs of the individual, ensuring a personalized and holistic approach to healing.
Marci earned her Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. She is a Certified Sex Addiction Therapist (CSAT) through the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals (IITAP) and a Certified Clinical Partner Specialist Candidate (CCPS-C) through the Association of Partners of Sex Addicts Trauma Specialists (APSATS).
With advanced training in trauma, attachment, partner sensitivity, sex addiction, and relational healing, Marci is committed to helping clients break free from unhealthy relational patterns, heal from childhood and adult trauma, establish healthy boundaries, and build more secure, fulfilling relationships. Her goal is to empower clients to reclaim their voice, strengthen their sense of self, and create lasting emotional wellness.
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 who specializes in helping adults heal from toxic family dynamics, betrayal trauma, narcissistic abuse, attachment wounds, and complex relational trauma. She is passionate about helping individuals break free from painful patterns rooted in childhood emotional neglect, dysfunctional family systems, infidelity, and unhealthy relationships.
Many of Elli’s clients come to therapy feeling emotionally exhausted—struggling with people-pleasing, self-doubt, chronic anxiety, hypervigilance, difficulty setting boundaries, or repeating unhealthy relationship patterns. Whether you grew up with a narcissistic or emotionally immature parent, experienced betrayal in an intimate relationship, or find yourself constantly prioritizing others at the expense of yourself, Elli provides a safe and compassionate space to begin healing.
Elli understands that trauma is not simply what happened to you—it is also what happened inside of you as a result. Her work focuses on helping clients understand how early attachment wounds, toxic family roles, and relational betrayals become embedded in the nervous system and continue to impact self-worth, emotional regulation, and relationships long into adulthood.
Using a trauma-informed, attachment-based, and somatic approach, Elli helps clients:
- Heal from toxic family dynamics and childhood emotional wounds
- Recover from narcissistic abuse and emotionally abusive relationships
- Process betrayal trauma and infidelity
- Break cycles of people-pleasing, codependency, and self-abandonment
- Develop healthy boundaries and emotional safety
- Rebuild self-trust and create secure, fulfilling relationships
Elli’s style is warm, direct, and deeply compassionate. She believes healing is not about becoming someone different—it is about reconnecting with who you were before survival became your identity. If you are ready to stop repeating painful patterns, heal old wounds, and build healthier relationships rooted in authenticity and emotional safety, Elli is honored to walk alongside you on that journey.