“Everything can be taken from a person but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
— Victor Frankl

Noah Yulish (he, him)
Clinical Psychologist and Director of Adult Services

Noah completed a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from the Family Institute at Northwestern University as well as a doctorate in Counseling Psychology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Most of his formalized training was in large institutional settings such as community mental health clinics, university student clinics, as well as Veterans and University Hospitals. In his predoctoral internship at the Hines Veterans Affairs (VA), he received a strong generalist training with a focus on substance use and trauma disorders. He also received specialist training in his postdoctoral year in substance abuse, trauma, and chronic pain at the Jesse Brown VA.

Noah's research interests and dissertation were focused on identifying what contributes to positive outcomes in therapy, and his current clinical interests include but are not limited to working with trauma, grief, and ADHD.

Noah has worked with a myriad of concerns from civilian and combat traumas to severe substance abuse and chronic pain to anxiety and depressive disorders to individuals simply wanting to explore the contours of their lives. He is constantly in awe of the courage in all of his clients, regardless of circumstance, as they reach out for help. His training and experiences have shaped his integrated approach to therapy. While his approach is heavily influenced by psychodynamic therapy, specifically self-psychology, his experience has been in interweaving approaches from existential, cognitive behavioral, and humanistic/relational therapies to assist clients in accomplishing whatever their goals may be.

Noah appreciates how intimidating coming to therapy may be, which is why he finds it important to forge a collaborative relationship. While he may be an expert in some things, he recognizes that he is not an expert in each individual client's experience. He strives to make therapy a deeply engaging, challenging, and fulfilling endeavor by getting to know the complex person and context that makes up his clients' world--the history, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors that may be providing their lives with meaning and those that are barriers to growth.