Clinic services are provided by graduate student therapists in their second year of study and training in the Specialization of Marriage and Family Therapy (SMFT) program at NIU. They have received rigorous training and intensive clinical supervision from the SMFT faculty and are well-prepared to provide therapeutic services.
SMFT faculty provide ongoing clinical supervision in order to ensure high quality care for our clients. The SMFT clinical faculty members are individually licensed as marriage and family therapists in the state of Illinois in addition to being Approved Supervisors of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT). The SMFT clinical faculty also may provide clinical services at the Couple and Family Therapy Clinic.
Graduate Student Therapists
Cristian Caraballo
Keigan Clark
Destinee Dankemeyer
Jasmine Flores
Anna Hansen
Ruchika Jain
Katarzyna Kwasnik
Jenna Lewey
Emily Lindel
Chloe Pimentel
Jordann Scott
Evelyn Strohm
SMFT Faculty and Staff
April Ilkmen, Ph.D., LMFT Associate Professor/Clinic Director
DeAnna Harris-McKoy, Ph.D., LMFT-S Associate Professor/SMFT Program Director
Lin Shi, Ph.D., L.M.F.T. AAMFT Approved Supervisor Professor – SMFT Program