About Dr. Serena

Helping you come home to your core truth

Licensed counselor, transformational coach, author, and wellness speaker with more than 20 years of experience. Dr. Serena works with people who look like they are doing well, but feel disconnected or out of alignment inside.

Her work is rooted in joyful sovereignty: helping you find your own path, not handing you one.

Psy.D.LCPCCADC20+ years in practice

“She knew exactly what I felt and experienced without me having to tell her every detail.”

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Mission, vision, and approach

Mission

To help people who feel stuck or out of alignment reconnect with their core truth.

Vision

A world where people build lives they find fulfilling, with clarity and deep self-knowledge.

Approach

The PH Process: deep inquiry balanced with practical action, in sessions that are collaborative, never prescriptive.

Core values

What guides every session

“You always have a choice.”

Joyful sovereigntyYou always make your own choices. Dr. Serena guides; she does not direct.

Compassionate care without judgmentEvery thought and feeling is welcome here.

Integrative supportMind, body, and soul are cared for together.

Grounded healing at your paceSlow, steady change that lasts.

Radical authenticityDr. Serena shows up honestly, as someone who is still growing too.

Why Dr. Serena

A different kind of support

grounded in science, guided by soul

Two decades of clinical depth, teaching, and leadership, joined with signature frameworks that honor the whole person.

Grounded in science

Founder, TriQual Living Center. Built in 2000 on an integrated mind, body, and soul model.
Educator. Graduate-level professor and program coordinator, teaching substance use, counseling, trauma, and recovery.
Editor. Co-edits the Book Review column of the Trauma Psychology Newsletter, APA Division 56.
Leader. Chaired the Illinois Counseling Association Webinar Taskforce.
Board member. Illinois Mental Health Counseling Association, 2017 to 2023.

Guided by soul

Stress Intelligence. Her framework for understanding and smoothing your stress flow.
Blocks to Change. Gently noticing what keeps you stuck.
Sugar Sobriety. A mindful look at your relationship with sugar.
Resolution Reframe. Turning resolutions into intentions that last.
Mind, body, and soul. Every framework cares for the whole person.

Clinical expertise

Areas of focus

Counseling for adults in Illinois. Coaching and speaking everywhere.

Substance use and process addiction

Stress, burnout, and compassion fatigue

Anxiety and emotional overwhelm

Moral injury and identity disruption

Life transitions and personal reinvention

Grief and loss, including in the workplace

Ready to begin?

Book a free consultation for therapy, coaching, or speaking. No pressure, just a conversation.