David Gibbons, LCPC

My Approach to Counseling and Psychotherapy

Life is the great teacher, and our ability to explore where we have been and what we are going through now reveals our deepest selves to us. If you want to reach for your highest potential, your soul identity, your true sense of being - I should be honored to walk with you in discovery.

The pain of the world, and of this current time, reminds us we are not in control. Yet we have access to great inner strength that can transform ourselves and our world.  I am an integrative Psychotherapist who utilizes a variety of therapeutic modalities. I specialize in grief and loss, life transitions, depression and anxiety.  As an experienced parish priest (in the Church of England and Episcopal Church USA) the focus of my ministry has been to equip people to define their spiritual center from which everything flows and so become more effective members of family and community.

History and Credentials

David Gibbons is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who has been practicing as a professional counselor in the State of Illinois since 2016. He trained at Loyola University’s Institute of Pastoral Studies graduating with a MA in 2015, having interned at the Alexian Brothers Center for Behavioral Health. David then worked at Barrington Center for Counseling and Psychotherapy from 2016-2020 in Barrington, IL. In Oct. 2020, David established Mandala Counseling Services.

Born in London, England, David trained as a mathematical physicist before taking a theology degree at Oxford to retrain as a parish priest, residing in the Church of England and the Episcopal Church of the USA. For David science, spirituality and psychology are essential elements of human experience and it is in their intersection that one’s understanding of the meaning of life emerges.

With regard to continuing eduction, David has been studying with the Jung Institute of Chicago since 2018 with the goal of becoming a Jungian Analyst.