Meet Our Team of Counselors
Together, our counselors bring several hundred years of combined experience. The specialties listed here are only a starting point — our counselors aren't limited to them and would gladly walk with you through whatever you're facing. If you're not sure who's the best fit, reach out and we'd be honored to help.
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Online onlyCarol Wright
M.A. – Liberty Seminary
📍 Online video only
📅 Wed
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Her counseling style is Biblical, relational, and prayerful, and she often draws on how the Lord has helped her through life's difficulties. Her counseling specialties include relational conflicts, grief, abuse, and trauma. Older women are especially dear to her, and she loves to help others "flip their thinking" to see that God is always at work in their lives.
Carol has been married for 40 years and lives in Northern Indiana near Lake Michigan on five labor-intensive acres with two Prima Donna cats. She enjoys gardening, reading, watching vet shows, and creating beauty wherever possible.
Carol counsels with Scripture and prayer, helping people—especially older women—"flip their thinking" to see how God is always at work in their lives.
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In-person & onlineColleen Ryan
M.A. – Trinity Theological Seminary
📍 Arlington Heights
📅 Mon · Tue · Thu
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Colleen has been married for over 45 years, was a stay-at-home mom while homeschooling her 4 children for 20 years and also had the opportunity to foster 2 kids. She's taught women's Bible studies, mentored women and taught various workshops at women's retreats. Since 2002 it has also been a passion of her heart to lead annual short-term mission trips to Honduras. In her free time she loves spending time with her husband, Tim, and playing with their 4 grandkids.
Colleen brings a mother's heart and years of mentoring women to her care for those navigating family and personal struggles.
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In-person & onlineDan Tsouloufis
M.A. – Moody Theological Seminary
📍 Dupage – Winfield
📅 Mon · Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri · Sat
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Dan counsels couples struggling with communication, conflict resolution, bitterness, sexual intimacy, or parenting difficulties. He also counsels couples who are contemplating separation or divorce. Dan counsels men struggling with anxiety, depression, marriage issues, or addictions (such as pornography), and those struggling with their faith in legalism, perfectionism, people-pleasing, or lack of joy or assurance.
Dan is a founding member and deacon at Redeemer Fellowship in St. Charles, IL. He is married to his best friend, Stephanie, and they have 3 grown children. Dan enjoys reading about history, theology, and apologetics, and he has a 4th degree black belt in Taekwondo.
Dan has a passion for God's Word and for people, helping men and couples move past conflict, legalism, and joylessness into freedom in Christ.
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Online onlyDr. Donna Hart
Ph.D. – Trinity Seminary
📍 Online video only
📅 Mon · Tue · Wed
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Donna now lives in eastern Tennessee at the base of the Smokey Mountains. When Donna is not counseling you will find her out plein-air painting (painting outside in nature), hiking, kayaking, or playing golf. She has two miniature schnauzers, Rossie and Oliver.
Donna brings two decades of counseling experience and a gentle, unhurried presence to those carrying anxiety, grief, or weariness.
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In-person & onlineEsther St. John
MABC & MACE – Southern Seminary
📍 Schaumburg
🗣 Also counsels in Spanish
📅 Mon
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Esther is originally from Tegucigalpa, Honduras, and is happily married to Theron St. John. Together, they have a baby boy, Israel.
Esther especially loves serving women and families, offering bilingual, Christ-centered care in both English and Spanish.
Accepting clients
In-person & onlineGile Liubinskas
M.A. – Moody Seminary
📍 NW Indiana – Schererville
📅 Tue · Thu
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Gile lives in Chicago with her granddaughter and the boss-cat Lovely. She loves camping and cooks for the Lithuanian Scouts as often as she can. She also cares for her elderly parents and facilitates discipling classes at her church in Cicero, IL.
Gile is passionate about discipling people to live out God's Word in the ordinary, everyday moments of life, whatever their circumstances.
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Online onlyJack Lezza
M.A. – Bob Jones Seminary
📍 Online video only
📅 Mon · Tue
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Jack grew up in the Chicago area and accepted Christ as his personal Savior at a young age. Before joining full-time ministry, he began a career in business and sales. He now serves as a senior pastor at a church in the suburbs of Chicago and counsels with BCC part-time. Jack is married and has 4 teen and young adult children.
A senior pastor who once worked in business, Jack connects easily with men and couples looking for practical, gospel-grounded help.
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In-person & onlineJim Lang
M.S.W. – Aurora University
📍 Schaumburg
📅 Tue
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Jim is actively involved in the leadership of Compass, a weekly biblical recovery program for men struggling with sexual addiction. He is also a leader in a 12-step recovery program and loves seeing men's lives changed radically by the gospel.
Jim and his wife Paula have 5 adult sons and 3 grandchildren. He enjoys spending time sharing the hope and joy that God has given him with others.
Jim has spent over a decade helping men break free from addiction and discover lives radically changed by the gospel.
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Online onlyJoel Bradshaw
M.Div – Trinity; D.Min Biblical Counseling (in progress)
📍 Online video only
📅 Wed · Fri
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Joel has served as a pastor in local churches for over twenty years and currently specializes in overseeing care and support group ministries. He counsels individuals and couples who face depression/anxiety, long for biblical purpose, and crave biblical hope. He has journeyed with people who have experienced the death of a loved one or who face infertility issues. He also counsels young men looking for discipline as they struggle with addictions.
Joel regularly writes and teaches on the Bible and loves applying Scripture to the struggles people face. Joel has been married to his wife, Jennifer, for almost 19 years and they have two young children.
Joel finds his deepest motivation in seeing God glorified through a person's story, especially those longing for hope after loss or conflict.
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Online onlyKaren Coulter
M.A. – Liberty University
📍 Online video only
📅 Wed · Thu
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Karen compassionately walks alongside those who are hurting and helps them to find hope in God and His Word. Some of the issues she counsels include anxiety, anger, grief, marriage and family issues, conflict resolution, struggles with eating, and depression. Karen enjoys Quickbooks bookkeeping, reading, and gardening. She also enjoys spending time with her husband and daughter.
Karen compassionately walks with the hurting toward hope in God's Word, drawing on more than 30 years of counseling experience.
Accepting clients
Online onlyKathleen Moran
M.A. – Aurora University
📍 Online video only
📅 Mon · Tue · Wed · Thu
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Kathleen is a proud mother of two sons and she loves pouring God's word and his love into her family's life and those around her. Kathleen enjoys playing piano and has taught piano for over ten years. She also works at a nonprofit ministry that helps sex trafficking survivors. In her free time, she loves being active and being outdoors on walks, hikes, and bike rides.
Kathleen has a tender heart for women and children in pain, longing for each one to know Jesus' gentle, personal love.
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In-person & onlineDr. Luke Trifilio
D.Min – Southern Seminary
📍 Schaumburg
📅 Mon · Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri
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Dr. Luke is a shepherd who originally started taking counseling classes to become a better pastor and is now devoted to counseling. He loves the Lord through loving His people and is dedicated to God's Word. Luke is available for individuals, couples and families both online and in person.
Luke lives in Chicago's western suburbs with his wife and two boys. He loves cooking, is gifted in hospitality, and is passionate about training lay leaders and the next generation of biblical counselors.
A shepherd at heart, Luke loves the Lord by loving His people and meeting individuals, couples, and families right where they are.
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In-person & onlineMark Johnson
MABC, Southern; D.Min in progress – Masters Seminary
📍 NW Indiana – Schererville
📅 Thu
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Mark and his late wife, Kelly, were married for 42 years and have 2 adult children and 3 grandchildren. He enjoys reading, traveling, comic books, bad movies, and spending time with his grandchildren.
After 40 years in the church as an elder and teacher, Mark brings steady, seasoned wisdom to couples and families seeking to rebuild.
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Online onlyMark Schuler
M.A. – Moody Theological Seminary
📍 Online video only
📅 Wed
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Mark has over twenty years of pastoral experience serving in a variety of roles, including Senior Pastor, High School Pastor, and for the past eleven years as Pastor of Discipleship and Counseling in Central Illinois. He regularly counsels those facing anxiety, grief, depression, guilt, unforgiveness, marital struggles, and men battling sexual sin. He also taught premarital counseling for over fifteen years.
Mark counsels online and is passionate about helping people find hope, joy, and freedom in Christ. He enjoys walking, cheering on Chicago sports teams, and spending time with his wife, Stacy, and their three children.
Mark loves walking alongside those who feel stuck or discouraged, guiding them toward renewed hope and lasting heart change in Christ.
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Online onlyMatt Black
MABC – Faith Bible; Ph.D. Biblical Counseling (in progress)
📍 Online video only
📅 Mon · Tue · Wed · Thu · Fri · Sat
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He is in pastoral ministry and has been a foreign missionary in the Madrid and Basque regions of Spain, assisting in establishing a church and Christian Camp.
Matt loves helping people grow and change into Christ's image through biblical counseling, preaching, writing, and evangelizing. Matt has been married to his loving wife, Jill, for 26 years and has five children.
Matt's joy is watching people grow and change into Christ's image, a passion shaped by years of pastoral ministry and mission work abroad.
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In-person & onlineNate Whittaker
Counseling Intern · M.Div – Southern (in progress)
📍 Schaumburg
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With experience as a missionary in Romania, a school counselor, and as a Dean of Students at Schaumburg Christian School, Nate brings a wealth of knowledge and a gospel-centered approach rooted in biblical principles. His dedication is to walk alongside each counselee, helping them become more and more like Jesus.
Nate is married to Maria, has 3 children with a 4th on the way, and is currently completing his Master of Divinity at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary.
Nate is devoted to walking with families, children, and individuals, helping each one grow to look more like Jesus.
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Online onlyDr. Ron Allchin
D.Min – Westminster Theological Seminary
📍 Online video only
📅 Tue
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Currently, Dr. Allchin serves local churches through training and teaching. He also serves with the Low Country Biblical Counseling Center in Charleston, SC where he resides with his wife Sherry. They enjoy traveling to various mission locations and have had the opportunity to teach counseling in many foreign countries. They have three married adult children and seven grandchildren.
Ron has been walking with hurting people since BCC began in 1989, and he still delights in helping believers find their footing in God's Word.
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Online onlySarah Ellis
M.A. – Bob Jones; CCTCP-Level 2
📍 Online video only
📅 Wed · Thu
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Sarah grew up free to roam on a dairy farm in western Wisconsin, which formed in her a love for the outdoors and creativity. She loves cross-country skiing, walks with friends, gardening, tea, and reading. Sarah has been married for 36 years to her best friend, Brad, and has three adult children and 4 grandchildren.
She has been in ministry with her husband at Silver Birch Ranch, a Christian camp in northern Wisconsin, for the past 34 years. Her counseling approach is compassionate, prayerful, and patient so that those she meets with feel seen and known. She has experience working in areas of communication, relational conflict, anxiety, bitterness, grief, trauma, life-transitions, women's issues, and spiritual development.
Sarah counsels with compassion, prayer, and patience, so that the women she meets with feel truly seen and known.
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In-person & onlineSheri Ho
M.A. – Westminster Theological Seminary
📍 Dupage – Winfield
🗣 Also counsels in Chinese
📅 Tue · Thu · Fri
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She worked in the financial industry for over ten years and co-founded a workplace ministry. Sheri is compassionate towards struggling teenagers and women. She provides counseling for loss and grief, blended family dynamics, singleness, relational conflicts, workplace-related challenges, anxiety, and depression.
Originally from mainland China, Sheri frequently interacts with first and second-generation immigrants, allowing her to provide counseling in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese with a deep understanding of cross-cultural sensitivities. She enjoys walking, reading, journaling, and spending quality time with family and friends.
Sheri counsels with compassion across cultures—in English, Mandarin, and Cantonese—and has a special heart for struggling teens and women.
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Online onlySherry Allchin
M.A. – Trinity Seminary
📍 Online video only
📅 Tue
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For more than 40 years, Sherry has served in ministry alongside her husband, Ron. As a pastor’s wife for over 20 years, she understands the unique joys and challenges of ministry life. She also spent several years teaching in Christian schools. Since 1989, Sherry and Ron have ministered together through BCC, traveling nationally and internationally to teach and equip churches in biblical counseling.
Sherry and Ron are grateful for their three married children, who faithfully serve the Lord alongside godly mates. Outside of counseling and ministry, Sherry enjoys reading and gardening, and especially loves spoiling her eight wonderful grandchildren in all the ways a grandmother should!
Sherry has spent more than 40 years in ministry and loves coming alongside women with warmth, encouragement, and a grandmother's heart.
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In-person & onlineTheron St. John
D.Ed.Min Biblical Counseling (in progress) – Southern
📍 Schaumburg & Arlington Heights
📅 Tue · Thu · Sat
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He has experience in counseling both youth and adults and has served in various pastoral and church ministry roles for over a decade. He specializes in counseling young men struggling with issues related to pornography, youth with ADHD and autism, people dealing with anxiety and depression, and couples in struggling and challenging marriages.
He is gratefully married to his wife and best friend Esther who is originally from Honduras. Together, they have two boys, Israel and Judah, and another child in heaven, Zion, whom they lost through miscarriage.
Theron has a heart for walking with people in their suffering and struggle against sin, with special care for young men and hurting marriages.
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In-person & onlineDr. Tim Allchin
D.Min – Central Baptist Theological Seminary
📍 Winfield, NW Indiana & Online
📅 Mon · Wed · Thu
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Prior to coming to Biblical Counseling Center, Tim pastored for 12 years in a local church in Naperville where he served in a variety of roles working with students, families and adults. He also had direct responsibility in the areas of counseling and recovery ministries.
Tim loves the hope found in the gospel and loves helping others embrace the good news found in Christ. He enjoys walking alongside those who are hurting and struggling and helping them find hope in applying God's word to the practical issues of life. He particularly enjoys working with men, families, and youth. Tim is married and has two sons.
Tim loves helping discouraged believers rediscover hope in the gospel, walking with men, families, and youth through the practical struggles of life.
Why Churches Trust BCC
For more than 35 years, pastors and churches have partnered with Biblical Counseling Center for one simple reason: we share their highest commitment — helping people through the truth of God's Word. We don't exist to replace the local church. We exist to come alongside it.
When you send someone to BCC, you're not handing them off. You're adding trained, Christ-centered counselors to the care your church is already giving. We point people back toward their church family, keep pastors in the loop where it's appropriate, and treat every person as someone God has placed in a community that loves them.
That's been our calling since 1989 — helping churches care for people.
