For more information, or to schedule an initial phone consultation, call 312-380-1667 or email below. Please note that I provide in-person services, and am glad to answer questions about COVID-19 safety precautions.

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Clinical Work in Turbulent Times:
An In-Person Psychoanalytic Case Consultation Group with a Social Lens

Our world, and our field specifically, are undergoing rapid changes. In so many ways, these times challenge our capacities to think, to know ourselves, to find belonging, and to navigate clinical work. However, in the midst of uncertainty, we can help one another find possibility and inspiration in our work and in the world.

I am offering a 9 month, biweekly clinical consultation group for clinicians seeking to deepen their work at this time. The focus will be on clinical material—providing space for members to reflect on their cases from psychoanalytic and social systems perspectives. We will explore how multiple influences—past and present, personal and collective—may be shaping the dynamics of each case and of our group’s responses to it. Together, we can listen for what emerges from us as a group and learn from it.

My approach to consultation involves attending to emotions, language, present process, and dynamics around difference and conflict. I work to honor the particular experiences and capacities of each group member. I believe in the potential of psychoanalytic group consultation to support each member’s unique development, and to germinate fresh insight and community. My goal is to create a space where clinicians can bring tough questions, think and feel together, and ultimately feel steadier and better able to hold patients, and to contribute in the context of our changing world.

Group Structure

My Background
My approach has been shaped by over 20 years of engagement in psychoanalytic consultative relationships, including clinical consultation groups. Within these spaces, Winnicott, Klein, and relational thinkers have been core influences, along with psychoanalytic thinkers on race. But other frames are crucial to me as well. These include learning and personal work on race, gender, queerness, culture, history, and ancestry, accounting for my positionality as a white, U.S. born, straight-presenting, Gen X, cis woman. They also include decades of Buddhist study and practice. Finally, training and experiences in psychoanalytically-informed organization development, group facilitation, systems thinking, climate psychology, couples and family therapy, community development, and creative expression have shaped how I see my work at this time, as well as possibilities for our collective futures.

For More Information
Please email for further details, including a list of the group meeting dates.


If you would like to explore moving forward, the next step is a 15-20 minute initial call, during which I’ll be glad to answer any questions.

Libby Bachhuber
5009 N Sheridan Rd, Suite C
Chicago, IL 60640
312-380-1667