Lolan P. Adan, LPC
My name is Lolan P. Adan, and I am a staff therapist at Wellman Psychology & Associates. As a licensed professional counselor (LPC), I work with both individuals and couples. Enriched by decades of client-driven work, I accompany people experiencing anxiety, depression, loss and grief, career pivots, life transitions, acculturation challenges, chronic illness and related caregiving dynamics. I also journey with people in matters related to spirituality, faith, and overall meaning-making.
I honor the unique charism of each client, incorporating mainly person-centered, existentialist, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), loss/grief, and developmental modalities in my overall therapeutic approach.
I pursued a Master of Arts in Pastoral Counseling degree from Loyola University Chicago, culminating in a counseling internship at The Replogle Center for Counseling and Well-Being. My clinical formation continued with a therapy-counseling residency at The Claret Center, followed more recently by a staff therapist position at the Center for Personal Development.
Born in Manila, I moved to Brooklyn as a child and remain fluent in Tagalog (Filipino). Upon receiving a B.A. in Ethics, Politics & Economics from Yale University, I spent over two decades pursuing a career on Wall Street, living in New York, Hong Kong, Tokyo, and London. After a period of intense discernment, I executed a life pivot, eventually moving to Chicago to begin a new chapter focused on therapy and counseling.
If you are curious about self-exploration, need help managing your mood and anxiety, long for a quiet and safe space, feel the need to recalibrate, or find yourself in “new and old country”, consider reaching out to me.
I aspire to accompany you as you navigate challenges and celebrate triumphs with intention, grace, and hope.
l.adan@wellmanpsychology.com
“You have an idea of what the new country looks like. Still you are very much at home, although not truly at peace, in the old country…
…Now you have come to realize that you must leave it and enter the new country… You know that what helped and guided you in the old country no longer works, but what else do you have to go by?
…Trust is so hard, since you have nothing to fall back on. Still, trust is what is essential. The new country is where you are called to go, and the only way to go there is naked and vulnerable.
…It seems that you keep crossing and recrossing the border. For a while you experience a real joy in the new country. But then you feel afraid and start longing again for all you left behind, so you go back to the old country. To your dismay, you discover that the old country has lost its charm. Risk a few more steps into the new country, trusting that each time you enter it, you will feel more comfortable and be able to stay longer.
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