Chicago Psychologist & Managing Partner

Anne Brennan Malec, PsyD, LMFT, Managing Partner
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
annemalec@symmetrycounseling.com

Dr. Anne Brennan Malec is a very engaged and pragmatic therapist; she believes that clients seeking counseling services desire tools for living a better life, and she strives to provide those tools. She doesn't push change on clients, but rather, helps them articulate how they want their lives to be, and then collaboratively sets out to put the foundation in place to create that life.

Dr. Malec's clinical experience includes:

• The Family Institute at Northwestern University
• Neuropsychological and Rehabilitation Consultants
• Chicago Center for Family Health (an affiliate of the University of Chicago)
• Advocate Masonic Ravenswood Family Practice Medical Center
• Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center
• University of Chicago Medical Center

Dr. Malec's specialties include:

• Individual and couples counseling
• Life and relationship coaching
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Divorce
• Parenting
• Life stage adjustment
• Chronic illness
• Intergenerational family conflicts
• Caring for aging parents

Dr. Malec earned a Bachelor's degree from Villanova University in Accountancy; dual Master's degrees: from DePaul University in Liberal Studies with a research emphasis on women's issues, and in Marital and Family Therapy from Northwestern University; and her Doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from the Chicago School of Professional Psychology.

Dr. Malec has also been quoted recently in the media.