Dr. Kanchan Parkash is a clinical psychotherapist in Chicago, IL. She is particularly passionate about working with adults and young adults who are navigating life transitions, exploring and processing their personal and cultural identities, needing support for relationships and family difficulties, and processing grief and loss. Kanchan also specializes in working with people of color, immigrants, and international students as well as providing space and support for those with other marginalized identities.
Kanchan approaches therapy from a relational-cultural framework while also aiming to understand clients from a psychodynamic perspective. Her therapeutic style is reflective of who she is as a person - warm, compassionate, non-judgemental, and humorous. As such, she encourages clients to be themselves in session while also acknowledging that being authentic and genuine requires a sense of safety and trust.
In efforts to create a trusting and safe therapeutic space, Kanchan acknowledges that no one knows her clients better than they know themselves. She makes intentional efforts to collaborate with clients to ensure that she understands them well, is meeting their needs, and encouraging them to be authentic and vulnerable in session. Through their work together, Kanchan's clients are able to foster greater insight into their thoughts, behaviors, emotions, and relationships. By using the therapeutic relationship as an agent of change, therapy with Kanchan often helps clients identify and communicate their emotions, needs, and values as a way of honoring themselves and their relationships with others.
After training in university and private practice settings for 5 years, Kanchan received her doctorate in clinical psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Chicago. Previous training experiences include Northeastern Illinois University, DePaul University, and University of Wisconsin-Madison. Kanchan currently works at Center Focused Therapy in downtown Chicago and offers teletherapy with options for evening and weekend hours.
