Jonathan’s Therapy Practice:
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with doctoral training in depth psychology. My training has primarily entailed working with individuals in a private practice setting on their short or long term mental health concerns. I have almost 10 years of experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and older adults. People who have worked with me have told me I am warm, kind, knowledgable, and understanding. I believe it is important to establish a therapeutic environment that is trustworthy and beneficial for you.
My training in depth psychology is also commonly known by the terms psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy. I was attracted to psychoanalysis because the tradition holds high ethical standards of approaching treatment, requires extensive and rigorous training, and as a discipline, psychoanalytic thinking provides theoretical foundations to complex psychological phenomena. That said, I look to place your experience—not applied theory—at the forefront of our work.
My specialties are both broad and refined. Refined because people often come to work with me because of my training in psychoanalytic and psychodynamic psychotherapy. These therapeutic modalities are often referred to when other therapies have not worked for people—or when people want to go deeper into their minds and experience. My specialties are broad because I will work with most people who are looking for a therapist, regardless of what diagnostic category, symptom, or issue is presenting (I do also refer out when I believe you need a specialized approach that I cannot provide). I have also been fortunate to work with many psychologists, therapists, social workers, and counselors who are seeking therapy or are interested in looking inward regarding their work with people.
If you are interested in therapy with me, please reach out. I believe it is possible to find understanding in therapy; it is also possible to find new questions to persistent problems within therapeutic exploration. Therein, we hope to find forms of relief and peace as well.
About Jonathan
E-mail: alvin.jonathan.phd@gmail.com
Phone: 331-806-3686
Office Address: 127 W Willow, 2nd Floor, Wheaton, Illinois 60187
Jonathan Alvin is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. His psychotherapy work is informed by the contemporary psychoanalytic and psychodynamic tradition. He is a candidate in psychoanalytic training at the Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis.
In 2022 he received his Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute in Carpinteria, California. He graduated with a Bachelors of Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2012. Prior to becoming a psychologist, Jonathan was an artist and recording engineer in the Chicagoland area.
Jonathan’s research has included topics surrounding the psychological significance of apocalypse, annihilation, and ecological devastation. Previously, Jonathan researched the creative work of Carl Jung and his Red Book.
Jonathan connects deeply in his work with individuals who are suffering from a variety of symptoms. He assists people who are seeking to engage in a psychotherapeutic process involving insight, associations, and consideration of unconscious processes.
Publications, Conferences, and Speaking Engagements
Alvin, J. (2025, February). Intro to Jacques Lacan; Theory and Practice. Guest Lecture. Wheaton College.
Alvin, J. (2025, January). Logical positivism and the unconscious method: philosophical anteceedents to clinical practice. Guest Lecture. Wheaton College.
Alvin, J. (2022, April). Doomsday food: a cultural and philosophical hermeneutic inquiry. Dissertation. Pacifica Graduate Institute.
Alvin, J. (2021, March). Apocalypse immanent. Presented at the International Association for Jungian Scholars. Duquesne University.
Alvin, J. & Liebech, E., (2020, November 12). Disability and intersectionality: embracing inclusive policy and practice. Presented at the Illinois Psychological Association.
Alvin, J. (2019). Synthetic borders: a philosophical hermeneutic analysis. Presented at the International Forum for Psychoanalytic Education, Toronto.
Alvin, J. (2018, October). Apocalyptic hermeneutics. Presented at Pacifica Graduate Institute.
Alvin, J. (2012, May). The mandalas of Jung’s the red book. Thesis. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago.