“If this is not a place where tears are understood,
where can I go to cry?
If this is not a place where my spirit can take wing,
where I can go to fly?
If this is not a place where my questions can be asked,
where can I go to seek?
If this is not a place where my heart cries can be heard,
where can I go to speak?
I don’t need another place for trying to impress you
with just how good and virtuous I am.
I don’t need another place for always being on top of things,
ev’rybody knows that it’s a sham.
I don’t need another place for always wearing smiles,
even when it’s not the way I feel.
I don’t need another place to mouth the same old platitudes,
‘cause you and I both know that it’s not real.”
“I need a place to seek, a place to speak, a place to cry, a place to fly.”
Dr. Dillon is the owner of the Gateway Professional Building, located at 412 N. Lake Street in Aurora, IL. Gateway is a charming older home which houses clinical offices for several psychotherapists and is intended not to be just another"place" but to be that sacred space where clients can be truly themselves.
Except for the Gateway Psychological Services Corporation, each clinician at Gateway is a sole practitioner.
We do, however, work together to ensure that each practitioner can be his/her best self. Collectively we see approximately 6000 clients per year. While each business is independent, we share information via email, a community bulletin board, and informal contact. We support one another clinically through a monthly consultation group. The atmosphere is emotionally and physically safe, congenial and very busy.
