Sports Psychiatry Chicago
If you're an athlete or high performer in Chicago looking for a psychiatrist who actually understands your world, you're in the right place. The pressure, the identity, the drive. Not as a side note, but as the entire frame.
Good Wolf Wellness is a sports and performance psychiatry practice built specifically for people who compete, perform, and push themselves at the highest levels.
Sports psychiatry sits at the intersection of psychiatry and mental performance. It is not just treating mental illness in athletes. It is understanding how the demands of sport and high performance affect the mind, and using that understanding to provide better, more relevant care.
A sports psychiatrist can help with:
• Performance anxiety, fear of failure, and competitive stress
• ADHD evaluation and management in athletes, including anti-doping awareness
• Depression and mood changes tied to training load, injury, or off-season transitions
• Sleep disruption affecting recovery and performance
• Burnout, overtraining syndrome, and identity loss after injury or retirement
• Medication decisions that account for sport-specific rules and physical demands
What Is Sports Psychiatry?
We work with motivated adults who want to actively engage in their care.
Our patients include:
• Competitive and recreational athletes across all sports
• Runners, endurance athletes, cyclists, and triathletes
• Golfers, basketball players, and team sport athletes
• Executives and high-achieving professionals who identify with a performance mindset
• Adults navigating the mental side of injury recovery or athletic transition
Who We Work With
At Good Wolf Wellness, we treat the whole person within the context of your sport, goals, schedule, and identity as a competitor. That framing changes everything about the care you receive. We lead with therapy and mental skills. Every evaluation integrates performance psychology principles, breathwork foundations, and evidence-based psychiatric care. Medication is available when clinically indicated, but it is never the first resort.
Our Approach
Serving Chicago and Illinois
Good Wolf Wellness is located at 213 W Institute Pl, Suite 210, Chicago, IL 60610 in the River North area. The majority of appointments are available via telehealth for Illinois residents, with limited in-person availability upon request.
Self-Pay and Out-of-Network
We are out-of-network with insurance providers, which means no prior authorizations, no insurance-driven limits on your care, and complete confidentiality. Superbills are provided for potential reimbursement from your insurer. HSA and FSA cards are accepted.
For full details on fees and payment, visit our Fees & Insurance page.
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