Empowering Minds, Transforming Lives.

Specializing in Vocational and Career Coaching,
Life Coaching and Christian Mission Consultation

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Credentials & Experience

Tom is a licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois and a certified Highlands Ability Battery Affiliate. His areas of study include psychology, Bible, Aviation, and Career Counseling. His professional journey includes clinical practice, Biblical Integration, personal career changes and work in various cross-cultural settings.

Tom is known as an esteemed clinical counselor with extensive coaching and consulting experience. Tom is a graduate of York University in Toronto, Canada, Moody Bible Institute in Chicago, IL and Wheaton Graduate School in Wheaton, IL.

About Thomas E. Gill, MA, LCPC

After returning from overseas ministry with his wife, Tom worked in community mental health, inpatient psychiatric settings, private group clinical practice and individual clinical practice. He also served as an adjunct instructor at Wheaton Graduate School Counseling Department in addition to several years as a part-time adjunct instructor at Wheaton Graduate School.

Tom has spent over 30 years consulting with various Christian mission organizations providing missionary readiness assessments, workshops and seminars, assisting in cross-cultural transitions and counseling for missionary staff.

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Areas of Expertise

Tom's expertise extends to inpatient and outpatient addiction counseling, marital therapy, anxiety disorders, and critical incident stress intervention. He is proficient in conflict resolution, psychological assessments and cross-cultural readiness assessments, and is particularly skilled in providing career counseling via the Highlands Ability Battery, an invaluable tool for those in career transition and high school and college aged people who are evaluating their abilities and identify or clarifying an educational and career direction.

Highlands Ability Battery

Tom is particularly skilled in providing career counseling via the Highlands Ability Battery (HAB).  HAB is an invaluable tool for those in those in career transition, and for high school and college aged people who are evaluating their abilities to identify or clarifying educational and career direction.

 

Therapeutic and Coaching Approach

A unique aspect of Tom's practice is his ability to consult with Christian mission organizations, provide candidate assessments, and conduct workshops for missionaries worldwide. His therapy approach is a blend of Cognitive Behavioral techniques, seamlessly integrated with Christian principles and biblical references, personalized for each client.