Joseph Noreik

I grew up in rural southern Wisconsin as a Filipino American, transracial adoptee. Both of these are a few identities that have created the capacity in me to sit with the complex identities of my clients’ lives.  Living in a variety of urban areas, most recently Chicagoland, has deepened my curiosity and compassion for the infinite expanse of the human experience. 

I have loved becoming a husband and a father. Here are other life experiences of meeting various people from walks of life that reflect the diverse clientele I work with:

• I was a leader in my college years, heading up multiple organizations in diversity initiatives.

• I started a non-profit organization guiding at-risk teenagers in social and emotional support.

• I worked as an operations manager in the pharmaceutical industry.

• I provided pastoral guidance. 

• I gained skills from Wisco’s dairyland professions (think cows, cheese and beer).

• I have group therapy experience working with foster children and the adoptee constellation. 

• I assisted in the resettlement of refugees in the northern neighborhoods in Chicago.

• I have provided housing in my home to men recovering from drug addiction.

I enjoy all things Packers and Brewers (sorry, Bear Fans), a good IPA or amber ale, biking up and down the Lakeshore Trail, thrifting and garage sales shopping, a good strategy board game, and a good conversation.