Vitaliy Voytenko, PsyD.,

 Licensed Clinical Psychologist

A native of Ukraine, Vitaliy has lived most of his adult life in the United States. He completed his doctorate in clinical psychology at Wheaton College and predoctoral internship at Harvard Medical School in 2005. He also completed a postdoctoral fellowship in university mental health at Boston College. In addition, Dr. Voytenko holds a master’s degree in general theology and has several years’ experience in pastoral care. Prior to moving back to the Chicagoland in 2016, he worked at Pine Rest Christian Mental Health Services in Grand Rapids, Mich., where he led the development of a depression center-of-excellence and taught and supervised psychology interns and psychiatry residents. He continues to serve as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Michigan State University – College of Human Medicine. In addition to his practice at Alliance, Dr. Voytenko taught in the PsyD in Clinical Psychology program at Wheaton College, where he served as Director of Clinical Training for four years. 

Vitaliy enjoys working with adults, adolescents, and couples in helping them pursue physical, emotional, relational, and spiritual wholeness. In his work with individual clients, Dr. Voytenko primarily uses relational psychodynamic psychotherapy—an effective contemporary therapeutic approach rooted in the psychoanalytic tradition. The term psychodynamic reflects an appreciation for the complexity of the human mind and the fact that there are “dynamics” outside our immediate awareness that impact our feelings and behaviors. The word relational in this context highlights the critical importance of an authentic client-therapist relationship in the process of healing. This type of psychotherapy cannot be done through treatment manuals, self-help books, or computerized video-therapy. It is both a science and an art and requires extensive training and supervised experience for the therapist. From the client’s standpoint, psychodynamic therapy usually requires a more substantial time commitment than the short-term, manualized treatments favored by managed care companies. In return, it typically provides a more complete and lasting cure by increasing the client’s internal capacity to deal with stressors in the future. For more detailed overview of psychodynamic therapy and its effectiveness, please follow this link. 

Dr. Voytenko, can be reached at
call 630.653.2300 ext.553