A Safe Place
Kelly Wendorf, LCPC, currently serves as the Emergency Shelter Coordinator at A Safe Place, a position held since September 2020. Prior to this, Wendorf worked as an Intensive Case Manager at Nicasa Behavioral Health Services, where responsibilities included managing over 100 clients from the Lake County Jail and fostering partnerships with local resources. Additional experience includes roles as a Primary Counselor at Bridge House, Community Support Coach at Clearbrook, and Qualified Mental Health Professional at Howard Counseling Services. Wendorf's academic background includes a Master of Arts in Counseling with a Specialization in Forensic Psychology from Adler University and a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice from the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse.
A Safe Place
For more than four decades, A Safe Place has provided services to victims of domestic violence & human trafficking and their families in Lake County, Illinois. A Safe Place is guided by the following mission: As the leading advocate for eliminating domestic violence and human trafficking in northern Illinois, A Safe Place provides a 24-hour crisis line, emergency shelter, individual therapy, family therapy, art therapy, group therapy, affordable housing, advocacy, education and outreach, supportive services to survivors of domestic violence and human trafficking and their children, a mentoring program, custody exchanges, supervised visitations, assistance with orders of protections, and intervention services for abusers to learn accountability for their choices and actions. A Safe Place strives to lessen the impact abuse has had on adults and children by providing services that remove barriers to leaving their abuser and transforming their lives after abuse. Programs and services of A Safe Place are evidenced-based, client-centered, and reflect a trauma-informed approach to direct services for survivors of domestic abuse and their children. Services were designed to meet the immediate crisis and long term needs of domestic violence & human trafficking victims and their children and to prevent domestic violence & human trafficking.