Meet Our Staff

Emily Heilman (she/her)

Emily Heilman (she/her)

MA, LCSW, BCD, PMH-C

Founder and Psychotherapist


• Certified in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C), relational therapist utilizing a psychodynamic approach, integrating CBT, ACT and mindfulness specializing in PMADS, identity exploration, and infertility
• Accepting new clients for virtual third-party reproductive psychological consultations and professional consultations only
Sara Barrera (she/her)

Sara Barrera (she/her)

MA, LCSW, PMH-C

Clinical Director


Certified in Perinatal Mental Health, trained in EMDR, specializing in parent-child attachment, PMADs, transitions, trauma, and relationship issues
• Provides services in English & Spanish
• Not currently accepting new clients
Laura Castillo (she/her)

Laura Castillo (she/her)

LCSW, PMH-C

Psychotherapist & Clinical Supervisor


• Certified in perinatal mental health, trained in EMDR, specializing in PMADs, trauma, parenting, infertility, and relationships
• Accepting individuals and couples in Oak Park and telehealth
Rachel Cavalcante (she/her)

Rachel Cavalcante (she/her)

MSW, LSW

Psychotherapist


• Specializing in PMADs, women's health, anxiety, and depression
• Speaks English and Portuguese
• Accepting individuals and couples for telehealth services
Nora Clark, (she/her)

Nora Clark, (she/her)

M.Ed, CMHC

Psychotherapist


• Specializing in infertility, PMADs, parenting concerns, parent-child attachment, anxiety, depression, grief & loss, life transitions, and relationship issues.
• Accepting individuals and couples for telehealth services
Hadeel Eddir (she/her)

Hadeel Eddir (she/her)

MA, LCPC, NCC, PhD, PMH-C

Psychotherapist


• Certified in Perinatal Mental Health; specializing in anxiety, depression, loss, trauma, and PMADs
• Speaks English, Arabic, and Italian
• Accepting individuals and couples for telehealth services
Leslie Gauntt,  (she/her)

Leslie Gauntt, (she/her)

LSW

Psychotherapist


• Specializing in depression, anxiety, navigating neurodivergence, career transitions, parenting, relationships, pregnancy loss, infertility, PMADs, and women’s issues
• Accepting individuals and couples for telehealth services
Sarah Hildreth,  (she/her)

Sarah Hildreth, (she/her)

MSW, LCSW

Psychotherapist


• Specializes in anxiety, depression, mood disorders, women's mental health, LGBTQ+ affirming care, transitions, and adjustment to life changes
• Accepting individuals in Lincoln Park & telehealth
Arianna Jamerson (she/her)

Arianna Jamerson (she/her)

LPC, NCC

Psychotherapist


• Specializing in transitions to parenthood, transitions throughout life's events, trauma, anxiety, depression, PMADs, and building safety, and self-care plans
• Accepting individuals for telehealth services
Carina Lane (she/her)

Carina Lane (she/her)

LSW, M.Ed, IECMH, DT, PMH-C

Psychotherapist


• Certified in Perinatal & Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health; specializing in trauma, relationships, PMADs, and parenting
• Provides services in English & Spanish
• Accepting individuals and couples for telehealth services
Monisha Murjani (she/her)

Monisha Murjani (she/her)

MSW, LSW

Psychotherapist


• Specializes in navigating identity changes, adjustment to parenthood. young adults in “quarter-life,” individuals facing career uncertainty, survivors of sexual trauma, and those experiencing depression, anxiety, and perinatal challenges
• Accepting individuals and couples for telehealth services
Anne O'Neill Riggenbach (she/her)

Anne O'Neill Riggenbach (she/her)

M Ed., CMHC

Psychotherapist


• Specializing in PMADs, navigating life event transitions. Including stages within relationships (fertility journey, marriage, parenthood, cohabitation, separation) and young adult transitions
• Not currently accepting new clients
Kara Peterson (she/her)

Kara Peterson (she/her)

M.Ed., LCPC, PMH-C

Psychotherapist


• Certified in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) and EMDR; specializes in Perinatal Mood & Anxiety Disorders (PMADs), birth trauma/injury, infertility, and the LGBTQ+ community
• Accepting individuals for telehealth services
Mariana Puentes (she/her)

Mariana Puentes (she/her)

LCSW, PMH-C

Psychotherapist


• Certified in Perinatal Mental Health; specializes in women’s mental health, trauma, anxiety, depression, grief/loss, interpersonal violence, life transitions, acculturation and race-based stress, and Latinx community
• Provides services in English and Spanish
• Accepting individuals for telehealth services
Katie Seelinger (she/her)

Katie Seelinger (she/her)

LPC, NCC, CCTP, PMH-C, EMDR-T

Psychotherapist


• Certified in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C), Trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Rapid Desensitization), Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP), Specialization in trauma, women's health, grief & loss, PMADS, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and life transitions.
• Accepting individuals in Oak Park & telehealth
Crystal J. Stamps (she/her)

Crystal J. Stamps (she/her)

MSN, APRN, CNM-FPA, PMHNP-BC

Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse


• Provides medication management services only
• Certified in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C), Board Certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) and current Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)
• Accepting new clients for medication management services in Lincoln Park & telehealth
Leslie Watland, M Ed. (she/her)

Leslie Watland, M Ed. (she/her)

M Ed.

Psychotherapist


• Specializes in life challenges and transitions, navigating infertility, third-party reproduction, parenting, perinatal mental health, LGBT+, and relationship issues
• Accepting individuals and couples for telehealth services
Amy Wasserman (she/her)

Amy Wasserman (she/her)

MPH, MSN, APN, PMHNP-BC, CNM-FPA, PMH-C

Psychiatric Advanced Practice Nurse


• Provides medication management services only
• Certified in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C), Board Certified as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) and current Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)
• Not currently accepting new clients
Joyce Webster (she/her)

Joyce Webster (she/her)

MSW, LCSW

Director of Community Outreach & Engagement


• Pairs new clients with clinicians on staff.
• Connects with all community providers and potential referral sources, with the goal of building long term professional partnerships that align with our vision, mission and goals as a practice

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