Care Built Around You

I am a licensed clinical social worker who has spent the past decade in mental health, and I opened Stillwater Mental Health Services in January 2026 to do this work my own way. Most of the people I sit with are teens, parents, and young adults trying to find their footing after a hard stretch, so much of what I offer centers on teen counseling for depression and anxiety that feels honest, patient, and paced for real life. My approach is trauma-informed, which means I move at your speed and never treat you like a diagnosis. Alongside teen counseling, I offer young adult counseling for those figuring out early adulthood, and parent counseling for the caregivers who carry a lot and rarely get support of their own.

When something painful sits at the root of things, I provide trauma therapy that gives you room to process what happened without rushing it. I also offer grief counseling for anyone learning to live with a loss that reshaped their days. Beyond evidence-based tools, I lean on my background in whole-person wellbeing, including a master's degree in Happiness Studies through the Science of Human Flourishing. That matters to me as a therapist because I do not want to only quiet the ADHD, depression, and anxiety you are managing. I want you to actually flourish.

So whether I meet in individual therapy, work through patterns together in family therapy, or you find connection in group therapy, the goal is the same: help you feel more like yourself. I see clients in person and through TeleHelp, exclusively within Illinois, and I am registered with Medicaid because I believe good care should not depend on your bank balance. Sessions are by appointment only, so reach out and let's find a time that works for you.