At a glance
Best fit for: Perinatal mental health, pregnancy and infant loss, trauma and PTSD, parenting, adoption, healthcare workers.
Approaches: Humanistic, Integrative
Who Am I?
Hi, I’m Amy (she/her). I’m a perinatal mental health specialist here at Urban Wellness in Edison Park, and I mostly work with parents, caregivers, and people coping with stress, grief, and trauma. I want to hear your whole story. I’m here for all of it. I’m a cis-gender white woman, I’m married, and I have two really funny kids.
I specialize in working with:
- New parents coping with perinatal anxiety or depression
- People going through pregnancy loss, fertility challenges, or medical trauma
- Stressed-out parents of all kinds
- People dealing with workplace burnout, compassion fatigue, or secondary trauma
- Anyone moving through grief and loss
How I help
I use a humanistic and integrative approach, which is a plain way of saying two things. Humanistic means I trust that you’re the expert on you, and my job is to help you make sense of things. Integrative means I pull from whatever actually works for you, whether that’s building self-compassion, challenging unhelpful thoughts, practicing acceptance, telling your story, or looking at your relationship patterns.
I work with people through anxiety, grief and loss, and trauma.
What a session with me is like
A session with me feels like being with a friend who adores you but isn’t afraid to challenge you, point out your patterns, and ask the hard questions. There will be coffee. There might be snacks. We’ll laugh. We’ll probably cry. We’ll be real and ourselves, together.
What I believe
I believe in our capacity to grow and change, and in the healing power of human connection. I believe therapy works best when the space feels safe enough and brave enough for you to be yourself. And I believe the relationship between us is the most important part of the work.
A little more about me
I have two kids and they take up a LOT of my out-of-work time. I’m becoming an expert in complicated lego structures and Taylor Swift. I love to buy books, which is not the same hobby as reading books. I love to travel, and I’m hoping to finish a yoga teacher training this year.
A few common questions
Are you accepting new clients?
Not at the moment.
Do you offer virtual sessions?
Yes, I see clients virtually across Illinois, and in person at our Edison Park office.
What do you help with most?
Perinatal mental health, grief and loss, parenting stress, and burnout.
What insurance do you take?
BCBS PPO, BCBS HMO Northshore, Optum/United, Cigna, and Aetna.
- AetnaBCBS HMO NorthshoreBCBS PPOCignaOptum/United
