Chicago Office
Contact Options & Staff Directory
To contact us or schedule an appointment you can:
- Use the online form
- Call the general office number
- Contact an individual therapist listed below
For intake, insurance questions, or general inquiries please contact:
Rose Metivier
rose@midwestcounseling.com
312-612-9398
For information about psychological testing please contact:
Dr. Joy Ryba
joy@midwestcounseling.com
312-291-9570
For billing questions or concerns
please contact:
Chris Ryba
chris@midwestcounseling.com
312-543-4792
Umamah Fatima, RD, CEDRD-S
Registered Dietitian(She/Her)
Focus: Medical nutrition therapy for eating disorders, mood disorders, and substance abuse
Hannah Gruenewald, MS, RD, LD
Registered Dietitian(She/Her)
Focus: Medical Nutrition Therapy for eating disorders, mood disorders, and substance use disorders. pain/illness
Alana Goldberg, PsyD
(She/Her)
Focus: Grief, body image, relationships, codependency, anxiety, depression
Amy Bruno, PhD
(She/Her)
Focus: Psychological and neuropsychological testing, autism, ADHD, anxiety, and trauma
Amy Joslin, LCSW
(She/Her)
Focus: Trauma, anxiety, depression, family therapy, parenting issues, anger management, child & adolescent behavior
Amy Klimek, LCPC, CYT
(She/Her)
Focus: Eating disorders, body image, trauma, anxiety, depression, relationships, transitions, mind-body connection
Ashley Schmidgall, LCPC
(She/Her)
Focus: Eating disorders, body image, mood and anxiety, athletes, wellness, life transitions, and relationship/family issues
Betsy Illingworth, LCSW
(She/Her)
Focus: Reproductive health, infertility, domestic violence, grief, depression, anxiety, trauma
Brooke Mathewes, LCPC
(She/Her)
Focus: Mood disorders, eating disorders, complex trauma and addictions, illness & chronic pain, grief
Colleen Vitt, LCSW
(She/Her)
Focus: Depression, anxiety, insomnia, work/life balance, grief and loss, substance abuse, and life transitions.
Corinne Fleming, PsyD
(She/Her)
Focus: Psychological evaluation, trauma, anxiety, depression
Danielle Doucette, PsyD, CEDS-S
Eating Disorder Treatment Director(She/Her)
Focus: Eating disorders, anxiety disorders, phobias, OCD, relationships, grief
Darren Kohlberg, LCPC, CADC
(He/Him)
Focus: Depression, anxiety, substance use, grief, trauma, relationships, life transitions, couples
Domenico Carli, LCPC
(He/Him)
Focus: Trauma, childhood abuse in adults, relationships, parenting issues, stress, anger management
Emem Itiat, LCPC, NCC
(She/Her)
Focus: Eating disorders, body image, mood and anxiety, trauma, life transitions, and identity
Hannah Doggett, PsyD, CADC
(She/Her)
Focus: Anxiety, panic attacks, depression, substance abuse and dependence, learning difficulties, TBI, chronic pain/illness.
Hayley Bemel, PsyD, CADC
(She/Her)
Focus: Chronic medical conditions, anxiety, stress management, substance use disorders, relationship problems, adolescents, young adults.
Heather Keating, LCPC
(She/Her)
Focus: Anxiety, OCD, panic disorders, trauma, depression, relationships, and identity.
Hollyn Michaels, PsyD
(She/Her)
Focus: Eating disorders, trauma, self-harm, anxiety, OCD, perfectionism, depression, life transitions
Jake Rose, LCSW
(He/Him)
Focus: Substance use, disordered eating, depression, anxiety, relationships, LGBTQ+
Focus: Substance use, disordered eating, depression, anxiety, relationships, LGBTQ+
Jackie Haddad-Tamer, LCPC
Focus: Addictions, codependency, relationship issues, divorce, infertility, women's issues, self-injury
Jim Nicholas, LCPC
(He/Him)
Focus: Substance use, trauma, life goals, relationships, anxiety, depression, anger, self-esteem, shame, grief/loss.
Joanie Kinzler, LCSW
(She/Her)
Focus: Couples therapy, substance abuse, process addictions, relationships, anxiety, depression, transitions, grief
Joy Ryba, PsyD
Clinical Director(She/Her)
Focus: Addictions, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, ADHD, Psychological assessment
(773) 870-5107
Julia Burke, LCSW
(She/Her)
Focus: Anxiety, depression, eating disorders, body image, family relationships, self-esteem
Kat Karasina, PsyD
(She/Her)
Focus: Eating, mood & anxiety disorders, trauma, body image, addictions, mindfulness-based stress management
Katrina LoBue, LCPC, CEDS
(She/Her)
Focus: Eating disorders, body image, mood disorders, anxiety, OCD, religious trauma, relationship issues, and identity development
Kristina Hill, PhD, LPC
(She/Her)
Focus: Trauma, anxiety, depression, identity, LGBTQ+, and multicultural concerns
Laura Kearney, LCPC
(She/Her)
Focus: Anxiety, depression, complex trauma, codependency, relationships, perfectionism, shame, work/life balance and career transitions.
Lauren McCrary, LCSW, CADC
(She/Her)
Focus: Substance abuse, process addictions, relationships, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, grief
Meredith McQuiston, LCSW
(She/Her)
Focus: Substance use and addiction, codependency, depression, anxiety, relationships, LGBTQ+
Meredith Snyders, PsyD
(She/Her)
Focus: Young adults, substance abuse, anxiety, depression, disordered eating, and trauma.
Michael Chamberlain, PsyD
(He/Him)
Focus: Psychological and neuropsychological testing, LGBTQAI+, autism, ADHD, anxiety, and trauma
Mimi Neathery, PsyD
Director of Clinical Development(She/Her)
Focus: Eating disorders, identity development, life transitions, trauma & loss, mood disorders, addiction
Minnie Z. Tao, LCPC
(She/They)
Focus: Adults, child/family, anxiety, trauma, depression, neurodiversity, identity, cross-cultural issues
Neeva Sandhu, LCPC, CRADC
(She/Her)
Focus: Substance use, trauma, life transitions, relationships, intergenerational issues, depression, anxiety, stress
Neil Simonton, LCSW
(He/Him)
Focus: Anxiety, depression, addictions, impulsivity, relationships, self-esteem, family/parenting issues
Rachel Baker, LCPC
(She/Her)
Focus: Eating disorders, body image, self-esteem, identity, anxiety, depression, trauma, challenging life transitions, and mind-body connection.
Focus: Eating disorders, body image, self-esteem, identity, anxiety, depression, trauma, challenging life transitions, and mind-body connection.
Rachel Brennan, LCPC, RYT
(She/Her)
Focus: Depression, anxiety, trauma, chronic pain, relationships, body image, mind-body connection
Rose Metivier,
LCPC
Intake Director(She/Her)
Focus: Depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, relationships, transitions, substance abuse
Savannah Shotts, LCPC
(She/Her)
Focus: Body image, eating disorders, trauma, depression, anxiety, sex therapy, identity, life changes/transitions
Scott Beckley, LCSW, CADC
(He/Him)
Focus: Substance abuse, anxiety, depression, professional/career Issues, life changes, self-esteem, emerging adulthood
Tobi Wyld, LCSW
(They/Them)
Focus: Trauma, gender and sexuality, anxiety, depression, adolescents, parenting issues, religious trauma, Spanish speaking
Tori Cherry, LCSW, CEDS
(She/Her)
Focus: Eating disorders, body image, anxiety, depression, life transitions, identity, relationships, trauma
Tracy Durkan, LCPC
(She/Her)
Focus: Anxiety, life transitions, perfectionism, relationships, trauma, depression, and recovery from TBI or stroke