Our Team
Empowered Therapy is committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and trauma informed care for individuals and couples in Chicago and the surrounding area.
Meet our Team
Mary Stazinski
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Life Transitions | LGBTQIA+ | Relationships | Depression | Anxiety | Trauma | Communication
Lauren Sabbath
Nurse Practitioner
She | Her | Hers
Medication Management
Michael Han
LPC
He | Him | His
Anxiety & Depression | LGBTQ+ | Identity Development | Emerging Adulthood | Life Transitions | Relationships & Attachment
Malory Dahl
LCPC, CSAC
She | Her | Hers
Complex Trauma | Relational Difficulties | Anxiety & Depression | Interpersonal Difficulties | Substance Use Concerns
Liza Sherbin
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
ADHD | Body Image Challenges | Professional Difficulties | Relationship & Social Challenges | Life Transitions
Madyson Bondi
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Trauma-Informed | Self-Compassion | Mindfulness | Resilience | Collaboration | Identity Development
Kate Hinkle
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Men’s Issues | Communication Issues | Depression, Anxiety | ADHD | Life Transitions | CBT | Person-Centered | Psychodynamic | IFS | DBT | ACT
Hamzah Beydoun
LMFT, LPC
He | Him | His
Families | Couples| Infidelity | Intimacy | Trauma |Immigrant & First Generation Issues | Parenting
Amber Loveshe
LPC, NCC
She | Her | Hers
Couples Counseling | Trauma | Anxiety | Depression | Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence |
Grief | LGBTQIA+ | Boundary Setting
Nicole Kubera
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Director of Recruitment & Operations
Relationships | Emerging Adults | Anxiety & Depression | Trauma | Internal Family Systems
Sidney Johnson
LSW
He | Him | His
Complex Trauma | PTSD | Anxiety and Depression | Low Self-Esteem | Stress Management
Quinn Davis
LPC, R-DMT
She | Her | Hers
Domestic Violence | Trauma | Grief | Identity | Life Transitions | Integration
Courtney Schwabauer
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Grief & Loss | Anxiety | Depression | Life Transitions | Trauma | Gender & Sexuality
Karl Southgate
Psy.D
He | Him | His
Depression & Anxiety | Trauma | Relational Discord | Work-Related Stress
Katie Schad
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Clinical Director
Women | Young Adults | Couples | Interpersonal Relationships | Anxiety | Depression
Sarah Wiltgen
LCPC, BC-DMT
She | They
Anxiety | Depression | Trauma | OCD | Eating Disorders | LGBTQIA+
Jessica McKenzie
LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Depression | Anxiety | Identity Exploration | First Generation Concerns | Racial Identity | Life Transitions | Emerging Adults | Self- Esteem | Relationship Issues | Friendship Issues | Grief | Burnout | Women of Color
Tara Medow
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Self-concept | Existential Distress | Complex trauma (sexual abuse, community violence, intrafamily violence, neglect) | Preoccupation with mortality | Older Adults | Alternative Relationships
Larisa Garski
LMFT
She | Her | Hers
Chief of Clinical Staff
Trauma-informed | IFS | IFIO | Couples
Adrianna Deering
LCPC, PMH-C
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Life Transitions | Work-Life Balance | Dating & Relationships | Trauma | Perinatal & Postpartum | Maternal Mental Health
Vasoula Rekhson
ALMFT
She | Her | Hers
Life transitions | Fertility | Parenting | Sexual & Emotional Intimacy | Couples | Anxiety
Emily Jones
LSW
She | Her | Hers
Trauma | Gender & Sexuality | Identity | Relationships | Couples | Depression & Anxiety
Kristin Reitz
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
LGBTQ+ | Substance Use Concerns | Anxiety | Depression | LGBTQ+ family building | Life Transitions
Grace Lanzotti
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Trauma | Life Transitions | Children, Adolescents, and Emerging Adults | Interpersonal & Communication Difficulties | Self-Esteem
Lyna Tome
LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Depression | Life transitions | Emerging Adults | Multiculturalism and First Generation Issues | Relationship and social challenges
Ashlin Kamoe
MSW
She | Her | Hers
Couples Counseling | Anxiety | Depression | Life Transitions | ADHD | Grief | Sexuality | LGBTQIA+ | Perinatal Mental Health | High Achievers | Work-life Balance
Cristina Galvan
AMFT
She | They | Them
Family Therapy | Marriage Therapy
Ashley Hardin
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Depression | Life transitions | ADHD| | Social issues | Grief and loss | Religious trauma | Self-esteem | Sex | LGBTQ+ | Veterans | CBT
Emily Berkman
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Grief & Bereavement | Anxiety | Depression | Stress | Work-Life Balance | Caregiving Stress | Life Transitions
Jacquelyn Posek
LCPC, M.Div.
She | Her | Hers
Mood Disorders | Anxiety | Life Transitions | Grief and Loss | Self Harm | Emerging Adulthood | Relationships | Social Issues
Rachel Ochse, PsyD
Post-Doctoral Clinician
She | Her | Hers
EMDR | Complex Trauma | Anxiety | Intersectionality | Identity Development | Consensual Non-Monogamy
JaShawn Hill
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
(Complex) Trauma | Grief | Addiction | Life Transitions | Couples Work | Family Support | Youth in Crisis | Spirituality
Jessica E. Garcia
M.A.
She | Her | Hers
Complex Trauma | Depression and Anxiety | Issues Related to Multiculturalism | Gender & Sexuality | Issues Related to Identity & Relationships
Marta Gullickson
LSW
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Depression | Self-Esteem | CBT | DBT | ACT
Cortney Hom
LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Life Transitions | Stress | Anxiety | Emerging Adults | Relationship and Social Challenges
Kathryn Krause
LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety and Perfectionism | Grief and Loss | Perinatal and Postpartum | Depression | Couples Counseling | Life Transitions