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
Saad Athar
M.A in Clinical Psychology, Psychometrist
He | Him | His
Neuropsychological Testing
Saba Aqel
LPC, NCC
She | Her | Hers
Acculturation | Trauma & Grief | Immigrant & First Generation Issues | Identity
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
Trauma| Depression | Anxiety | 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 | Anxiety | Mood Disturbances | Identity Development | Interpersonal & Attachment Related Issues
Kate Hinkle
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Trauma | Sexuality | Self Concept and Identity | Life Transitions
Hamzah Beydoun
ALMFT, 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
LSW
She | Her | Hers
Relationships | Emerging Adults | Anxiety & Depression | Trauma | Substance Use Concerns
Sidney Johnson
LSW
He | Him | His
Complex Trauma | PTSD | Anxiety and Depression | Low Self-Esteem | Stress Management
Rachel Justie
LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety & Depression | ADHD | Life Transitions | Issues related to Sex + Intimacy | Relationships | Communication and Conflict Resolution
Jessica E. Garcia
M.A.
She | Her | Hers
Complex Trauma | Depression and Anxiety | Issues Related to Multiculturalism | Gender & Sexuality | Issues Related to Identity & Relationships
JaShawn Hill
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
(Complex) Trauma | Grief | Addiction | Life Transitions | Couples Work | Family Support | Youth in Crisis | Spirituality
Rachel Ochse
Psy.D
She | Her | Hers
EMDR | Complex Trauma | Anxiety | Intersectionality | Identity Development | Consensual Non-Monogamy
Quinn Davis
LPC, R-DMT
She | Her | Hers
Domestic Violence | Trauma | Grief | Identity | Life Transitions | Integration
Courtney Schwabauer
LSW
She | Her | Hers
Depression | Anxiety | 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
Women | Young Adults | Couples | Interpersonal Relationships | Anxiety | Depression
Elizabeth Budde
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Trauma | Anxiety | Life Transitions | Identity | Spirituality
Sarah Wiltgen
LCPC, BC-DMT
She | They
Body Image | LGBTQIA+ | Trauma | Stress Management
Jessica McKenzie
LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Emerging Adults | Women of Color | Burnout | Post-College Transitions
Kanika Shirole
NCC, LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Intersectionality | Trauma & Grief | Self-Awareness
Margaret Davis
LCPC, ATR
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Depression | Trauma| Relationships | Art Therapy
Larisa Garski
LMFT
She | Her | Hers
Chief of Clinical Staff
Adrianna Deering
LPC, CRC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Life Transitions | Work-Life Balance | Dating & Relationships | Trauma
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
Virginia Thornton
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Depression | Parental Stress and Stress Management | Work-Life Balance | Parental Stress | Self Esteem | Grief | Life Adjustment Issues | Trauma
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
Ashely 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
Anxiety &Depression | Loss & Bereavement | Caregiver Burnout & Parenting | Work-Life Stress
Dr. Mary Ross-Newman, PsyD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Neuropsychologist
She | Her | Hers
Neuropsychological Assessments