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
Alana Faulds
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Grief | Complex Trauma | Performance-Related Issues | Relationships | Social Challenges | Anxiety | Depression | Life Transitions
Mary Stazinski
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Life Transitions | LGBTQIA+ | Relationships | Depression | Anxiety | Trauma | Communication
Michael Han
LPC
He | Him | His
Anxiety & Depression | LGBTQ+ | Identity Development | Emerging Adulthood | Life Transitions | Relationships & Attachment
Grace Lanzotti
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Trauma | Life Transitions | Children, Adolescents, and Emerging Adults | Interpersonal & Communication Difficulties | Self-Esteem
Madyson Bondi
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Trauma-Informed | Self-Compassion | Mindfulness | Resilience | Collaboration | Identity Development
Karl Southgate
Psy.D
He | Him | His
Depression & Anxiety | Trauma | Relational Discord | Work-Related Stress
Cortney Hom
LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Life Transitions | Stress | Anxiety | Emerging Adults | Relationship and Social Challenges
Emily Jones
LSW
She | Her | Hers
Trauma | Gender & Sexuality | Identity | Relationships | Couples | Depression & Anxiety
Lyna Tome
LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Depression | Life transitions | Emerging Adults | Multiculturalism and First Generation Issues | Relationship and social challenges
Sarah Wiltgen
LCPC, BC-DMT
She | They
Anxiety | Depression | Trauma | OCD | Eating Disorders | LGBTQIA+
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
Jacquelyn Posek
LCPC, M.Div.
She | Her | Hers
Mood Disorders | Anxiety | Life Transitions | Grief and Loss | Self Harm | Emerging Adulthood | Relationships | Social Issues
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
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
Kathryn Krause
LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety and Perfectionism | Grief and Loss | Perinatal and Postpartum | Depression | Couples Counseling | Life Transitions
Larisa Garski
LMFT
She | Her | Hers
Chief of Clinical Staff
Trauma-informed | IFS | IFIO | Couples
Katie Schad
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Clinical Director
Women | Young Adults | Couples | Interpersonal Relationships | Anxiety | Depression
Nicole Kubera
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Director of Recruitment & Operations
Relationships | Emerging Adults | Anxiety & Depression | Trauma | Internal Family Systems
Lauren Sabbath
Nurse Practitioner
She | Her | Hers
Medication Management
Malory Dahl
LCPC, CSAC
She | Her | Hers
Complex Trauma | Relational Difficulties | Anxiety & Depression | Interpersonal Difficulties | Substance Use Concerns
Kristin Reitz
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
LGBTQ+ | Substance Use Concerns | Anxiety | Depression | LGBTQ+ family building | Life Transitions
Ashley Harden
LPC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Depression | Life Transitions | Romantic & Non-Romantic Relationships | LGBTQ+ | ADHD | Grief & Loss | Veterans
Amber Loveshe
LPC, NCC
She | Her | Hers
Couples Counseling | Trauma | Anxiety | Depression | Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence |
Grief | LGBTQIA+ | Boundary Setting
Liza Sherbin
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
ADHD | Body Image Challenges | Professional Difficulties | Relationship & Social Challenges | Life Transitions
Kate Hinkle
LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Men’s Issues | Communication Issues | Depression, Anxiety | ADHD | Life Transitions | CBT | Person-Centered | Psychodynamic | IFS | DBT | ACT
Rachel Ochse, PsyD
Post-Doctoral Clinician
She | Her | Hers
EMDR | Complex Trauma | Anxiety | Intersectionality | Identity Development | Consensual Non-Monogamy
Cristina Galvan
AMFT
She | They | Them
Family Therapy | Marriage Therapy
JaShawn Hill
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
(Complex) Trauma | Grief | Addiction | Life Transitions | Couples Work | Family Support | Youth in Crisis | Spirituality
Courtney Schwabauer
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Grief & Loss | Anxiety | Depression | Life Transitions | Trauma | Gender & Sexuality
Emily Berkman
LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Grief & Bereavement | Anxiety | Depression | Stress | Work-Life Balance | Caregiving Stress | Life Transitions
Sidney Johnson
LCSW
He | Him | His
Complex Trauma | PTSD | Anxiety and Depression | Low Self-Esteem | Stress Management
Hamzah Beydoun
LMFT, LPC
He | Him | His
Families | Couples| Infidelity | Intimacy | Trauma |Immigrant & First Generation Issues | Parenting
Adrianna Deering
LCPC, PMH-C
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Life Transitions | Work-Life Balance | Dating & Relationships | Trauma | Perinatal & Postpartum | Maternal Mental Health
Quinn Davis
LPC, R-DMT
She | Her | Hers
Domestic Violence | Trauma | Grief | Identity | Life Transitions | Integration
Vasoula Rekhson
ALMFT
She | Her | Hers
Life transitions | Fertility | Parenting | Sexual & Emotional Intimacy | Couples | Anxiety