Meet the Matrescence Team

Aubrey Glendinning, LPC, CADC
She | Her | Hers
Postpartum Anxiety | Postpartum Depression | Identity Challenges | Trauma | Adjustment to Parenthood | Toddler Years | Addiction

Jessica Buescher, LMHC (IN), LCPC (IL), IECMHC, ATR-BC
She | Her | Hers
Anxiety | Trauma | Grief & Loss | Teen Challenges | Adjustment to Parenthood | Parenting Children with Special Needs | Foster Care & Adoption | Dyadic & Attachment-Based Therapy

Dasha Rhodes, PhD, LSW
She | Her | Hers
Adjustment to Parenthood | Postpartum Depression & Anxiety | Maternal Identity | Returning to Work

Michelle Lee, LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Postpartum Depression and Anxiety | Transition into Parenthood | Single Parenthood | Early Regulatory Disorders | Perimenopause | Menopause

Erin Chikaraishi, LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Postpartum Depression and Anxiety | Secondary Infertility | Parenting Pre-Teens & Teens | Parents of Children with Medical Complexities | Adjusting to Fatherhood

Sujai Chang, LPC
She | Her | Hers
Fertility challenges | Stillbirth | Miscarriage | Birth Trauma | Couples Therapy | Perinatal Mental Health
Bilingual in Spanish & English

Olivia Rosenbach, LCSW, PMH-C
She | Her | Hers
High-Risk Pregnancy | Birth Trauma | Adjustment to Parenthood | Identity Changes | Perinatal Mental Health

Elizabeth Stasik, LCSW, PMH-C
She | Her | Hers
Perinatal Mental Health | Fertility Challenges | Grief and Loss | Identity Changes | Trauma

Heather Hales, LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Perinatal Mental Health | LGBTQIA+ Families | ADHD | Mindfulness | Blended Families

Ashlee Casado, AMFT
She | Her | Hers
Postpartum Anxiety & Depression | Perinatal Mental Health | Pregnancy Wellness

Mindy McGlynn, LCSW, PMH-C
She | Her | Hers
Postpartum Depression and Anxiety | Fertility challenges | Birth trauma | Grief/Loss | ADHD

Paula Flynn, LCPC
She | Her | Hers
Pregnancy and Postpartum Depression and Anxiety | Fertility Challenges | Couples Therapy | Family Dynamics

Erica Cummings, LPC
She | Her | Hers
Birth Trauma | Parental Burnout | Couples Counseling | Returning to Work/Career Shifts | Toddler Challenges | Pregnancy Wellness

Alyssa Jesberger, LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Perinatal Loss | Adjustment to Parenthood | High Risk Pregnancy | Pregnancy and Parenthood After Loss | Trauma

Angele Close, PhD
She | Her | Hers
Perinatal Depression & Anxiety | Trauma | Adjustment to Parenthood | Burnout | Perimenopause & Menopause Transitions | Couples Therapy & Parent Coaching | Maladaptive Coping Patterns

Hilary Hoye, LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Depression | Anxiety | Obsessive Compulsive Disorder | Infertility | Loss Support

Ali Hoxie
She | Her | Hers
Pregnancy | Postpartum Mood Disorders | Women’s Mental Health | Trauma

Lilah Handler, LCSW
She | Her | Hers

Brittany Parenti, LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Postpartum Depression & Anxiety | Adjusting to Multiple Children | Parenting Young Children | Perimenopause & Menopause | Sandwich Generation | Emotional Regulation & Mindfulness | Returning to Work | ADHD

KrystiAna Disbrow, LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Pregnancy Wellness | Postpartum Anxiety and Depression | Identity Changes

Jill Zakon, LCSW, CCTP
She | Her | Hers
Trauma-Informed Care | Polyvagal Nerve & Body Trauma Release | Perimenopause & Menopause | Empty Nesting | Transition into Parenthood | Divorce

Deja Dinnwiddie
She | Her | Hers
Pregnancy | Breastfeeding | Postpartum Anxiety & Depression | Maternal Identity

Program Manager
Caitlin Timmins
She | Her | Hers

Clinical Director and Therapist
Arushi Mehta Towne, LCSW
She | Her | Hers
Birth Trauma | Parenting Children with Complex Medical Needs | Perinatal/Postnatal Anxiety and Depression | Infertility | NICU | Miscarriage/Loss

Equity & Access Coordinator and Therapist
Gabbie Adams, LCSW, PMH-C
She | Her | Hers
Postpartum Anxiety and Depression | Relationship Conflict | Twins and Multiples | High-Risk Pregnancy | Gender Based Violence

Founder & Therapist
Lauren Ratliff, LCSW, PMH-C
She | Her | Hers
MATRESCENCE THERAPY
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Virtual Sessions Throughout Chicagoland, Illinois, & Indiana
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