Natalie K. Holzman, LCSW
Ruth Lipschutz
Jill Fein Baker, LCSW
Jill is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Illinois), a member of
the Academy of Clinical Social Workers (a national
accreditation) with a Masters in Social Work from the Jane
Addams College of Social Work at the University of Illinois
at Chicago. Jill
was certified as an Imago therapist by Dr. Hendrix in June
of 1990, one of the first five therapists in the Chicago
area to do so. Together with some of those colleagues, they
founded the
Institute for Imago Relationship Therapy of Greater Chicago,
a professional training and support organization. She
later went on to acquire more training becoming a
Certified Workshop Presenter for couples and
singles, and an Advanced Clinician in Imago Therapy.
Ann Bluckelmeyer, LCSW and
Communications Trainer
Ann is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice in
Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She is certified in substance abuse by
the Illinois Department of Alcohol and Other Substance Abuse
and a sponsor for continuing education (CEUS) in the State
of Illinois for social workers, professional counselors
(applied for) and certified addiction professionals. Ann is
sole proprietor of Healaheart, Inc. Counseling for
Individuals and Couples.
E. Jason Mask, LCSW
E. Jason Mask, LCSW is currently the Social Work Clinical Manger
and Program Director of the Spinal Cord Injury at the Edward
J. Hines VA Hospital.
Robin McGinnis, MSW
Robin McGinnis, MSW is Founder and CEO of Alternative Behavior
Treatment Centers, a treatment and consultation agency that
exclusively focuses on services for children, adolescents,
families and adults who have been exposed to trauma and
sexual abuse.
Robin has been working in the field of mental health for
over 30 years in a variety of settings in both the private
and public sectors.
Gayle McGowean,
Director of Community
Outreach
Gayle McGowean is the Director of Community Outreach at The Cradle,
a non-profit adoption agency.
Gayle is a
masters-prepared Registered Nurse from the State University
of NY at Buffalo.
She is experienced with both adult and pediatric
patients in medical-surgical, critical care and home health
environments. As a former corporate executive, she is
skilled in commercial sales, health care consulting and
management, and is dedicated to promoting the mission of The
Cradle to healthcare providers through education and best
practice.
Necole Muhammad, LSW
Necole K. Muhammad is the
Executive Director of Shades of Ebony, Inc. - an advocacy
organization that is passionately empowering girls to be the
"Women of Tomorrow."
She holds a Masters of Social Work, Type 73 from
Chicago State University and is a Licensed Social Worker.
Mark Myers, LCSW
Mark Myers, LCSW, received his Master of Social Work Degree
from Loyola University in 1987.
He is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker
since 1990 and a Certified Alcohol and Other Drug Counselor
since 1988. Mark
provides counseling to individuals, groups, and couples for
a variety of areas including: drug and alcohol abuse, anger
management issues, marital issues, depression, anxiety, and
parenting issues.
Rebecca Palmer, MS
Rebecca Palmer, MS is currently VP of Program Development at
Alternative Behavior Treatment Centers.
She did her post-graduate training in marriage and
family therapy at the Institute for Juvenile Research (the
University of Illinois) where she had been adjunct faculty
in the Family Systems Program.
Rebecca is a member of the Association for the
Treatment of Sexual Abusers and serves on the Board of
Directors and is Chair of the ATSA ethics committee.
Ms. Palmer has a special expertise in evaluation and
treating sexual offenders.
Cheri Sinnott, LCSW
Cheri Sinnott, LCSW received her BA and MSW from Washington
University in St. Louis.
She has worked as an outpatient therapist for a
family counseling center, and with developmentally disabled
adults in a residential facility.
Currently, she is the Director of a State Board of
Education agency serving deaf/hard of hearing student
behavioral needs and maintains a private practice.
Anthony M. Spillie, LCSW,
ACSW
Anthony Spillie, LCSW, ACSW is currently the Social Work Executive
at the Edward J. Hines VA Hospital and is also an Addiction
Therapist at Private Practice Spillie & Associates.
Judy Stigger, LCSW
Judy Stigger, LCSW, is the Director of Professional
Relations for Adoption Learning Partners, an interactive
adoption and foster-care web-based educational series.
A licensed clinical social worker, Judy had provided
counseling/therapy for adoptive teens, and adoptive and
birth families; worked in domestic as well as directed
international adoption programs; authored a book,
Coping with
Infertility, plus various chapters and articles, and
much more.
Myra Walden, Trainer and
Therapist
Susan Wisehart, M.S., LMFT,
NCSP
Susan Wisehart, M.S, LMFT, NCSP is a holistic psychotherapist,
licensed marriage and family therapist and a nationally
certified school psychologist in private practice in
Mundelein and Des Plaines, IL.
She has a master’s degree in psychology and has 34
years of professional experience.
She is the author of Soul Visioning: Clear the Past,
Create Your Future.
Her specialty is integrating traditional and
non-traditional therapies to bring into balance mind, body
and spirit using a wide variety of modalities.
Holly Zielke,
Northern Region Coordinator
Illinois Department on Aging Elder Abuse and Neglect
Program
Ms. Zielke holds a
Bachelor’s Degree in Human Services with a concentration in
Gerontology from National Louis University and a Master’s
Degree in Gerontology from Northeastern Illinois University.
She has served as the northern region coordinator for the
Illinois Department on Aging’s Elder Abuse and Neglect
Program for the past 9 years.
Ms. Zielke also co-authored a chapter on Elder Abuse
and Public Policy in Clinics in Geriatric Medicine May 2005.
Judith Matz, LCSW
Judith Matz is the co-author of two
books on the topics of eating and weight issues: The
Diet Survivors Handbook: 60 Lessons in Eating,
Acceptance and Self-Care (Sourcebooks 2006) and Beyond a
Shadow of a Diet: The Therapist's Guide to Treating
Compulsive Eating (Brunner/Routledge 2004). Judith is
a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and has worked in the
field of eating problems for the past 25 years. She
received her master's degree from the University of Michigan
and completed a post-graduate fellowship at Michael Reese
Hospital, with an emphasis on eating disorders. She is
the director of the Chicago Center for Overcoming
Overeating, Inc., an organization dedicated to ending the
preoccupation with food and weight through educational
programs and counseling. Judith is a frequent
presenter at local and national conferences, and she has a
private practice in Skokie, Illinois. Descriptions of
her work have appeared in numerous magazines including Good
Housekeeping, Self, Shape, Today's Dietitian, Today's Diet
and Nutrition, North Shore Magazine and The Healing Arts
Guide. Her website is at
www.dietsurvivors.com.
Patricia Trudeau, LCSW
Patricia M. Trudeau is the
Clinical Director of
Birth Parent Services at The Cradle.
She has twenty-five years of increasingly
responsible positions involving clinical work, supervision
and program development at leading Chicago child abuse
agencies. She has demonstrated leadership and team building
skills in the implementation of new programs.
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