Nancy Segall, LCSW

Nancy Segall (she/her) is a social worker and credentialed Illinois Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist with over 30 years experience working with mothers, children and other mental health professionals. She has an MA from the School of Social Service Administration at The University of Chicago. She is on the Adjunct Faculty of Erikson Institute and The Chicago Center for Family Health. She is a Past President of The Illlnois Association for Infant Mental Health and a current board member.

JENNIFER BATZA, LCSW, AM

Jennifer Batza (she/her) is a mother and a psychotherapist trained as a licensed clinical social worker dedicated to increasing human resilience and connection. In her work she sees grief, loss, and trauma as catalysts for tremendous growth. In 2018 she will celebrate ten years of working in both inpatient and outpatient obstetrics and pediatrics at Evanston and Highland Park Hospitals. She also supports mothers and families in a private practice and on a mother’s hotline. She views psychotherapy as a tool for building resilience, confidence and creative capacity. She loves her job and feels incredibly lucky to witness the peer support and learning women experience through the relationships they build at BBB.

Paula Casas, LCSW

Paula Casas (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker. She received a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Chicago and also holds a Masters in Child Development from Erikson Institute for Child Development. Paula is bi-cultural and bilingual and speaks both English and Spanish. She has worked in the field of infant mental health and family support for over fifteen years. She started her career as a maternal and child health advocate and policy analyst at the Ounce of Prevention Fund. She since has worked in several other non-profits in both clinical and administrative roles. In addition to running support groups for Beyond the Baby Blues, Paula is therapist with Barr-Harris Children’s Grief Center in Deerfield and Willow Wellness Center, a private practice in Park Ridge, where she specializes in perinatal mood disorders and grief and loss.

Amy Eisenberg, M.A., LCPC

Amy (she/her) currently practices as a Perinatal Mental Health Clinician for the Perinatal Depression Program at Northshore University Health Systems and serves as Illinois coordinator for Postpartum Support International. She has a private practice in Skokie, Illinois.

Lisa Elliott, AM, LCSW

Lisa Elliott (she/her/hers) is a relational psychotherapist and clinical social worker. In addition to her work with BBB, Lisa is part of a group private therapy practice in Ravenswood. Lisa previously worked at NorthShore University HealthSystem’s Perinatal Family Support Center. Lisa’s clinical work focuses on perinatal and reproductive mood disorders and perinatal & infant loss. Lisa’s clinical expertise also extends to work with LGBTQ+ children and adults, and survivors of adult and childhood trauma. Lisa is committed to providing sensitive, strengths-based therapy for individuals and families of all gender and sexual identities. Lisa believes in the transformative power of relationships for growth and healing. She considers it a privilege to support and bear witness to the power of the group.

Michelle Fisher, LCSW

Michelle Fisher (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 18 years of experience working with children, adolescents, parents and families. She is trained as a school social worker and has worked at several schools and agencies on the North Shore, in addition to teaching counseling courses at the college level. Michelle is a Perinatal Mental Health Clinician for the Perintal Depression Program at Northshore University HealthSystem. Michelle has a private therapy practice in Evanston and Ravenswood.

Sinane Goulet, LCSW

Sinane Goulet (she/her) is a multilingual (Spanish, Portuguese, French, and English), bicultural Licensed Clinical Social Worker who has worked for 25 years with families, children—typically and atypically developing, adolescents, and adults—from diverse backgrounds. She holds a certificate in Infant/Early Childhood Mental Health. She has worked in a variety of settings: a pediatric developmental center, home visiting therapy program, early intervention system, community mental health, and various early childhood programs. She has worked extensively with acculturation issues; perinatal mood disorder; family adjustment issues; infant mental health; attachment challenges; and trauma, including childhood sexual abuse, physical abuse, and neglect, grief and loss. She currently works at a community mental health center in Chicago and also has a private practice in the city.

Sinane sees her therapeutic role similar to that of luminaria that light a path: providing warmth, light, and guidance to support each person on her/his personal path to understanding, growth, and healing.

Nancy Mork, LCSW

Nancy Mork (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and credentialed Illinois Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Specialist. She has almost 30 years of experience working with children and families in a variety of clinical setting: in-home therapeutic support; substance abuse; foster care and child and family mental health. Most of her work has been with parents during the postpartum period. She currently is part of a group practice in the city that has a special focus on women with perinatal mood disorders. Additionally, Nancy has a special love for parents with a fussy baby!

Nancy has completed training through Postpartum Support International and is certified in Infant Massage. She is a past president for the Illinois Association for Infant Mental Health.

One of the most important pieces Nancy brings to the therapeutic space is ensuring that people feel seen and heard. She feels it is an incredible privilege and honor to hear the stories in which people share both in groups and during individual therapy. It is often through the telling and retelling of stories that the healing process begins.

Ellen O’Donovan, LCPC

Ellen O’Donovan (she/her) is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 25 years of experience providing mental health services in Chicago-area clinics, agencies, and programs. Her current job with NorthShore University HealthSystem’s Perinatal Family Support Center focuses care on women and families coping with high-risk pregnancies, pregnancy loss, parenting newborns in the intensive care unit, and perinatal mood concerns. In previous positions, she has worked as an adoption counselor, provided child and family counseling, and counseled victims of domestic violence. She has a private therapy practice in Evanston.

Mary Roberts, LCSW

Mary Roberts (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois and New Mexico. She has decades of experience in child welfare, mental health, addictions, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP). In her work in the field of EAP, she has had experience with a wide range of clients with issues in their personal and employment lives.

Trained in couples counseling and addictions, as well as mood disorders, Mary has also participated in the trainings offered by Postpartum Support International.

Mary is delighted to be the mother of two daughters and two grandchildren.

Libby Rosencrans, LCPC

Libby Rosencrans is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 20 years of experience working with women and their families. She serves as Acting Clinical Consult to NorthShore University HealthSystem’s Perinatal Depression Program and is a Perinatal Mental Health Clinician for the Mom’s Hotline since 2003 when it was founded. Libby has special expertise in perinatal depression and anxiety, adjustment to motherhood, fertility issues, intrusive thoughts, grief and loss. Libby has a private practice in Wilmette.

Eevon Swilley, LCSW

Eevon Swilley received a Masters degree in Social Work from the University of Illinois at Chicago and spends her career working with diverse populations. In addition to her work at BBB, Eevon splits her time working at a group practice seeing clients across the life span and at NorthShore University Health System’s outpatient program for mood & anxiety disorders.

Eevon’s passion for perinatal women goes deeper than being a supportive friend/ family member to new mothers. Eevon has completed training through Postpartum Support International and she’s managed to merge both interests in perinatal women and mental health into her work with individual and families.

Nerissa Tucker, MHA, MA, LPC

Nerissa (she/her) is a licensed professional counselor with over 20 years of healthcare experience, and 6 years of experience in the counseling field. She received her Master of Healthcare Administration from Pfeiffer University, and her Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy from Liberty University. Nerissa is a trained Gottman couple’s therapist and provides perinatal counseling to women from a group practice in the West Loop area of Chicago. She also sees adolescents to adults for anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, career-related issues, attachment, and family issues. Nerissa uses a client-centered approach to address the needs of her clients and help them develop healthy coping skills. Before pursuing her passion for counseling, she worked with major health plans, physicians, and hospital groups as an advocate for excellent patient care and compliant physician documentation.

Kay BURK, LCSW

Kay (she/her) is a licensed clinical social worker with over 8 years of therapy experience and almost 15 years of healthcare experience. Kay serves clients from adolescence into adulthood specializing in perinatal and reproductive mood disorders in women, eating disorders in adolescents and young adults, and women’s mental health related to menopause, parenting, significant others, work stress, etc. She has worked in major hospitals, primary care clinics, nonprofit organizations and assisted living/nursing homes. She believes in the importance of using both physical and mental health to understand the individual completely, with the ability to articulate the connections between mind/body and how our physical health contributes to our mood and vice versa. Currently, Kay works part time in a primary care clinic and has a private practice in Lakeview and Hyde Park Chicago.