Providing child, adolescent, individual adult, couples and family counseling with the following treatment specializations:

Medication consultation and management for all age groups.

Dr. Baumgardner provides medication consultation, prescription and management with an integrated approach to mental health care.  Because she knows you in a therapeutic context, she is better able to understand how medication will fit within your overall health and collaborative treatment plan.

For Infants, Toddlers, and Pre-schoolers:

• Abuse and Neglect
• Adaptation to serious medical issues (including concerns related to prematurity, child illness or parent's serious illness)
• Anxiety (including separation anxiety)
• Attachment and Adoption
• Behavior problems
• Developmental Delays
• Play Therapy
• Separation and Divorce
• Tantrums
• Traumatic events
• Regulation problems (feeding and sleeping)

For School-Aged Children and Adolescents:

• Abuse and Neglect
• ADD/ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) 
• Adolescent and Family Issues
• Anxiety (including Selective Mutism, School Refusal, Separation Anxiety, Social Phobia, Obsessive-Compulsive, Sleep problems)
• Aspergers and Pervasive Developmental Disorders
• Depression (including Bipolar)
• Divorce and Post-Divorce Issues
• School Problems
• Self-Esteem Issues
• Social Skills
• Traumatic Events

For Individuals:

• Acculturation Issues
• Anger and Stress Management
• Anxiety
• Child Abuse Survivors (including sexual abuse)
• Crisis Intervention
• Depression (including Bipolar)
• Divorce Recovery
• Grief, Loss and Bereavement Issues
• Guilt and Forgiveness Issues
• Medical Illness (Coping, Management, and Thriving)
• Men's Issues
• Personal Growth and Development
• Women's Issues (including peri-natal and post-partum depression)

For Couples and Families:

• Adoptive Concerns and Planning
• Infertility stresses
• Blended family issues
• Communication Skills Building
• Conflict Resolution
• Divorce Planning and Recovery
• Intimacy and Sexuality Concerns
• Pre-Marital Concerns

Assessment Expertise includes:

• Assessment of  the Preschool aged child (birth to 5 years)
• Assessment of Developmental Disorders
• Assessment of Cognitive and Educational functioning in the School aged child
• Assessment of ADHD and Learning Disabilities (from young child through adult)
• Assessment of Anxiety and Depression (including Bipolar Disorder)
• Assessment of Parent-Child Relationships and Attachment
• Assessment of Adolescent and Adult Relationship Attachment

Evidence-Based Practices and Intervention therapies for:

• Parent-Newborn Adaptation and Coaching 
• Child Feeding Problems  (including breastfeeding) and Failure to Thrive
• Parent-Infant Relationship and Attachment Issues (CPP, ARC, NCAST)
• Parent (Caregiver)-Child Therapy (PCIT, PTT, Barkley)
• Anxiety Disorders including Selective Mutism, Specific Phobias (fear of dogs, insects, flying, public speaking), Obsessive-Compulsive disorder, Social Anxiety and Trauma Focused Therapies (Abuse, Car Accident, Homefire, Victim of Crime, Domestic Violence)
• Relationship Counseling and Changes (Marriage, Divorce, Adult Children)
• Parenting Support and Education (Chicago Parenting Program)
• Couples Counseling and Family Counseling  (Structural and Strategic)
• Chronic pain (headaches, low back pain, phantom limb pain, pain of unknown origin)
• Life-Altering illness (chronic illness, cancer, AIDS, ALS, MS, Lupus)
• Grief Counseling (Death of a Loved One, Miscarriage, SIDS)
• Life Transitions (Adolescence, Graduation, Work changes, Moving, Loss of Community Support, Aging)
• Depression (Interpersonal therapy and CBT)
• Work and Career issues
• Stress Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Organization Assessment and Re-structuring

My partners and I work with a wide range of emotional and behavioral issues providing services that span from therapy for depression and grief counseling to parenting support, couples counseling and beyond.  In a comfortable and supportive atmosphere, I offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each of my client's individual needs to help attain the personal growth they’re striving for.

Supervision is available on a limited basis for Pre-licensure or Advanced (Post-doc) Clinicians