Women's Issues Psychiatrists in Lincolnshire, IL
As a doctoral-prepared mental health nurse practitioner, I specialize in delivering comprehensive care across the lifespan. With over 15 years of experience across diverse areas of healthcare, I am committed to delivering compassionate, collaborative, personalized, and evidence-based treatments through a flexible telehealth platform. Guided by integrative health principles, I work to cover the root causes of mental health disorders and tailor treatment plans to each person's unique needs. I am committed to delivering genuine, compassionate care and to being a steady presence as you navigate life's challenges toward balance.
As a doctoral-prepared mental health nurse practitioner, I specialize in delivering comprehensive care across the lifespan. With over 15 years of experience across diverse areas of healthcare, I am committed to delivering compassionate, collaborative, personalized, and evidence-based treatments through a flexible telehealth platform. Guided by integrative health principles, I work to cover the root causes of mental health disorders and tailor treatment plans to each person's unique needs. I am committed to delivering genuine, compassionate care and to being a steady presence as you navigate life's challenges toward balance.
Hi there! I’m Medina, a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner based in Illinois. I help adult patients just like you or your loved one: individuals that have it within them to thrive, but just need some support getting there. Let’s focus on your strengths together! I am passionate about Mental Health and aim to provide patients with empathetic and holistic care. I have over 10 years of Nursing and mental health care experience . Lets work on your mental and emotional wellbeing together.
Hi there! I’m Medina, a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner based in Illinois. I help adult patients just like you or your loved one: individuals that have it within them to thrive, but just need some support getting there. Let’s focus on your strengths together! I am passionate about Mental Health and aim to provide patients with empathetic and holistic care. I have over 10 years of Nursing and mental health care experience . Lets work on your mental and emotional wellbeing together.
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As a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, my focus is providing compassionate, evidence-based care that supports individuals through life’s emotional and mental health challenges. I work with children, adolescents, and adults experiencing anxiety, mood disorders, autism spectrum disorder, women’s mental health concerns, and life transitions related to pregnancy, infertility, perinatal loss, and postpartum adjustment. I believe in creating a safe, supportive environment where patients feel heard, respected, and empowered in their care.
As a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, my focus is providing compassionate, evidence-based care that supports individuals through life’s emotional and mental health challenges. I work with children, adolescents, and adults experiencing anxiety, mood disorders, autism spectrum disorder, women’s mental health concerns, and life transitions related to pregnancy, infertility, perinatal loss, and postpartum adjustment. I believe in creating a safe, supportive environment where patients feel heard, respected, and empowered in their care.
Healing begins when you finally feel seen, heard, and understood—and that's the kind of care I'm committed to providing. As a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, I offer compassionate, evidence-based care in a safe and supportive environment where you can openly share your experiences without fear of judgment. Together, we'll develop a personalized treatment plan tailored to your unique needs, whether you're navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, mood disorders, or other mental health concerns. My goal is to help you regain balance, build resilience, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Healing begins when you finally feel seen, heard, and understood—and that's the kind of care I'm committed to providing. As a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, I offer compassionate, evidence-based care in a safe and supportive environment where you can openly share your experiences without fear of judgment. Together, we'll develop a personalized treatment plan tailored to your unique needs, whether you're navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, mood disorders, or other mental health concerns. My goal is to help you regain balance, build resilience, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Hi, I’m Kimberly Sennet, APRN, CNM, PMHNP-BC—a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Midwife. I began my nursing journey at Georgetown University and earned my Master of Science in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University, specializing in Women’s Health and Nurse-Midwifery. Later, I expanded my training at the University of Texas at Austin, where I completed a Post-Master’s Certificate to become a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
Hi, I’m Kimberly Sennet, APRN, CNM, PMHNP-BC—a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and Certified Nurse Midwife. I began my nursing journey at Georgetown University and earned my Master of Science in Nursing from Johns Hopkins University, specializing in Women’s Health and Nurse-Midwifery. Later, I expanded my training at the University of Texas at Austin, where I completed a Post-Master’s Certificate to become a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner.
Reproductive and perinatal psychiatry is where I have spent my career, first as a nurse-midwife and now as a psychiatric provider. I work with women and gender-diverse adults across the reproductive span: trying to conceive, pregnancy and postpartum, pregnancy loss, and the shifts of perimenopause. Psychiatric symptoms rarely sit apart from physiology and life stage, and my approach reads the whole picture, mind and body and hormones together.
Reproductive and perinatal psychiatry is where I have spent my career, first as a nurse-midwife and now as a psychiatric provider. I work with women and gender-diverse adults across the reproductive span: trying to conceive, pregnancy and postpartum, pregnancy loss, and the shifts of perimenopause. Psychiatric symptoms rarely sit apart from physiology and life stage, and my approach reads the whole picture, mind and body and hormones together.
I have been practicing general adult psychiatry since 1997 and have extensive expertise in evaluating and treating individuals of all ages, as well as treating a wide variety of emotional and mental conditions that range from mood/anxiety disorders, substance abuse, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and eating disorders to consulting with clients about grief, trauma, work stress, relationship problems, adoption, legal cases, disability, and other major life changing events. I utilize biopsychosocial approach to mental illness that takes into account each individual's physical health, environment, and psychological experiences throughout their life.
I have been practicing general adult psychiatry since 1997 and have extensive expertise in evaluating and treating individuals of all ages, as well as treating a wide variety of emotional and mental conditions that range from mood/anxiety disorders, substance abuse, PTSD, OCD, ADHD, and eating disorders to consulting with clients about grief, trauma, work stress, relationship problems, adoption, legal cases, disability, and other major life changing events. I utilize biopsychosocial approach to mental illness that takes into account each individual's physical health, environment, and psychological experiences throughout their life.
I am a board certified psychiatrist who has been working in both academic and private sectors for the past 20 years in Chicago area. My areas of expertise are reproductive psychiatry (pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, infertility), as well as mood and anxiety disorders in both genders. My extensive experience, knowledge and multicultural sensitivity, have shaped my approach to treatment as individualized and holistic. I am combining integrative methods with psychopharmacology and psychotherapeutic modalities to address complex mental health difficulties and treat them successfully. My practice is via tele-psychiatry only.
I am a board certified psychiatrist who has been working in both academic and private sectors for the past 20 years in Chicago area. My areas of expertise are reproductive psychiatry (pregnancy, postpartum, perimenopause, infertility), as well as mood and anxiety disorders in both genders. My extensive experience, knowledge and multicultural sensitivity, have shaped my approach to treatment as individualized and holistic. I am combining integrative methods with psychopharmacology and psychotherapeutic modalities to address complex mental health difficulties and treat them successfully. My practice is via tele-psychiatry only.
Accepting new clients! You deserve mental health care that centers you, your story, and your needs all at your own pace. I’m Dr. Shama Rathi, a board-certified psychiatrist and co-founder of LunaJoy a women-first care community. I'd love to meet you.
LunaJoy is a care community where women can finally feel seen. Whether you’re a teen, a new mom, or stepping into midlife, we're here to help you reclaim your calm, your clarity, and your joy. Let’s get there together.
Accepting new clients! You deserve mental health care that centers you, your story, and your needs all at your own pace. I’m Dr. Shama Rathi, a board-certified psychiatrist and co-founder of LunaJoy a women-first care community. I'd love to meet you.
LunaJoy is a care community where women can finally feel seen. Whether you’re a teen, a new mom, or stepping into midlife, we're here to help you reclaim your calm, your clarity, and your joy. Let’s get there together.
I work with any adult clients In Alabama, Florida, and Illinois. Providing education to my patients so they can choose a safe treatment is the core tenant of my practice. I proudly support and advocate for diversity, any patient should always feel safe in my care regardless of identity. My role as a provider is to empower your informed decision making process. I founded Parallel Psychiatry to be able to walk alongside my patients as equals in their health journey, not to dictate their choices but to guide them safely towards effective treatments.
I work with any adult clients In Alabama, Florida, and Illinois. Providing education to my patients so they can choose a safe treatment is the core tenant of my practice. I proudly support and advocate for diversity, any patient should always feel safe in my care regardless of identity. My role as a provider is to empower your informed decision making process. I founded Parallel Psychiatry to be able to walk alongside my patients as equals in their health journey, not to dictate their choices but to guide them safely towards effective treatments.
Amy Drescher-Crumpley
Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner, DNP, CNM, PMHNP, APRN
4 Endorsed
Elmhurst, IL 60126
I have nearly 30 years’ experience as a dual certified Nurse Midwife and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner including extensive psychiatric medication management. We will work in collaboration to establish goals that focus on your wellbeing incorporating therapy, healthy diet, exercise, and sleep in addition to medication management.
My academic preparation includes Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) from Rush University School of Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from Yale University School of Nursing providing a strong foundation in evidence-based care. I welcome patients ages 12 and older seeking compass
I have nearly 30 years’ experience as a dual certified Nurse Midwife and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner including extensive psychiatric medication management. We will work in collaboration to establish goals that focus on your wellbeing incorporating therapy, healthy diet, exercise, and sleep in addition to medication management.
My academic preparation includes Doctorate in Nursing Practice (DNP) from Rush University School of Nursing and Master of Science in Nursing (MSN) from Yale University School of Nursing providing a strong foundation in evidence-based care. I welcome patients ages 12 and older seeking compass
I am a double board certified psychiatrist with nearly 20 years of experience in treating adults with mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, eating disorders, and addictions. I have board certification in general psychiatry as well as consultation liaison psychiatry, which is the branch of psychiatry that focuses on how the mind and body interact in illness and in stress. My goal in working with patients is to listen and connect, helping to guide effective treatment which is both evidence-based as well as in line with the values of the patient.
I am a double board certified psychiatrist with nearly 20 years of experience in treating adults with mood and anxiety disorders, trauma, eating disorders, and addictions. I have board certification in general psychiatry as well as consultation liaison psychiatry, which is the branch of psychiatry that focuses on how the mind and body interact in illness and in stress. My goal in working with patients is to listen and connect, helping to guide effective treatment which is both evidence-based as well as in line with the values of the patient.
We all tend to seek help when what we are doing is no longer working, or we feel stuck , dissatisfied or our life is out of control, or someone we care about says that we should get help. I view these pivotal moments as potential moments of alchemy, if we are willing to be mindful with what is, staying with our experience and working through it. Remaining mindFUL allows the experience to teach us what we are supposed to learn, if we are open to it. I am here to support you as you go through your journey, face your challenges, identify patterns with you that keep you feel stuck so that you can be more free to be your best self.
We all tend to seek help when what we are doing is no longer working, or we feel stuck , dissatisfied or our life is out of control, or someone we care about says that we should get help. I view these pivotal moments as potential moments of alchemy, if we are willing to be mindful with what is, staying with our experience and working through it. Remaining mindFUL allows the experience to teach us what we are supposed to learn, if we are open to it. I am here to support you as you go through your journey, face your challenges, identify patterns with you that keep you feel stuck so that you can be more free to be your best self.
Dr. Nashwa Hasabou is interested in her patient’s day to day experience, backgrounds, their families, communities and cultures, which enhances her ability to be empathic and effective physician. Her clinical focus is in Women’s mental health and psychopharmacology. Dr. Hasabou received her medical degree from University of Szeged in Hungary. She did her training in Psychiatry at Albany Medical Medical College, Albany, NY, which has an excellent residency program devoted to training psychiatrists in psychotherapy treatment modalities that can be an effective tool used independently or combined with psychopharmacological treatment.
Dr. Nashwa Hasabou is interested in her patient’s day to day experience, backgrounds, their families, communities and cultures, which enhances her ability to be empathic and effective physician. Her clinical focus is in Women’s mental health and psychopharmacology. Dr. Hasabou received her medical degree from University of Szeged in Hungary. She did her training in Psychiatry at Albany Medical Medical College, Albany, NY, which has an excellent residency program devoted to training psychiatrists in psychotherapy treatment modalities that can be an effective tool used independently or combined with psychopharmacological treatment.
Too many women have set in a provider's office and walked out feeling unheard, unseen and rushed. I built my practice to be the opposite. I am Julia Johnson, a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specializing in women's mental health, anxiety, depression, perinatal/postpartum care, trauma-informed care, life transitions, women veterans including Military Sexual Trauma (MST). Women’s mental health deserves more than a rushed appointment and a prescription. It deserves time, nuance, and a provider who actually knows the difference between burnout and depression, postpartum anxiety and just being a new mom!
Too many women have set in a provider's office and walked out feeling unheard, unseen and rushed. I built my practice to be the opposite. I am Julia Johnson, a Board Certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner specializing in women's mental health, anxiety, depression, perinatal/postpartum care, trauma-informed care, life transitions, women veterans including Military Sexual Trauma (MST). Women’s mental health deserves more than a rushed appointment and a prescription. It deserves time, nuance, and a provider who actually knows the difference between burnout and depression, postpartum anxiety and just being a new mom!
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As a psychiatric mental health provider, I am dedicated to supporting individuals who are navigating the complexities of mental health challenges. My focus is on helping those dealing with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and substance use disorders. I believe that everyone has the potential to lead a fulfilling and meaningful life. My goal is to empower clients to connect with themselves and others, fostering resilience and healthy relationships. Together, we can develop coping strategies, enhance emotional well-being, and achieve personal growth.
As a psychiatric mental health provider, I am dedicated to supporting individuals who are navigating the complexities of mental health challenges. My focus is on helping those dealing with anxiety, depression, mood disorders, and substance use disorders. I believe that everyone has the potential to lead a fulfilling and meaningful life. My goal is to empower clients to connect with themselves and others, fostering resilience and healthy relationships. Together, we can develop coping strategies, enhance emotional well-being, and achieve personal growth.
My ideal clients are adults seeking structured, evidence-based psychiatric evaluation and medication management for conditions such as anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar spectrum disorders, OCD, ADHD, trauma related symptoms, and stress related impairment. I also work with individuals experiencing mental health concerns across the reproductive lifespan, including PMS/PMDD, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, fertility related stress, and perimenopausal mood changes. Clients who appreciate a clear, clinically grounded approach, with respect, collaboration, and whole person care, tend to benefit most from my practice.
My ideal clients are adults seeking structured, evidence-based psychiatric evaluation and medication management for conditions such as anxiety disorders, depressive disorders, bipolar spectrum disorders, OCD, ADHD, trauma related symptoms, and stress related impairment. I also work with individuals experiencing mental health concerns across the reproductive lifespan, including PMS/PMDD, perinatal mood and anxiety disorders, fertility related stress, and perimenopausal mood changes. Clients who appreciate a clear, clinically grounded approach, with respect, collaboration, and whole person care, tend to benefit most from my practice.
As a Chicago Psychiatrist in private practice, I provide an integrated, goal oriented psychotherapy and medication approach for those challenged by anxiety spectrum disorders, depression, medical problems, as well as work and personal relationship stress. I an an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Medical School and an Affiliated Physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Honored in "Top Doctor" List for Psychiatry, Chicago Magazine, January 2025, 2024, 2022, 2021, as well as "Exceptional Women in Medicine," Castle Connolly Medical, LTD, in Chicago Magazine, May 2021.
As a Chicago Psychiatrist in private practice, I provide an integrated, goal oriented psychotherapy and medication approach for those challenged by anxiety spectrum disorders, depression, medical problems, as well as work and personal relationship stress. I an an Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern University Medical School and an Affiliated Physician at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. Honored in "Top Doctor" List for Psychiatry, Chicago Magazine, January 2025, 2024, 2022, 2021, as well as "Exceptional Women in Medicine," Castle Connolly Medical, LTD, in Chicago Magazine, May 2021.
I believe that healthcare should be a space where patients feel empowered, valued, and heard. I approach each patient as an equal partner in their care, fostering an atmosphere of collaboration and mutual respect. I view myself as a facilitator, here to help guide patients, offer insight, and provide tools for them to better understand and manage their mental health on their path to healing and growth. In addition to traditional approaches, I am a strong proponent of alternative and holistic treatments, including TMS, Spravato, ketamine treatments + KAP, mindfulness practices, and integrative methods.
I believe that healthcare should be a space where patients feel empowered, valued, and heard. I approach each patient as an equal partner in their care, fostering an atmosphere of collaboration and mutual respect. I view myself as a facilitator, here to help guide patients, offer insight, and provide tools for them to better understand and manage their mental health on their path to healing and growth. In addition to traditional approaches, I am a strong proponent of alternative and holistic treatments, including TMS, Spravato, ketamine treatments + KAP, mindfulness practices, and integrative methods.
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FAQ - Psychiatrists for Women's Issues
How can psychiatrists help women with gender-specific mental health challenges?
Women can face a variety of unique mental health challenges that they may seek psychiatric support for, such as reproductive and perinatal mental health, postpartum depression, menopause, body image concerns, and other conditions that intersect with gender-based experiences. Psychiatrists with specific expertise in working with women can offer treatment for these conditions, often through medication management, psychotherapy, or a combination of both. While not all psychiatrists who specialize in women's issues are female, some women find that they are most comfortable seeing a female psychiatrist, as they may feel more supported by someone who has shared life experiences and perspectives.
What does psychiatric treatment for women's issues involve?
Because women's issues encompass a variety of concerns, the course of treatment recommended by a psychiatrist will vary. However, psychiatrists will often begin treatment with an assessment of a client's current symptoms and recommend a treatment plan according to the assessment findings. Treatment often includes a combination of psychotherapy and medication, depending on the nature of the concern and the individual's goals. For example, a psychiatrist might use evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), psychodynamic therapy, or interpersonal therapy (IPT) to help clients explore and address challenges related to identity, relationships, parenting, or past trauma. For those experiencing mood changes related to hormonal fluctuations—such as premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) or perinatal depression—medication may also be considered to help stabilize mood. In many cases, psychiatrists will coordinate with other healthcare providers, such as OB-GYNs or primary care physicians, to ensure comprehensive care.
How can I find a psychiatrist who specializes in women's issues?
Psychology Today's online directory allows users to search for psychiatrists by treatment specialty and gender, making it easy to find psychiatrists (MDs) and psychiatric nurse practitioners (PMHNPs) who treat women's issues and identify as female. Each provider profile includes key information such as clinical specialties, therapeutic approach, licensure, accepted insurance plans, languages spoken, and session fees.