More and more often I find mental health conversations all around me. The stigma truly is dissolving with every passing day. To keep up with the ever growing need for mental healthcare, we have a lot of new things to share!
First, we designed a pretty cool opportunity that gives adults a free online mental wellness assessment with instant results. After the assessment, we make it easy to connect to a licensed therapist. Second, we have grown our leadership team and welcome Cindy Brom. Cindy and I have a long history of mutual respect and friendship. I could not be more thrilled to have a leader in the Chicagoland area join our team!
Finally, we are now accepting clients on our IOP waitlist. If you are a parent or professional and have a person you would like to refer...it's time to connect with us! We will contact you within one business day to discuss how we can support you and the client.
Sincerely,
Audrey
P.S. Thank you all for the encouragement and trust to make Simply Bee the place it has beecome ;) I am forever grateful for our community.
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Meet Our New Director Of Business Development |
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Cindy Brom, MBA
Cindy is a senior business development, strategy and operations leader specializing in higher levels of care for behavioral health. With direct experience launching and overseeing intensive outpatient and partial hospitalization programs, Cindy has also served as a senior leader for providers in residential and inpatient levels of care in Illinois, Washington and Colorado.
Bringing 13 years of management experience serving patients with eating, mood and anxiety disorders specifically, she also provided business development services for a substance abuse recovery provider in Chicago. Prior to beginning her mental health career as Practice Manager for the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at Northwestern, Cindy was a consultant to growing ventures in a variety of industries, helping more than 100 companies replicate and grow their businesses throughout the country. Cindy earned her MBA from the JL Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and a BSB from the University of Minnesota.
We're thrilled to welcome Cindy to the hive!
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Programs & Resources For Adults |
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*NEW* Brief Counseling For Adults |
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We're excited to introduce a new service available now—Brief Counseling For Adults!
Many adults want to prioritize their mental health, but do not feel have the time to devote to themselves. If this resonates with your reality, then this new service is for you! Get your annual mental health checkup followed by five virtual sessions.
We understand you are busy. We know that evening therapy sessions conflict with time-consuming family schedules and long-term therapy may feel impossible to sustain. Our goal is to reduce traditional barriers that prevent adults from seeking mental health support. Grounded in our Growth & Resiliency Model©, Brief Counseling for Adults is designed to be a realistic, turn-key way to incorporate mental health into your busy schedule.
Start by completing a free wellness assessment and get instant results. Next, schedule an intake call for a 45-minute consultation with a licensed therapist. Finally, set & achieve goals based on your wellness assessment in five sessions.*
*Recommended length of counseling, each individual is different
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Programs & Resources For Youth & Adolescents |
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Ready To Refer?
Now Accepting IOP Referrals
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On the cusp of our opening date on January 2, 2023, we are now now accepting clients on our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) waitlist. We are looking forward to providing expert care to 6th-12th grade adolescents and their families in our community.
Our mission is to transform the mental well-being of adolescents with the whole person in mind. Executive Clinical Director, Jennifer McAdams, LCPC, CED-S and & CEO, Audrey Grunst, LCSW have extensive backgrounds in the field of intensive care. Using their combined 20 years of experience, both leaders have developed a trauma-informed, family-based program that emphasizes mental health treatment to build resiliency.
We are motivated to help clients gain awareness, find self-acceptance, become a responder to life's demands and integrate back into their life with a profoundly different mindset.
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What We Treat:
- Anxiety & Mood Disorders
- ADHD
- Adjustment & Grief
- Trauma
- Self-Injury
- Eating Disorders
- Secondary Diagnosis: Substance Use Disorders
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Program Details:
- Adolescents in grades 6th-12th
- Vernon Hills Office
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday | 12:00 PM - 3:00 PM
- Individual therapy, process group therapy & skills group therapy
- Thursday 7pm - 8:30pm Virtual Growth & Resiliency Model© Parent Group (Required)
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Our interest list is now open. If you think your adolescent is a good fit for our program, please fill out the form below. We will get in touch with you within 1 business day. |
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Self-Care Sundays: Preparing For The Holidays |
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Our Self-Care Sundays Workshop Series has been Simply Bee's longest-running series, and we're thrilled to bring it back once again in December as a 2-part workshop series for middle school girls!
In this series, facilitated by therapist Emily Plesnicar, LPC & yoga instructor Stephanie Bersh, E-RYT, middle schoolers will learn how to set healthy boundaries and SMART goals. Additionally, they'll walk away with strategies for reducing stress in the mind and body during this season and beyond. Emily & Stephanie will use creative discussion topics paired with crafts—such as vision boards, visual creative boundary circles, and empowerment beads—to help tweens simply bee-come their best selves!
Details:
- When: December 4th & 11th | 3:00-5:00 PM
- Who: 6th-8th grade girls
- Where: Simply Bee Office | 175 E Hawthorn Pkwy, Suite 325
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Cost: $60/Person (No refunds for missed sessions)
Space is limited — sign up today!
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Mental Health Youth Exposition Booth
The Balance Project
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The Balance Project, a non-profit organization helping families and individuals access emotional wellness support, will be hosting their annual Mental Health Youth Exposition on Saturday, November 19th. This is a free event for the community to learn about how peers address social-emotional needs as well as raise awareness of available resources.
This event will feature the premiere of THE STIGMA, by Eden Gunsberg & Ari Braun, as well as an opportunity to participate in an outdoor ping-pong tournament! Simply Bee will have a booth set up and we would love to see you there — stop by anytime between 10AM-12PM at the Highland Park Community House!
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Healing Communities: Responding to Traumatic Stress after a Critical Incident
Illinois Counselors Association
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On Saturday, November 12th, Audrey Grunst, LCSW presented with Lili Burciaga, EdD, LCPC at the Illinois Counseling Association's 74th Annual Fall Conference.
Using the experience of community counseling efforts in the aftermath of the Highland Park shooting as a case study, this workshop provided an overview of the theoretical concepts and practical applications of crisis response for counselors. The workshop took into account topics such as: the consequential effects of critical incident stress, crisis intervention models, and basic crisis intervention skills for counselors in several scenarios.
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In Case You Missed It...
Check out these past issues of our monthly newsletter!
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