Meet Our Staff

Yvette is the founder of InTouch Mind Health, PLLC. She serves the company as the clinical services director and psychotherapist. She is a state licensed clinician and holds a Master of Social Work degree with an emphasis in Clinical Mental Health from Loyola University of Chicago. Early in her career, Yvette served the Pilsen Little Village community, working with adults, families, and children. She subsequently worked in crisis intervention for various hospitals throughout Chicagoland before starting her own practice, Therapy4U-Chicago in 2010. In response to the increased need for mental health services due to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020, Yvette established InTouch Mind Health. Yvette enjoys working with individuals of all ages but specializes in working with young adult and geriatric populations.

Specialties & Intervention Strategy

Yvette uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), as well as Solutions Focused and Narrative Therapy interventions in the clinical setting with adults and Play Therapy when working with children. Her approach is interactive and personal, and she provides services in English and Spanish. Her areas of specialty are as follows: 

• Mood & Anxiety Disorders 
• Relationships 
• Communication & Conflict Resolution
• Pre-Marital & Marriage Counseling
• Life Transitions
• Spirituality
• Grief & Loss

Christian Counseling - OPTION 

Believing firmly in a person's right to choose or not the faith that will guide their individual journey, Yvette is a practicing Christian, and having studied biblical theology at Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois, she is able to incorporate biblical truths and concepts in the therapeutic setting for individuals who choose a more biblical approach to counseling.

Yvette offers psychotherapy virtually and in person from our Chicago office

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Melody is a state-licensed clinical social worker . She obtained her Master of Social Work degree from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan. She began her career in Benton Harbor, Michigan, at an emergency shelter for women and children. There, she helped teen moms and dads who were pregnant or raising children at home. Melody then returned to the Chicago area, where she provided individual and group therapy to women and their children while they were treated for substance use disorder  in an inpatient setting. Melody provided strengths-based counseling services to men and women involved in the justice system through probation, detention, or being mandated to receive treatment in Cook and DuPage counties. Later on in her career, she worked as a medical social worker, providing support to patients and families with chronic medical conditions.  Melody’s expertise in the area of substance use disorders includes, opioid addiction with medication assisted treatment as an adjunct, following SAMHSA guidance and ASAM criteria. Melody embraces the evidence-based approach to addiction, as a brain and body disease. 

Specialty & Intervention Approach

Understanding that mental health often co-occurs with other conditions and is often rooted in early trauma experiences, Melody incorporates strength-based and cognitive behavioral therapy, as well as Christian counseling, in her work with individuals experiencing:

• Trauma
• Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
• Depression 
• Mood regulation
• Anxiety Disorder
• Anger Management
• Attention Deficit Disorder
• Life Transitions
• Grief & Loss
• Substance Use & Addiction 
• ARC - Attachment, Regulation, Competence
• Spirituality

Melody believes that true healing of mind, body, and soul, is achieved through the restoration of the heart. She enables individuals to develop healthy coping strategies, and endeavors to equip individuals with teaching tools that empower them in the process of healing from past hurts. 

Christian Counseling - OPTION 

Melody’s areas of clinical interest are faith-based emotional recovery, spiritual formation, post-traumatic growth, and family systems. She is passionate about providing treatment through a faith-centered lens of restoration. Melody is grateful for the Christian educational foundation in applying social work practice that she gained through her bachelor’s and master’s training in Social Work from Andrews University in Berrien Springs, Michigan

Melody sees clients virtually, and in person primarily in Chicago, and Oak Park 

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Consuelo is a professional counselor who holds a Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology  and a Bachelor of Arts in Counseling Psychology and Organizational Management from North Park University. She is currently working toward state licensure. Consuelo’s passion and drive is expressed in the development and launch of Survive to Thrive, a support group for survivors of domestic violence, where she continues to facilitate support groups, organize events for survivors, develop curriculum, and concern herself with the general well-being of program participants.  

Specialties & Intervention Approach 

Consuelo helps her clients through dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) and cognitive behavior therapy (CBT). She strives to enable individual adults, couples, and families to thrive, and enjoys working with children and adolescents as they learn to navigate social environments, school, friendships, and family. Her areas of specialty are:

• Anxiety
• Relational & Family Conflict
• Depression
• Trauma
• Domestic violence
• Substance Use & Dependence

Consuelo's passion is to help her clients reach mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual wholeness. She knows that life is not always easy, and the journey toward healing is often difficult, but she believes that with intention and trust, she is able to assist clients in their journey toward a happier and more complete existence.

Christian Counseling - OPTION 

Believing firmly in a person's right to choose whether or not faith will guide their individual journey, Consuelo is a practicing Christian and a student of scripture who is able, upon request, to provide a more biblical approach to counseling.

Consuelo offers counseling virtually and out of the Chicago and Orland Park Offices

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Teniece is a psychotherapist with a Master of Social Work degree with an emphasis in Clinical Mental Health from University of Illinois at Chicago Jane Addams College of Social Work. Several years ago, Teniece made a life changing career transition from the legal to the mental health field. Teniece uses her diverse education and lived experience to help adults, ages 21 and older recognize “the things that get in their way to greatness.” She desires to partner with individuals to develop coping skills, and experience joy and fulfillment in their lives.  

Specialties & Intervention Approach

Teniece uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mindfulness, Solution Focused Therapy, and Crisis Intervention in the clinical setting. She specializes in the areas of:

• Depression
• Anxiety
• Panic Disorder
• Trauma
• Life Transition/Career Transition

She deems the act of seeking help a powerful testament of character and strength and believes that "today is the best day" to begin your journey of healing and personal fulfillment. She is ready to assist you .

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Shakita is a professional counselor with a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Criminal Justice. She is currently working toward her clinical licensure. Shakita has extensive experience working with individuals, couples, and families. Early in her career, Shakita worked with the chronically mentally ill in hospital and community settings in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago, where she provided individual and group counseling services as well as crisis intervention services. She has served as an advocate for parents, children, and families in collaboration with families, and local agencies such as the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS). More recently Shakita has enjoyed providing one-on-one and group counseling services to individuals ages teen to adults. As a young professional and mother, Shakita understands the day-to-day stressors women face as they seek to balance career and family life, and she brings personal and professional experience to the therapeutic relationship where her goal is to empower individuals to overcome challenges, enabling them to control the narrative of their lives and to be the author of their own story. 

Specialty & Intervention Approach

Shakita uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to assist individuals as they work to improve mood, reduce anxieties, and work through fears and worries that get in the way of their ability to live life to the fullest. She uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) in her work with individuals seeking to process trauma, and to put an end to unwanted destructive behavior patterns in their lives. Her areas of specialty are:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• College and Career Stress
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Parenting
• Childhood Trauma & Abuse
• Spirituality

Option - Christian Counseling
Believing firmly in a person's right to choose if faith will guide their individual journey, Shakita is a practicing Christian who is active in her church. Having grown up as a Pastor’s child, Shakita is able to incorporated biblical principles in the therapeutic setting for individuals who choose a more spiritual approach to counseling.

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Marigona is a professional therapist with a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, with an emphasis in Clinical Family and Child Psychology from Roosevelt University. Marigona has a broad range of experience working with individuals of all ages.  Early in her career Marigona served children and families in the community of Garfield Park. More recently Marigona has served as an Adjunct Professor for the East/West University in Chicago and continues providing services to young adults (ages 18 to 30), parents of children, and young people ages 6 to 17.  As a young professional, wife, and mother, she brings personal and professional experience to the therapeutic relationship where she strives to provide a space where young adults can process challenges, navigate changes, and grow as individuals, friends, partners, and parents.  

Specialty & Intervention Approach

Marigona uses Psychodynamic, Solution Focused, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help young people process fears, reduce anxiety, improve mood, build coping skills for managing stress, process trauma, and grow in their careers, relationships and parenting skills. She uses Narrative and Play therapy when working with children, teens, and parents, helping them to know and love themselves and each other better, gain social strength, find their voice, and improve communication with parents, teachers, and peers.  Her areas of specialty are:

• Anxiety
• Depression
• College and Career Stress
• Relationship Conflict
• Parenting
• Post-Traumatic Stress
• Childhood Trauma & Abuse
• Attention Deficit Disorders
• Conduct Disorder
• Oppositional Defiant Disorder
• Obsessive Compulsive Disorder - Children
• Spirituality
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Marigona provides services in English and Albanian. Call to schedule your appointment with Marigona today. 

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