Meet Our Team

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Meet Melissa Roberts New, MSW, LCSW

Melissa Roberts New, MSW, LCSW is a seasoned clinician with over twenty-five years of experience with a focus on adolescents and young adults in crisis, pregnant and parenting teens, and those who have a trauma history.

She is motivated by a passion for adolescents and her community. Melissa creates therapeutic relationships that are based on compassion, respect, and collaboration. Through building trust and a commitment to authentic relationships, she can engage adolescents and young adults who have been considered difficult to work with by others. Additionally, Melissa utilizes a recovery model of service provision with a strength-based perspective in combination with an eclectic mix of therapeutic interventions including: traditional talk therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy, play therapy, Brainspotting, and task-focused therapy. Faith-based counseling is yet another of her strengths. These services are provided to youth, their families, and individuals in need. She provides clinical supervision to professionals. Additionally, she provides consultation and collaboration with community agencies to further program development and evaluation.

Certification in Traumatic Stress Studies
Certification in Brain Spotting
Neurofeedback Trained

Adolescents — Depress Woman in Naperville, IL

Samantha Zylstra & Associates

Samantha Zylstra, LMFT is a seasoned therapist with over twenty years of clinical experience. Her clinical work has focused on providing clients a safe place for healing and deep personal growth. Her approach to therapy is informed by her desire to meet each client where they are at; creating space for them to strengthen their core self. She sees her role as deeply listening and responding empathetically to help facilitate opportunities for insight and client directed choices for change. She specializes in treating people and their families who struggle with eating disorders. She works with clients to develop healthy coping skills and to discover inner peace. She is a trained internal family systems therapist. This evidence-based approach assumes each individual possesses a variety of sub-personalities, or "parts", and attempts to get to know each of these parts better to achieve healing. Clients experience healing in a non-threatening and accepting way.

Certification in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Certified Marriage Preparation Counselor
CEDS-S

Samantha Zylstra & Associates

Certification in the Treatment of Eating Disorders
Certified Marriage Preparation Counselor
CEDS-S

Donje Swanson, LPC

Donje Swanson, LPC, NCC is a trained trauma professional specializing in helping adolescents and adults who suffer from anxiety, depression, stress management, sexual abuse/assault, grief, major life transitions, and body image issues. She provides a safe and supportive counseling environment free of judgment where clients are invited to openly discuss concerns and to learn more about themselves in order to become empowered, grow emotionally, gain insight, resolve past issues, and to learn the skills to create successful lives. She combines her broad technical and theoretical background with a positive strength-based method. People come to grow and change in a variety of ways and as a result, she offers a personalized approach tailored to each of her client's needs with the goal of supportive positive change.

Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
EMDR Trained Therapist

Young Adults — Counseling Therapy in Naperville, IL

Melissa O’Neill, LCSW

Melissa O’Neill, LCSW brings over 15 years of experience to her work as a therapist. She has worked with adolescents and adult struggling with eating disorders, anxiety, mood disorders, and those who have experienced trauma. Melissa has served as clinical supervisor and director of several programs that specialize in treating eating disorders, mood disorders, substance misuse, and the effects of trauma. She has also served as adjunct faculty for DePaul University and served as an expert speaker on the topics of eating disorders and co-occurring disorders.

Melissa utilizes a non-judgmental approach to empower clients to create change in their lives. She is EMDR trained and well-versed in several evidenced-based practices, including DBT and ACT. Melissa works with adults, adolescents, couples, and families.

Melissa O’Neill, LCSW

Shannon Stewart MS, RDN, LDN

Shannon Stewart MS, RDN, LDN is a non-diet dietitian who specializes in nutrition wellness and counseling. She has experience working at the PHP/IOP level of care treating adolescents and adults with eating disorders. Focusing on Health at Every Size and Intuitive Eating, she approaches each case with curiosity and a desire to meet individuals where they are at. Whether your goal is to learn how to manage a health condition through nutrition or heal your relationship with food, Shannon brings compassion and understanding to each session. Shannon can be reached at (847) 979-0288 or shannon.stewart.rdn@gmail.com.

Kathryn Buhle LPC, NCC

Kathryn Buhle LPC, NCC believes that although life comes with challenges and uncomfortable emotions, there is power in having another person support you as you move towards your meaningful life. Kathryn provides support through encouragement, accountability, and humor to create safety in session to allow clients to be themselves and feel heard and understood.

Kathryn has experience at the residential, PHP, IOP and outpatient levels of care treating adolescents and adults with eating disorders, mood disorders, and substance misuse. She utilizes talk therapy, working from skill building modalities such as ACT, DBT, and CBT, and enjoys bringing art into sessions. Kathryn works with adolescents, adults, families, and couples. Kathryn can be reached directly at 331-213-9668 or kathryn@samanthazylstra.com.