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Call the office at 815-473-3082

Your first visit is a comprehensive assessment used to understand your mental health, identify any underlying conditions, and guide a personalized treatment plan. It typically includes a review of your current symptoms, personal and family mental health history, medical history, current medications, and relevant life circumstances (sleep, stress, relationships, substance use, etc.). This is the starting point for ongoing care, and follow-up visits build on it as your treatment plan is adjusted over time

Please furnish or bring any old records pertinent to your history, including neuropsychological testing, medication list, most recent lab data. This will only help expedite obtaining information necessary to help you. Be prepared to meet for at least 90 minutes.

Initial visit are 90 minutes

Follow ups medication management 15-30 minutes

Follow up medication management with psychotherapy 45-60 minutes

Yes telehealth is offered for residents physically in the state of Illinois only.

In-person visits are in Joliet, Illinois

Telehealth on Mondays-Thursdays

In-person visits are Tuesday/Thursdays

Fridays by appointment

See Good Faith Estimate Policy under Financial Policy

Yes. Self-pay rates are available as well as sliding scale set forth by Federal Poverty Level grid

We use Stripe for taking payment and accept Visa, Mastercard, American Express, & Discover as well as cash and check.

Yes, I can prescribe medications and have a license to prescribe controlled substances.

Please examine regimen and notify provider when about 3-5 days left for medications. Sometimes medication availability is variable. Please allow a window of 24-48 hours turnaround time in the event of high demands.

Ways to request

1. OptiMantra patient portal (faster)
2. Request from pharmacy (don’t do both pharmacy and OptiMantra patient portal please)
3. Medication refill line (for internet connection issues)
4. Spruce Application (Emergency)

Yes. All visits and records are kept confidential in accordance with HIPAA and applicable state and federal privacy laws.

No. This public website does not collect symptoms, diagnoses, medications, or treatment history. Use the secure patient portal or approved secure messaging once those links are available

Patient portal via OptiMantra or Spruce communication

You must be signed into the application for it to be secure and HIPAA compliant.

If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room. You can also reach the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline by calling or texting 988. A patient resource packet is available to you and resources such as the Living Room is available 24/7 for crisis support, peer support, and professional guidance to aim at stabilization and minimizing hospitalizations.

The practice serves patients age 14 and older

Yes. There is a clearance process a patient has to go through for ADHD.

This includes, but may not be limited to

1. A. Screening and interviewing at initial psychiatric evaluation
2. B. Medical and cardiac clearance (physical exam, vital signs, EKG interpreted and signed off without contraindications)
3. C. Neuropsychological evaluation if necessary
4. D. Agreement and adherence to terms of regular follow ups.
5. E. Sign medication informed consent, and controlled substance agreement (if applicable)

Supportive psychotherapy is incorporated into follow-up care, helping patients explore concerns in a professional, empathetic, and nonjudgmental setting. This is an integrative behavioral health practice led by a nurse practitioner, with a primary role assess, diagnose, treat, and evaluate conditions that may require supportive psychotherapy as an addition to medication management. Individual therapy or counseling will be referred to other therapists or counseling professionals.

The practice does not treat patients under 13, active suicidal or homicidal crises, substance use that needs detox or IOP, or severe intellectual or developmental disabilities that need supervisory care beyond standard outpatient care. If this is an emergency, call 911 or 988 or go to the nearest emergency room.

Mon/Wed 8-4pm (Telehealth)

Tues/Thurs 8-6pm (in office & telehealth)

Friday: By appointment

Call 815-473-3082

Email info@alaumetohelp.com

Fax 815-201-8774.

Please do not send symptoms, diagnoses, or medication lists through this website.