About
Our Story
Ampersand counseling & well being is dedicated to providing online therapy sessions for busy professionals, specializing in stress management, burnout, and work-life balance. Our platform offers convenient and flexible scheduling to meet the diverse needs of our clients.
Mission
Allowing space in our lives for everything – even and especially the things that threaten to tear us apart – is not for the faint of heart. Learning how to embrace paradox, to hold tension, to endure pain, and to fully show up for life (even when the unknowns outnumber the knowns) is a transformative and deeply courageous endeavor. We are committed to providing a safe space for you to wrestle with whatever questions keep you up at night and which threaten your ability to be fully integrated and present in your life.
The Team
Meet our dedicated team of professionals who are passionate about mental health and committed to helping our clients achieve holistic well-being.
Paige Crawford: LCPC, NCC
Founder & Clinical Director
Paige is a licensed clinical professional counselor with more than twenty-three years of experience in the counseling profession. She is also a trained mediator and divorce coach.
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Her specialties include: psychodynamic individual therapy, trauma and PTSD, life transitions, parenting, spirituality, identity, and personal growth. LGBTQ+ positive.
847-868-2132
Kaitlyn Bowie: LCPC, MDiv
Counselor
Kaitlyn is a psychotherapist resident and teacher with more than 15 years of experience working with adults of all ages in a variety of settings (public education, higher education, faith communities, counseling). She is also a perpetual student of the Enneagram and certified practitioner of the MBTI personality inventory.
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Her specialties include: psychodynamic individual psychotherapy, anxiety, growth-oriented concerns, major life transitions, grief & loss, burnout, relationship transitions, stress-management, spirituality, identity questions, and work with the enneagram. LGBTQIA+ affirming.
224-307-4722
Monica Isaac: AMFT, LPC, NCC
Founder & Director of Couple and Family Services
Monica is a licensed professional counselor and associate marriage and family therapist with more than 14 years of experience working with couples and families. She is also a Gottman Bringing Baby Home educator and a certified Prepare/Enrich facilitator.
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Her specialties include: couple therapy (pre-marital, relationship tune-ups, communication skills, conflict management, emotional, physical and spiritual intimacy, and preparing for parenthood), family therapy, major life transitions, grief & loss, identity, anxiety and trauma. LGBTQ+ positive.
847-868-2428
Lauren Bergiel: CMCHI, PCC
Counselor
Lauren is a Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern and ICF-credentialed Professional Certified Coach with over five years of experience supporting adults through personal and professional change. Since 2020, she has worked with hundreds of high-functioning adults navigating burnout, anxiety, life transitions, identity shifts, and the emotional impact of illness or loss.
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Her approach is person-centered, collaborative, and grounded. She integrates CBT, mindfulness-based practices, narrative approaches, and expressive arts when clinically appropriate to support emotional regulation, self-awareness, and values-aligned change. Lauren offers virtual counseling to adults throughout Illinois and practices under clinical supervision. LGBTQ+ affirming.
312-899-6552