Child and Adolescent Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) Programs

Plena Mind Center

Exclusively Focusing on Child and Adolescent Mental Health


About

About Us

Plena Mind Center is a beautiful outpatient Child & Adolescent Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs located in a suburban area just north of Chicago. Plena, chosen from the Latin root which translates to “full,” is at the heart of what we want to achieve. A truly personal approach ensures all participants and their families live their fullest lives.

Our clinical team has extensive experience including:

  • Clinical training and past experience at multiple Chicagoland Academic Medical Centers.
  • Adjunct faculty at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
  • Published works in the areas of Child & Adolescent health care delivery and the underlying causes of depression and anxiety in children.
  • Psychiatry Resident lectures at Advocate Lutheran General

Our approach empowers children, tweens, and teens to actively participate in managing symptoms in the service of living their fullest life.  Plena’s treatment team creates an atmosphere of open communication and collaboration with parents, guardians and referring behavioral health providers regarding diagnosis, medication recommendations, and symptom management.

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.”

Daniel J. Siegel, Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

Plena’s team includes two board-certified child and adolescent board-certified psychiatrists, licensed clinical professional counselors, licensed clinical social workers, a licensed teacher, an expressive therapist (board-certified music therapist), and multiple patient support specialists. The team provides child and family centered care that is individualized to your child and family’s needs.

Plena Mind Center Child & Adolescent Partial Hospitalization and Intensive Outpatient Programs located just north of Chicago. Plena, chosen from the Latin root which translates to “full,” is at the heart of what we want to achieve. A truly personal approach ensures all participants and their families live their fullest lives.

Our clinical team has extensive experience including:

  • Clinical training and past experience at multiple Chicagoland Academic Medical Centers.
  • Adjunct faculty at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago.
  • Published works in the areas of Child & Adolescent health care delivery and the underlying causes of depression and anxiety in children.
  • Psychiatry Resident lectures at Advocate Lutheran General

Our approach empowers children, tweens, and teens to actively participate in managing symptoms in the service of living their fullest life.  Plena’s treatment team creates an atmosphere of open communication and collaboration with parents, guardians and referring behavioral health providers regarding diagnosis, medication recommendations, and symptom management.

“Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them become what they are capable of being.”

Daniel J. Siegel, Brainstorm: The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain

Plena’s team includes board-certified child and adolescent board-certified psychiatrists, licensed clinical professional counselors, licensed clinical social workers, a licensed teacher, an expressive therapist (board-certified music therapist), and multiple patient support specialists. The team provides child and family centered care that is individualized to your child and family’s needs.

Our Leadership Team

Firuza Aliyeva, MD


CHIEF MEDICAL OFFICER

Dr. Firuza Aliyeva is a Board-Certified Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. She completed her Child and Adolescent Fellowship at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago where she served as Chief Fellow. She completed her general psychiatry residency at Chicago Medical School. Dr. Aliyeva has extensive experience in inpatient care and partial hospitalization treatment programs for children and adolescents. She served as Medical Director for the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatric Unit and the Partial Hospitalization Program at Advocate Children’s Hospital.


Dr. Aliyeva is passionate about teaching and taught a Child and Adolescent Psychiatry lecture series to Medical Students and Psychiatry Residents at Advocate Children’s Hospital. She has been recognized by Advocate Lutheran General Hospital’s Psychiatry Residency Program as Best Inpatient Attending of the Year. She also has been awarded Resident Teacher of the Year, Department of Psychiatry, Behavioral Sciences at Chicago Medical School. She utilizes her passion for teaching in her clinical work with patients and families at Plena. Dr. Aliyeva believes that education will help both the patients and their families feel empowered during treatment and throughout their lives.


Dr. Aliyeva is a graduate of King’s College Hospital, London where her interests were in neuropsychiatry and neurophysiology. She was earned a Master of Science degree in Epileptology from King’s College Hospital, London.

Shannon Goebel Paul


CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Shannon has been actively involved in the healthcare industry since her undergraduate work at Loyola University of Chicago. She started volunteering in the Outpatient Child and Adolescent waiting room at Children’s Memorial Hospital (now Lurie Children’s). This experience fostered her passion for the discipline of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and since then she has had many roles in Behavioral Health. Shannon was involved in direct patient care in Children’s Therapeutic Summer Camp, Partial Hospital Program, the Inpatient Psychiatric Unit and the Intake Department. She transitioned away from direct patient care into administrative roles and has served as leader in health care for several years.


Shannon has dedicated most of her career to the field of Behavioral Health and enjoys partnering with clinicians to create stellar programs for children and adolescents. She is excited to lead the Plena team in her role as the CEO, as this role provides her an opportunity to engage all components of health care delivery, from designing the care goals and objectives to ensuring the team delivers an unmatched customer experience.

Prior Experience:

  • Advocate Children’s Hospital
  • NorthShore University HealthSystem – Medical Group
  • Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
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