Experience a specialized, higher level of care with our partial hospitalization programs (PHP), intensive outpatient programs (IOP), and family-focused support—right here in the heart of Chicago.
Now, we’re bringing our trusted model of care to Chicago—offering a new standard in mental health treatment for children, tweens, and teens, aged 6 to 18. After decades in this field, opening Plena Mind Center in Old Town Chicago brings the best of our experience in PHP, IOP, and psychiatry back to the city where it all began. Your child deserves care from a team with the experience and focus to deliver the best results.
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“I’ll never forget Dr. A telling me, ‘I want to create a place I would send my own child if I needed to.’ That vision became the foundation of Plena Mind Center. I knew I wanted to be part of that journey, helping build a space where clinical excellence, personal connection, and integrity could fully coexist.”
In a world where mental health services are often fragmented, Plena Mind Center offers something rare: whole-person, family-inclusive care that blends clinical excellence with deep empathy.
We specialize in helping young people with:
Whether you’re looking for dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention therapy (ERP), SPACE training, group programs, family sessions, or individual adolescent therapy in Chicago—Plena provides structured pathways that guide both the child and their caregivers toward meaningful, lasting change.
Your child deserves personalized, compassionate care to support their mental health and we’re here to empower and ensure their long-term well-being.
At Plena, we offer a full continuum of care—personalized to each child’s and family’s needs. Our three distinct programs—child PHP/IOP, tween PHP/IOP, and teen PHP/IOP—are developmentally specific, evidence-based, and designed to meet kids exactly where they are.
We’ve seen firsthand how the right care, at the right time, can change everything—for the child, for the family, and for generations to come.
We’re more than specialists, we’re leaders in child and adolescent psychiatry and behavioral health.
Before founding Plena, Dr. A served as an inpatient attending psychiatrist at a large city-based psychiatric hospital and later a Medical Director for a suburban Child and Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Unit and Partial Hospital Hospital Program in addition to serving as outpatient psychiatrist working with families across Chicagoland. Her background shapes everything we do: strong clinical grounding, compassionate communication, and a belief that children thrive when care connects mind, body, and family.
Each child and adolescent psychiatrist (trained in renowned Chicago academic medical centers) shares the same vision: bringing the depth of academic psychiatry into a boutique environment where care feels human, attentive, and individualized.
Together, our physician-led team provides Partial Hospitalization (PHP) and Intensive Outpatient (IOP) programs that integrate:
Every program reflects our core philosophy: where one size fits one. We see each child, tween, and teen as a unique person who deserves a unique treatment plan and approach to care.
Chicago is home to extraordinary hospitals, universities, and clinicians. We believe in the city’s communities, in its kids, and in the power of showing up early, consistently, and with care—because everyone deserves access to mental health care that works.
Families often tell us how meaningful it is to find a space where psychiatry, therapy, school support, and family collaboration are seamlessly connected. That’s why Plena Mind Center is here: to bring Chicago’s academic spirit and the warmth of its neighborhoods together in one place.
Whether you’re a parent navigating your child’s first signs of distress—or a clinician seeking a trusted referral—you belong here.
Board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrists and an experienced multidisciplinary team.
Integrating mind, body, family, and environment through an evidence-based and integrative lens.
Every family known, every story valued.
Structured, measurable, and compassionate.
This isn’t just an expansion, it’s a commitment to Chicago families and offering care that feels as thoughtful and grounded as the city itself.
Families describe Plena’s care as warm, professional, and transformative:
These stories reflect what we at Plena strive for every day—delivering care that’s clinically excellent and genuinely human.
Plena Mind Center in Chicago will be accepting referrals starting January 2026.
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Even before we open our doors in Chicago, our care team is available for phone screenings.
Plena isn’t just a center—it’s a community, a starting point. And for many families, it’s a turning point. Join us on a trusted path to achieve mental health care and well-being—one family at a time.
1450 Techny Road
Northbrook, Illinois
60062