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Your Place for Hope & Recovery
Ascend Consultation In Health Care (Ascend) is Chicago's premier provider of Behavioral Health, Psychiatry, and Eating Disorders support. Our award-winning team offers compassionate, comprehensive care to improve the emotional health of individuals of all ages. Our programs are tailored specifically to the needs of each individual, offering a spectrum of services and support.
Ascend believes that no individual deserves shame or blame for an emotional illness, and that all individuals can recover when provided appropriate care over an adequate period of time.
We endeavor to provide an inclusive environment that ensures equitable access to resources, treatment, and opportunity for all in an atmosphere of respect, connection, caring, and motivation. Our wish for those we are privileged to work with is to feel valued for who they are.
In addition to our core mental health support services, Ascend offers specialized support across a variety of areas, including sport / performance for athletes and musicians, bioDensity for improved bone health, and a range of holistic healthcare services aimed at optimizing overall well-being. Whether you’re seeking emotional support, performance enhancement, or a personalized approach to physical health, our multidisciplinary team is dedicated to helping you achieve your fullest potential.
IOP & PHP Programs
Ascend is proud to be an industry leader, providing comprehensive, innovative, and compassionate care. Since some eating and weight related conditions resist change, we offer a range of support options, tailored to the needs of each individual. Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient Programs and Partial Hospitalization Programs to insure optimal support and recovery.
Virtual & in-person IOP & PHP options are available.
Fostering Effective Communication
By encouraging these skills at home, you’ll empower your child to form stronger, more empathetic connections with others. Whether your child is facing unique academic pressures, balancing multiple commitments, or working through personal challenges, Ascend is dedicated to helping them thrive and foster healthy relationships today and in the future. Skills for effective communication include:
💬 Active Listening
🤝 Respecting Differences
💖 Choosing Kind Friends
🔄 Adaptability in Friendships
🚪 Protecting Themselves
🌱 Being Yourself
Psychiatry Services at Ascend
Ascend is pleased to announce expanded psychiatric services in our dedicated Northbrook psychiatry
clinic, as well as to clients via telehealth!
GLP-1 and GLP-2 Semaglutide Prescription & medication management now available.
Customized support can includes:
Facilitating communication among health care providers; among others.
Now accepting new clients.
Call 312.283.2650 to schedule a consultation.
The Illinois Sport and Performance Institute (ISPI) at ASCEND is Illinois’ premier resource for sport and performance health.
ISPI, led by CEO Dr. Jenny Conviser - a Certified Mental Performance Consultant (CMPC), PSYPACT-registered psychologist, and proud member of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC) Mental Health Registry—is a trusted training partner for athletes at all levels of competition.
We build confidence, empower strength in competition, manage distractions, and help individuals and teams optimize performance and realize unparalleled success. Our award-winning team takes a multidisciplinary approach to assessment, support, and intervention—working to help each performer achieve their full potential while restoring joy to the performance and competition process.
Strategies and resources for for athletes, instrumentalists, singers, dancers and other performance disciplines, include:
- Excelling under pressure
- Recovering from injury
- Managing performance anxiety
- Overcoming obstacles
- Navigating the conservatory audition process
- Creating sustainable motivation, and more. Click here to learn more.
Founder and CEO
Jenny H. Conviser, Psy.D is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the Feinberg School of Medicine of Northwestern University and staff at Northwestern Memorial Hospital in Chicago.