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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 emotional health 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.
Convenient locations located in Chicago, Champaign Urbana, Northbrook and Telehealth.
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. The ISPI Team offers tools and guidance for individuals of all musical disciplines, to build confidence, empower strength in competition, manage distractions, optimize performance, and realize unparalleled success.
The demands of each performance discipline is unique, and the training must be equally as individual.
ISPI at Ascend offers tools and strategies for soloists and orchestral musicians, including:
Understanding past distractions
Practice strategies
Navigating challenging coaching dynamics
Strategies for sport try-outs and music auditions
Navigating conservatory auditions & pre-screenings
Excelling under pressure
Recovering after injury
Managing performance anxiety
Overcoming obstacles
Navigating challenging coaching dynamics
Our Founder
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.