Meet the Team

Lisa Bertellotti, LCSW

Owner, Clinical Director

“Maybe the journey isn't so much about becoming anything. Maybe it's about un-becoming everything that isn't really you, so you can be who you were meant to be in the first place.” Paulo Coelho

With 25 years of experience as a Clinical Social Worker, Lisa Bertellotti is dedicated to an integrative approach that blends traditional therapy with holistic wellness and healing. Her own journey towards wellness ignited a passion for helping others reconnect with their authentic selves, fostering alignment in their mental, emotional, and physical well-being, naturally and holistically.

Lisa incorporates mindfulness, meditation, breathwork, somatic healing and experiencing, movement, diet and supplementation coaching, and research-based natural remedies for mental health into her work. By integrating these modalities with neuroscience and traditional therapy, she helps clients cultivate self-awareness, resilience, and healing.

She specializes in:

  • Women’s Issues

  • Anxiety and Mood Disorders

  • Trauma

  • Navigating Life Transitions

  • Spirituality

  • Somatic Healing

  • Health and Wellness

  • Mindfulness and Meditation

  • Intuitive Healing

Over 1,000 children and adults have participated in Lisa’s eight-week Mindfulness program. She is also a sought-after speaker, presenting on topics such as Mindfulness, Self-Care, Parenting During the Pandemic, Tech Addiction in Children and Adolescents, Distinguishing Anxiety from Intuition, Holistic Wellness, and Living An Authentic Life.

Lisa holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Sociology and a Master’s Degree in Social Work. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in Illinois and also maintains an Illinois Professional Educator License as a School Social Worker.

Certifications & Advanced Training:

  • Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

  • Mindful Schools Educator Certification

  • Treatment of Anxiety Disorders

  • Certified Trauma Professional

  • Tech Addiction in Children and Adolescents

  • CPI (Non-Violent Crisis Prevention)

  • Polyvagal Theory

  • Somatic Experiencing and Healing

  • Certified Mental Health Integrative Medicine Provider (nutrition and supplementation as it relates to mental health)

  • Reiki Practitioner, Level III

  • Shamanic Energy Healer and Practitioner

Outside of her work, Lisa is an avid reader, gardener, meditator and traveler. She is in alignment with her authentic self when she is in nature, in a body of water, decorating, creating, surrounded by loved ones, working on a new project or learning something new.