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OUR MISSION

Our shared mission is to transform the culture of mental health by destigmatizing and depathologizing the essence of what it is to be a human. We provide inclusive and trauma-integrated care that creates a world that embraces differences, reduces stigma and encourages access to mental health care.

Our Care Values

Humanistic Care

We challenge the standard mental health system of pathology; offering a non-pathologizing approach to mental care. We see you as a whole person- not a ‘label’. You are not ‘disordered’, ‘broken’ or ‘flawed’. We believe the challenges and ‘symptoms’ that bring you to therapy are meaningful reactions and responses to current or past experiences.

Neurodiversity-Affirming Care

We attend to the uniqueness of neurodivergent minds and believe in personalized, evidenced-informed, person-centered care. We understand that standard therapy approaches, with specific structure and format, were designed without much consideration of neurodiversity. We honor the neurodivergent culture and tailor therapy to your unique neurotype.

Innovative Care

Our integrative trauma approach blends clinical practice with neuroscience. We offer a range of innovative, non-invasive and drug-free therapeutic approaches guided by cutting-edge research in neuroscience to support and meet the therapy needs for all. 

OUR TEAM

Dr. Anna Jasiewicz,
Psy.D., QEEG-DL, BCN

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Jenny Lewanczyk-Terenzio,
LCSW

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Dr. Linda Tran
OTD, OTR/L

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Vanessa Diaz
LPC

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Dr. Ian Hoffman
Psy.D.

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Sara Gosic
LPC

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Dr. Brianna Terranova
Psy.D., BCN

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Jade Uchoa
Clinical Research Intern

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Kristin Giometti
Client Care Coordinator

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Sebastian Anson
Licensed Professional Counselor

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Dr. Monika Malinowska
Licensed Clinical Psychologist

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Maria De Leon-Sanchez
Pre-Doctoral Clinical Intern

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Jaime Langosch
Licensed Professional Counselor

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Dr. Anna Jasiewicz, Psy.D., QEEG-DL, BCN

Founder/Clinical Training Director
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Board Diplomate Certified in qEEG
Board Certified in Neurofeedback
Neurodiversity Advocate

Dr. Jasiewicz (Dr. J) is a neurodivergent clinical neuropsychologist who holds Board Certifications in qEEG and Neurofeedback. As the owner of ‘Bright Minds’ at LNC, she is honored to serve her community and lead a compassionate team of providers, all who hold shared values, standards and mission rooted in the neurodiversity movement.

Dr. J has worked in the field for over a decade providing therapy, evaluation and consultation services. Her therapeutic style is relationally-focused, strength-based and trauma-informed. Dr. J views neurodivergence as a part of one’s identity and enjoys exploring how clients can use their differences constructively. She often works adjunctively with parents and the local school districts; working as an advocate for children who need academic supports (504Plan/IEP). In adjunction to her clinical work, Dr. J find a great sense of joy mentoring and supervising other clinical providers.

Dr. J’s clients would describe her as down-to-earth, relatable, easy to open up to, gentle but straightforward, often using a splash of humor. As a mother navigating services for her children, she understands the parenting challenges that many neurodivergent families face. Her work is grounded in modern psychology, with an interest in understanding how culture, economics and educational systems impact mental health. Dr. J offers an understanding approach to care & believes the challenges and ‘symptoms’ that bring you to therapy are meaningful reactions and responses to current or past experiences.

Jenny Lewanczyk-Terenzio, LCSW

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Neurodivergent Group Therapy Coordinator
Polish Speaking Therapist

Jenny Lewanczyk-Terenzio is a neurodivergent therapist. Being an ADHD’er has helped her encompass a neurodivergent affirming lens when working with children, teens, adults, and their parents. She has a niche working with PDA’ers, Autistics, anxiety and depression, giftedness, school refusal, social anxiety and ADHD. She believes that every therapeutic approach can be molded to each individual and their needs. Some therapeutic modalities she tends to adapt to the client are as follows: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Play Therapy, Zones of Regulation, Social Thinking, and Sand-Tray therapy. As an ADHD’er, she has the gift of creativity which she often uses, including art, sandtray, music and other forms of expression in her sessions. She is bilingual and enjoys working with Polish speaking families who are trying to navigate the neurodivergent community and supports. She provides individualized parenting support services for parents who have a neurodivergent child and connects clients and families together by running neurodiversity affirming groups for children and adults.

Dr. Linda Tran OTD, OTR/L

Director of Mental Health Occupational Therapy Services
Doctor of Occupational Therapy

Dr. Linda Tran is a neurodiversity-affirming Mental Health Occupational Therapist, with a long-standing passion for social-emotional well-being. She has had the honor of working with neurodivergent (Autistic, ADHD, sensory) children and adolescents in collaboration with their families for the past decade in the school, home, and office settings. Using sensory integrative processing, culturally-sensitive, trauma-informed, and interpersonal neurobiology frameworks, Dr. Tran’s approach is truly holistic. She strives to promote adaptive sensory-motor skills, emotional regulation, and executive functioning through meaningful activities with her clients. Focusing on client strengths, co-regulation, and self-advocacy allows her to support children and their families to authentically engage in what is valuable to them. As a mother, Dr. Tran also has a particular interest in supporting caregivers in their roles, collaborating to find effective sensory strategies for their children in the home and school settings. She feels the most worthwhile experience is getting to witness joyful connection and growth in clients and their families.

Vanessa Diaz, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor
Spanish Speaking Therapist

Vanessa Diaz is committed to supporting individuals and families. She brings a blend of compassion and offers a variety of therapeutic services tailored to align with each individual’s needs. She is a proud mother of two wonderful children, including a neurodivergent child, which has deeply enriched her understanding and empathy in her work. Her commitment extends to serving the LatinX community, providing therapy services in Spanish to ensure inclusivity and accessibility. Her approach is neurodiversity-affirming; recognizing and celebrating the unique strengths and perspectives of each individual. She specializes in working with children, adolescents, and young adults who may be navigating challenges such as anxiety, depression, life transitions, etc. She uses a collaborative and strengths-based approach, focusing on empowering clients to discover their resilience. Whether you’re seeking support for yourself or your child, she is here to guide and support your journey towards healing and personal growth.

Dr. Ian Hoffman, Psy.D.

Licensed Clinical Psychologist

Dr. Ian Hoffman has worked in the field of mental health for over a decade. He completed his doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology through the Chicago School of Professional Psychology. His clinical experience includes hospital, private practice, school, and community mental health settings. He has presented in the community on how to manage high emotional stress and strategies for reducing stress and anxiety. Dr. Hoffman has extensive background in therapy and a niche in providing neuropsychological assessments across the lifespan. His comprehensive evaluations help connect clients to services and provide strategies for growth. He seeks to provide each client with a deeper understanding of their unique strengths and steps for academic, occupational, social and emotional success. His specific areas of focus include ADHD, Autism, learning disabilities, and mood/emotional well-being.

Sara Gosic, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor
Director of Training in Psychometrics
Pre-Board Certified Psychometrist

Sara is a neurodivergent and trauma-informed therapist who understands that being a human in this world is weird and complicated at times. Life can be a rollercoaster that can be fun and exciting but it can also be difficult to stay on through all the twists and turns. Sara takes a strength-based approach to the tackle the rollercoaster ride together with her clients. Her therapeutic approach is collaborative, supportive, caring, honest, empowering- yet challenging. The neurotypical world expects us to fit in, but as a neurodivergent affirming therapist, she is here to encourage you to stand out. In adjunction to her therapeutic work, Sara is versed in administration of psychological and neuropsychological evaluations. She ensures that clients have a positive testing experience.

Dr. Brianna Terranova, Psy.D., BCN

Licensed Clinical Psychologist
PSYPACT Interjurisdictional Telepsychological Authorized Provider
Board Certified in Neurofeedback
HeartMath Certified Provider

Dr. Terranova is a neurodivergent and strength-based clinical psychologist with a trauma specialty. She has over a decade of clinical experience in trauma and relationally-focused therapy. She has a passion for working with adults, parents, and young adults/teens- providing care individualized to the client, embracing all their neurological diversity and working towards collaboratively created goals. As a testing psychologist, she is dedicated in providing comprehensive evaluations to help clients increase their self-understanding and to help them better move in the many environments with which they live their lives. She is here to facilitate your personal journey of self-discovery; creating a safe, inviting space for clients to feel heard and understood.

Jade Uchoa

Clinical Research Intern

Jade is our clinical research intern. She assists the ‘Bright Minds’ team by doing up-to-date and evidence-based research on neuropsychological data, psychometrics, neurodiversity affirming research studies, and mental health treatment approaches- so our psychologists and therapists can best serve their clients and families. She is currently a student at Atlantic University studying to become a child therapist.

Kristin Giometti

Client Care Coordinator

Kristin Giometti is our Client Care Coordinator. With the assistance of Waffles (her dog, who you may hear in the background) she assists new clients with registration paperwork and answers any questions you may have before your first appointment. She manages the day-to-day communication between clients, care providers and billing department. She assigns new clients to providers that best fit the client’s needs and neurotype. Kristin is a mother of three daughters, and she loves spending time with her family and Waffles. She is here to provide support and ensure all clients have a personalized and informative experience.

Sebastian Anson

Licensed Professional Counselor
Marriage and Couples Therapist
Arabic Speaking Therapist
Blind Allied Therapist

Sebastian brings over 16 years of experience in the field of mental health, providing care from the Middle East to South Africa to communities across the United States. He brings a grounded and compassionate approach to therapy that supports clients through some of life’s most challenging terrain. With years of experience working with acute and complex trauma survivors, including war trauma, narcissistic abuse and neglect, Sebastian has a passion in helping clients navigate the complexities of identity, emotion and resilience. Whether walking alongside adolescents navigating identity and growing into their true sense of self, or working with adults who are carrying the weight of trauma- Sebastian’s approach is guided by compassion, curiosity, and a strong belief in the capacity for change and acceptance. When working with couples, he integrates skills from the Gottman Method into a neurodiversity affirming framework to improve communication, empathy and help couples understand their languages of love.

As a blind allied therapist, his experience of the world has taught him to listen beyond words—to sense tone, tension, and silence in ways that often deepen the therapeutic process. “Clients have told me they feel seen in a different way, and I view that as a meaningful part of what I bring into the room”.

As a bilingual therapist, he finds a sense of joy supporting the Arab American community. “It’s a joy to offer therapy in the words that feel most like home”.

His therapeutic style is relational, collaborative, and integrative by drawing from evidence-based modalities such as CBT, DBT, and ACT. He believes that healing isn’t about fixing- it’s about uncovering what’s been buried, misunderstood, or dismissed, and creating space for new ways of living to take shape. Above all, Sebastian strives to create a therapeutic relationship built on trust, safety and genuine human connection.

Dr. Monika Malinowska

Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Polish Speaking Clinical Psychologist
PSYPACT Interjurisdictional Telepsychological Provider 

Dr. Malinowska is a passionate psychologist who brings years of expertise in providing neuropsychological and psychological evaluations. As a neurodiversity affirming evaluator, Dr. Malinowska strives to capture and validate the unique experiences of clients who are seeking to better understand themselves. Her comprehensive evaluations are strength-based, sensory-focused and trauma-informed. She is committed to helping clients understand themselves in a compassionate and validating way; empowering clients as she walks them step-by-step through the evaluation process.  Her extensive doctoral training in how trauma impacts brain development, functioning and learning allows her to assess complex cases involving neurodivergence and acquired neurodivergence.

Dr. Malinowska’s therapeutic style is humanistic and person-centered, emphasizing personal growth, self-awareness and authenticity. She has a niche for working with children and teens. She integrates Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, CBT and Mindfulness into nonverbal and sensory-oriented therapy techniques, such as Sandtray Therapy-to help children explore and process feelings and experiences which may be difficult to communicate verbally. Dr. Malinowska believes that humans have innate potential for growth and self-discovery when provided guidance and safe therapeutic space. As a parent, Dr. Malinowska understands the importance of collaborating, supporting, and involving parents in their children’s therapeutic process. She is understanding of the modern-day challenges many parents face and when not working with children she finds great joy working with mothers who are seeking a better work-life balance and navigating mom guilt.

As a Polish speaking clinical psychologist, she offers therapy and evaluation services in her home language.

Maria De Leon-Sanchez

Pre-Doctoral Clinical Intern
Spanish Speaking Therapist

Maria is a third-year doctoral candidate in Clinical Psychology at Midwestern University in Downers Grove, Illinois, with a focus on neuropsychology. As proud Chicago native, she earned her bachelor’s degrees in psychology and biology from Saint Xavier University.

Maria’s clinical testing and therapy experience spans across the lifespan; supporting neurodivergent children and adults. Her therapeutic approach is grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). She is trauma-informed; and emphasizes a strength-based and collaborative approach in her work with her clients. As a Latina, she has a passion for supporting the Latinx community, including immigrant families. Upon graduation, she wants to focus on providing cognitive and dementia evaluations in English and Spanish.

Jaime Langosch

Licensed Professional Counselor
Pre-Doctoral Therapy Practicum Intern

Jaime is a neurodiversity-affirming therapist who is passionate about working with clients who experience high levels of anxiety, obsessions-compulsions, social distress, sensory overstimulation and executive dysregulation. She particularly enjoys working with Autistics and ADHDers who are navigating the challenges of a world that was not built for them and OCDers who are seeking to better manage and cope their obsessions and compulsions. Her integrative style utilizing neurodiversity affirming framework with CBT techniques supports OCDers in a safe, accepting and empowering way. Jaime uses a strength-based approach to build confidence, self-acceptance, advocacy and meaningful connections. She is committed to walking alongside her clients as they break through external and internal barriers, strengthen relationships, and live more authentically in alignment with who they are. 

Her approach is individualized, collaborative, and respectful of each client’s communication style, processing needs, and goals. Jaime integrates creativity, DBT-informed strategies, and mindfulness in flexible, accessible and practical ways.