Caregiver's Support Group on Tuesday, May 10th at 1:00 PM with guest speaker Dr. Theresa Schultz

Please join our Caregiver's Support Group on Tuesday, May 10th at 1:00 PM with guest speaker Dr. Theresa Schultz. Dr. Schultz earned her Ph.D. in Developmental and Clinical Psychology from the University of Illinois at Chicago, training at the University of Chicago Medical Center, Northwestern University Medical Center, Cook County (now Stroger) Hospital, and Rush Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center. She has been recognized by the American Psychological Association (APA) as an invited member of its Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology and recently earned her MBA (Leadership Concentration) in the AACSB internationally accredited Dominican University Brennan School of Business. Dr. Schultz is engaged in advocacy efforts for mental health care and reform in her committee work with the Illinois Psychological Association (IPA) and the Illinois Mental Health Summit. She also provides independent consultation regarding leadership and organizational development for entrepreneurs, business leaders, and not-for-profit organizations. Dr. Schultz currently serves as Executive Director and Board President for the "C21 Women's Ensemble," devoted to creating musical experiences with universal themes of peace, social justice, respect, diversity, and love for one another.

Dr. Schultz is the founder of TMS Psychological Services/Dr. Schultz & Associates and subsequent co-founder (with Dr. Jeremy Bidwell) of The LodeStone Center for Behavioral Health is a pioneering, collaborative clinical practice model for patient care and community outreach. Dr. Schultz also is an Adjunct Faculty Member at Dominican University and a Professional Educator for mental health, medical, and education. She currently serves as a member of the APA Continuing Education Committee for psychology professionals and is the Associate Editor for the APA publication, the Independent Practitioner.

As both a Clinical and Developmental Psychologist, Dr. Schultz considers the personal, relational, social, spiritual, and cultural factors that influence our emotional and physical well-being in her work with people of all ages. In particular, Dr. Schultz provides services to adults who are coping with: (1) unexpected deaths/other losses; (2) cognitive/physical decline of loved ones; (3) caretaking responsibilities for adult parents or other family members; (4) significant life cycle transitions of their own (e.g., retirement; changes in health status); and (5) other forms of acute or chronic life stresses. In addition, she assists individuals with developmental disorders and complex neurocognitive problems and helps address the special challenges faced by medical professionals and first responders, and their families.