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SpringSource: Eating, Weight & Mood Disorders Clinician-owned eating disorder, weight, & mood disorder therapy: Chicago, Northbrook, & virtual IL.

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.A phone call. An accident. A heart that stops without warning. An illness ...
10/15/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.

A phone call. An accident. A heart that stops without warning. An illness that moves faster than anyone expected. A death you had no opportunity to prepare for.

Suddenly, the person who was woven into the ordinary fabric of your life is gone, while the rest of the world somehow keeps moving.

Sudden grief can feel unreal because, for a while, it is impossible for the mind to fully comprehend. You may feel numb. You may replay the last conversation again and again. You may find yourself expecting them to walk through the door. You may be overwhelmed by what-ifs and questions that have no answers.

None of this follows a predictable path.

๐—š๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป'๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ฒ "๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’๐’—๐’†๐’“." Over time, grief can change. The sharpest edges may soften. Life can grow around the loss. But love doesn't disappear, and neither does the relationship. We find new ways to carry that person with us.

Our latest blog looks at what sudden loss does to the mind and body, why grief so rarely resembles the "stages" we've been taught to expect, and how we begin to live inside a reality we never would have chosen.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น๐—น ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด: https://www.springsourcecenter.com/post/coping-with-sudden-loss

There's no rush. If you'd like extra support, call us when you're ready. 224-202-6260

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜†?GLP-1 medications can create si...
10/12/2026

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜†?

GLP-1 medications can create significant physical change. But the way you see and think about yourself doesn't necessarily change at the same pace.

You may reach a weight you once imagined would bring confidence or peace and discover that the old criticism, self-consciousness, or dissatisfaction is still there. For some people, there can even be unexpected grief as their body and sense of identity change.

Changing your body and changing your relationship with your body are not always the same process.

Our latest blog explores the complicated psychological side of GLP-1 weight loss, why old feelings can follow us into a changing body, and how additional support through therapy can help.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ: ๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—ฃ-๐Ÿญ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ: ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—”๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ https://www.springsourcecenter.com/post/glp-1-body-image-weight-loss

At SpringSource, we specialize in eating, weight, and mood disorders and understand the complicated mental health side of GLP-1 use. While the physical changes can be significant, the emotional adjustment that accompanies them is too often overlooked. If youโ€™re struggling with body image, identity, eating, or how you feel about yourself as your body changes, ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ 224-202-6260.

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’… ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‘?Weโ€™d like to reframe that que...
10/10/2026

๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต ๐——๐—ฎ๐˜†

๐‘ฏ๐’๐’˜ ๐’ƒ๐’‚๐’… ๐’…๐’๐’†๐’” ๐’Š๐’• ๐’‰๐’‚๐’—๐’† ๐’•๐’ ๐’ˆ๐’†๐’• ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’‡๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–โ€™๐’“๐’† ๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’˜๐’†๐’… ๐’•๐’ ๐’๐’†๐’†๐’… ๐’Ž๐’๐’“๐’† ๐’‰๐’†๐’๐’‘?

Weโ€™d like to reframe that question.

Mental health care shouldnโ€™t begin only when someone can no longer function. There is a place between managing everything on your own and being in crisis, where more support can make a solid difference.

SpringSourceโ€™s ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ offers adults a higher level of therapeutic support while allowing them to remain connected to work, family, and daily life.

This World Mental Health Day, remember:
๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฒ.

Learn more about our IOP here: https://www.springsourcecenter.com/therapy-programs/intensive-outpatient-program-iop or call ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ-๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜… ๐Ÿญ to get started.

๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—ฃ-๐Ÿญ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ...
10/08/2026

๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—ฃ-๐Ÿญ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜. ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป?

Less food noise. Less hunger. A changing body. These can be powerful shifts. But GLP-1 medications can also illuminate complicated questions about body image, identity, emotional eating, shame, and what happens when the medication changes a behavior without addressing what was underneath it.

โ€œ๐‘ฎ๐‘ณ๐‘ท-1๐’” ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’•๐’–๐’“๐’ ๐’…๐’๐’˜๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’… ๐’๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’†, ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’†๐’š ๐’„๐’‚๐’๐’๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’†๐’๐’ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’˜๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’‚๐’• ๐’๐’๐’Š๐’”๐’† ๐’˜๐’‚๐’” ๐’‘๐’“๐’๐’•๐’†๐’„๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’‡๐’“๐’๐’Ž. ๐‘ป๐’‰๐’† ๐’Ž๐’†๐’…๐’Š๐’„๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’๐’” ๐’„๐’‚๐’ ๐’„๐’‰๐’‚๐’๐’ˆ๐’† ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’‚๐’‘๐’‘๐’†๐’•๐’Š๐’•๐’†, ๐’ƒ๐’–๐’• ๐’๐’๐’• ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’ƒ๐’†๐’๐’Š๐’†๐’‡๐’” ๐’‚๐’ƒ๐’๐’–๐’• ๐’š๐’๐’–๐’“ ๐’ƒ๐’๐’…๐’š ๐’๐’“ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’”๐’๐’๐’” ๐’š๐’๐’– ๐’“๐’†๐’‚๐’„๐’‰๐’†๐’… ๐’‡๐’๐’“ ๐’‡๐’๐’๐’… ๐’Š๐’ ๐’•๐’‰๐’† ๐’‡๐’Š๐’“๐’”๐’• ๐’‘๐’๐’‚๐’„๐’†.โ€

~๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐— ๐—ฐ๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป, ๐—ฃ๐—ต.๐——., ๐—–๐—ผ-๐—™๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ

Our new comprehensive guide explores the mental health side of GLP-1 treatment, including food noise, body image, diet culture and shame, eating disorder risk, family dynamics, what can happen when you stop taking the medication, and how therapy can address the parts of the experience medication alone cannot reach.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ: ๐—š๐—Ÿ๐—ฃ-๐Ÿญ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต: ๐—” ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ https://www.springsourcecenter.com/post/glp-1-mental-health-guide

Have questions? Call us and we'll talk them through with you. 224-202-6260

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—น๐—น๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป โ€œ๐‘ฐโ€™๐’Ž ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆโ€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ โ€œ๐‘ฐโ€™๐’Ž ๐’๐’Œ๐’‚๐’šโ€You might still go to work, care for others...
10/06/2026

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—œ๐—น๐—น๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—”๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ป โ€œ๐‘ฐโ€™๐’Ž ๐’Ž๐’‚๐’๐’‚๐’ˆ๐’Š๐’๐’ˆโ€ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ โ€œ๐‘ฐโ€™๐’Ž ๐’๐’Œ๐’‚๐’šโ€

You might still go to work, care for others, keep appointments, and get through the day all while knowing you donโ€™t feel good.

Weekly therapy may be enough support, but sometimes you need more.

SpringSourceโ€™s ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ provides structured, connected care and an opportunity to build community with others who understand. Our IOP is for adults who need more than traditional once-a-week therapy without stepping away from their everyday lives.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜.

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: https://www.springsourcecenter.com/therapy-programs/intensive-outpatient-program-iop or call ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ-๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜… ๐Ÿญ to talk with our team.

โ€œ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’• ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’–๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’…๐’Š๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’•.โ€Sometimes the belief that no one could really understand us feels less like isolation an...
10/05/2026

โ€œ๐‘ฉ๐’–๐’• ๐’Ž๐’š ๐’”๐’Š๐’•๐’–๐’‚๐’•๐’Š๐’๐’ ๐’Š๐’” ๐’…๐’Š๐’‡๐’‡๐’†๐’“๐’†๐’๐’•.โ€

Sometimes the belief that no one could really understand us feels less like isolation and more like knowing ourselves.

In recovery, that belief has a name: ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€. And it can keep us separated from the very people who might understand more than we expect.

What if the differences are real, but they arenโ€™t the whole story?

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†: https://www.springsourcecenter.com/post/terminal-uniqueness-recovery

Whenever you're ready to talk, we're ready to listen. 224-202-6260

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ! ๐ŸŽ‰Lexi has been part of our In...
10/01/2026

๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ท๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—–๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ! ๐ŸŽ‰

Lexi has been part of our Intensive Outpatient Program from the very beginning, helping to shape it into the thoughtful, individualized program it is today. From developing curriculum and working directly with clients to collaborating with and supporting her colleagues, Lexi has played an integral role in the IOPโ€™s creation and continued growth.

We are so happy to see her step into this new leadership role. Lexi will work closely with Jamie Kelly, IOP Clinical Director, as we continue to deepen the program, expand its reach, and provide exceptional, individualized care to the people we serve.

This promotion also represents something we value deeply at SpringSource: investing in our clinicians and helping the next generation of clinical leaders grow from within our own team.

๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ถ! ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜„๐—ฒโ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜†๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ. ๐Ÿ’›

๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฃ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ: https://www.springsourcecenter.com/therapy-programs/intensive-outpatient-program-iop

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.Weโ€™re pleased to welcome ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—–. ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜ ๐—๐—ฟ., ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—ก, ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ก, ๐—ฃ๐— ๐—›๐—ก๐—ฃ-๐—•๐—–,...
09/28/2026

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฆ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ.

Weโ€™re pleased to welcome ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—–. ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜ ๐—๐—ฟ., ๐— ๐—ฆ๐—ก, ๐—”๐—ฃ๐—ฅ๐—ก, ๐—ฃ๐— ๐—›๐—ก๐—ฃ-๐—•๐—–, ๐— ๐—•๐—”, a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner providing ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐˜๐˜€.

James brings more than 20 years of nursing and healthcare leadership experience, with a background that includes inpatient psychiatry, outpatient care and intensive behavioral health settings.

His clinical interests include ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป, ๐—”๐——๐—›๐——, ๐—ข๐—–๐——, ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฎ-๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€, ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฏ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฎ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐˜€.

James believes psychiatric care should be collaborative and individualized. He works to create a supportive, judgment-free environment where patients and families feel heard and actively involved in treatment.

๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜„ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐˜†๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜.

๐Ÿ“ In person in ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ผ
๐Ÿ’ป Telehealth throughout ๐—œ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ถ๐˜€

โœจ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ-๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜… ๐Ÿญ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ: https://www.springsourcecenter.com/contact-us ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€.โ 
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Wherever you are in the process, you can start here. โ 
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๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐˜€!โ 

More access to care at SpringSource.Our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is now ๐—ถ๐—ป-๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฎ, in addition to ...
09/24/2026

More access to care at SpringSource.

Our Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) is now ๐—ถ๐—ป-๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜„๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—”๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ป๐—ฎ, in addition to ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—–๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—•๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—–๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป๐—ฎ.

If youโ€™ve been considering a higher level of support for an eating disorder or mood disorder, weโ€™re glad to make our IOP accessible to more people through their insurance coverage.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ-๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฃ, ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ. https://www.springsourcecenter.com/contact-us

๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต, ๐— ๐—ฆ | ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ & ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜Katlyn Heath, MS,...
09/23/2026

๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ต, ๐— ๐—ฆ | ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜

๐—˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ, ๐—”๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ & ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜

Katlyn Heath, MS, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with more than 10 years of behavioral health experience. Katlyn brings particular expertise in eating disorders and disordered eating, adolescent and family therapy, relational trauma, over-controlled coping, perfectionism, and parent and caregiver support. Katlynโ€™s extensive background in eating disorder treatment, adolescent care, and family therapy brings additional expertise to our specialized clinical team.

Katlyn has extensive experience working with adolescents, adults, and families, including:

โ€ข Eating disorders and disordered eating
โ€ข Adolescent therapy
โ€ข Family therapy and family-based treatment
โ€ข Parent and caregiver support
โ€ข Relational trauma
โ€ข OCD and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
โ€ข Overcontrolled coping and perfectionism
โ€ข Couples and relationship concerns
โ€ข Substance use and co-occurring concerns

Her clinical experience spans outpatient, Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP), and Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) levels of care. She has also held leadership roles in adolescent eating disorder treatment and family services and has developed family-based treatment protocols, parent programming, and clinical education.

โœจ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ-๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฌ ๐˜… ๐Ÿญ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ: https://www.springsourcecenter.com/contact-us ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜…๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ž๐—ฎ๐˜๐—น๐˜†๐—ป ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐˜†.โ 
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Wherever you are in the process, you can start here. โ 
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