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Dr. Onyejiaka, a Board Certified Psychiatrist and Pediatrician, received her Doctorate of Medicine from the University of Missouri at Kansas City Combined B.A/M.D. Program. She endured further training at the Tulane University Triple Board Residency Program where she specialized in pediatric medicine, general psychiatry, as well as child and adolescent psychiatry. Additionally, she attended in the New Orleans-Birmingham Psychoanalytic Center Honorary Fellowship Program prior to relocating to Chicago in recent years.
Dr. Onyejiaka is an active member of the International Society for Sports Psychiatry, the American Psychiatric Association, the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, and the American Academy of Pediatrics. Additionally, she is fluent in Spanish and accepts Spanish-speaking patients.
In clinical practice, Dr. Onyejiaka cares for individuals, couples, families, and groups of all ages. She specializes in supporting athletes and performers seeking a refined competitive edge or transitioning to life after retirement. She is also extremely qualified for care of children, adolescents, and young adults affected by depression, anxiety, traumatic events, and the emotional impact of medical conditions.
Dr. Onyejiaka uses multiple talk therapy modalities and may augment treatment with pharmacotherapy by prescribing medications as appropriate. She employs these techniques carefully to restore and promote wellbeing and life balance.

Dr. Ndidi Onyejiaka, MD, FAAP
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Colleen Monks, RN, FNP-C, PMHNP-C

Colleen Monks is a Nurse Practitioner certified in both Family Practice and Mental Health, after training under Dr. Onyejiaka, herself. She received undergraduate training from Southern Illinois University, followed by a Master of Science in Nursing from Northern Illinois University. Her Japanese culture laid the foundation for her passion for empowering women and youth.
Although she is qualified to work with individuals of all ages, she especially enjoys working with pediatric, adolescent, and young adult populations. She promotes holistic care of individuals and believes in the integration of therapeutic and pharmacological management of emotional symptoms for the promotion of well-being.
Triniti Tracy Lee, MA, Dance & Movement Therapist

Triniti-Tracy Lee is a Movement Therapist & Counselor with over 20 years of dance, fitness, and wellness experience. She received her BA in Christian Counseling & Interdisciplinary Studies from Liberty University and attended Columbia College Chicago for her MA in Dance/Movement Therapy & Counseling. Motivated by the principles of cognitive-behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy, she couples these principles with creative and functional movement methods which have proven effective and positively life-changing. Triniti-Tracy makes connections with people who are especially apprehensive via an individualized lens and positive demeanor. She is able to get to the heart of what a person needs and customize the session to cater accordingly.
She encourages the development of positive, healthy movement patterns that may ameliorate unhealthy movement habits and assist in facilitating verbal processing along with constructive coping mechanisms. She has experience with individuals managing substance abuse, depression, trauma, sexual abuse, bipolar disorder, among others in group and individual contexts within hospital and private settings. As she completes her specialized training, Ms. Lee will focus on researching how creative movement may enhance self-care practices of mental health professionals and those they serve by improving mental health, increasing physical vibrancy and preventing the adverse effects of negative daily stressors that may lead to burnout, physical illness and mental dissonance.
In her two-decade career, Triniti-Tracy provided choreography, movement coaching, and fitness services for artists, actors, students of all ages, athletes, and older adults. Prior to her work in Dance/Movement Therapy, she worked in the entertainment industry with musical artists, television and film, and in the world of fitness and athletics. She left the entertainment industry to pursue her passion to help others offering mental health counseling utilizing the arts, creative & dance movement, and athletics to assist individuals rebuild interconnectedly. Triniti-Tracy’s background in the performing arts (as a professional dancer, actor, singer) and her training as an athlete (as a track & field athlete in addition to years of martial arts Kung-Fu training) assures her ability to effectively utilized these modalities to enhance the therapeutic experience and to assist individuals build interconnection within self and with others.
Luz Meyer-Rios, RTT

Lucy (Luz) Meyer-Rios is a rapid transformation hypnotherapist, clinical hypnotherapist, and rapid transformational therapy (RTT) practitioner driven to improve patients lives with high-quality and caring support using a holistic approach. RTT is based on neuroscience and combines hypnotherapy with cognitive behavioral therapy and neurolinguistic programming to reach the subconscious by reframing negative beliefs, behaviors, values, and emotions in people suffering from across the mental health spectrum. It is appropriate for clinical mental health diseases to improvement in addiction, phobias, self-sabotage, and weight management.
Prior to her work in transformation therapy, she has owned her own business offering exceptional insight into the corporate world and spent a year in Taiwan teaching students English and Spanish. Her passion has led to a career offering mental health counseling utilizing her unique journey to help others with goal setting, stress management, self-motivation, pain management, re-wiring trauma and PTSD intervention and relationship building through one-on-one, group or couples settings. “What stands out most about Lucy is her unwavering belief in my ability to grow and thrive; she helped me uncover limiting beliefs and thought patterns that had been holding me back for years.”
Although she is qualified to work with individuals of all ages, she especially enjoys working with pediatric, adolescent, and young adult populations. She promotes holistic care of individuals and believes in the integration of therapeutic and pharmacological management of emotional symptoms for the promotion of well-being.