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Shalini Chawla
Psychiatrist, MD
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11 Endorsed
519 N Cass Ave, Suite 204, Westmont, IL 60559
Let's Connect (630) 338-0460
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I am passionate about what I do and I love working with all kinds of people to help them with their problems whether its anxiety, depression, ADHD, OCD, family, school, marital, work, or relationship problems. My goal is to help my clients feel safe, heard, understood, and to help them reach their goals. I believe in individualized care and treatment as everyone is different and has different needs and aspirations for themselves. I love working with kids, parents, adults, and couples to help them solve whatever communication issues they are having in order to facilitate care. I want to help people live their best life every day.
Individualized care is as important to me as it is to you because successful treatment depends on understanding your needs and circumstances. We believe in collaborative care which is why our psychiatrists and therapists will coordinate care with schools or providers when necessary, to develop a treatment plan that fits your needs and achieves your goals.
My practice specializes in helping children and adults of all ages who suffer from mental, emotional, relationship, behavior, or learning problems. If you struggle with any or all of these conditions, we can provide the therapy and/or psychiatric treatment you need to help you live your best life. We treat all ages and accept most insurances.
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $250
- Couple Sessions $300
- Pay by Cash, Check, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- Aetna
- BHS | Behavioral Health Systems
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Cigna and Evernorth
- ComPsych
- Elevance
- First Health
- Harvard Pilgrim
- HealthLink
- Magellan
- MHNet Behavioral Health
- MultiPlan Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Self Pay
- Out of Network
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Shalini Chawla
Psychiatrist, MD
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today License: Illinois / 036118699 Shalini Chawla
- Board Certification by ABPN
- Certificate from Illinois Masonic Medical Cente Medical Director/Vice Chair / 2011
- Certificate from Rush University Medical Center Child & Adolescent Psychiatry / 2010
- Rush University Medical Center, Graduated 2010
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Child
- Anxiety
- ADHD
Expertise
- Alcohol Use
- Asperger's Syndrome
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bisexual
- Body Positivity
- Cancer
- Career Counseling
- Chronic Impulsivity
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Developmental Disorders
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Divorce
- Domestic Violence
- Eating Disorders
- Education and Learning Disabilities
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Infertility
- Infidelity
- Intellectual Disability
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Medication Management
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Obesity
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- PMDD, Postnatal mood disorders, Pregnancy
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Relationship Issues
- School Difficulties, PDD, Phobias, Prentatal
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sexual Abuse
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Veterans
- Weight Loss
- Women's Issues
11 Endorsements
Client Focus
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Asian
I also speak
Hindi ,
Punjabi
Age
Toddler ,
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Single Mother ,
Transgender Allied
Ethnicity
Asian
I also speak
Hindi ,
Punjabi
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing (CPT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Emotionally Focused
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Gestalt
- Gottman Method
- Humanistic
- Individual therapy
- Insight Oriented Therapy, Families, Children,
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Interpersonal
- Intervention
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Parent-Child Interaction (PCIT)
- Person-Centered
- Play Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Psychoanalytic
- Psychobiological Approach Couple Therapy
- Psychodynamic
- Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)
- Reality Therapy
- Relational
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Trauma Focused
Location
Primary Location
Midwest Wellness Center Associates Ltd.
519 N Cass Ave
Suite 204
Westmont, IL 60559
(630) 338-0460Email me
Additional Location
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
3000 N Halsted St
Suite 607
Chicago, IL 60657
(773) 698-6417Nearby Areas
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Shalini Chawla
Psychiatrist, MD