Meet Haley Mailender, BA, Psy.D. (pending)

Lakeview River North

Haley earned her Bachelor of Arts in both Psychology and Classics from Northwestern University and is now pursuing a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (PsyD) at Roosevelt University.

She works with children, adolescents, and adults  with a wide range of conditions including all types of anxiety, OCD, panic, phobias, and depression. She utilizes cognitive behavioral strategies with an emphasis on empathy, humor, compassion, and collaboration and likes to incorporate fun into therapy sessions.  Haley is passionate about working with clients to achieve their goals and get back to their day to day life.  

Outside of work, Haley loves theatre, movies, reading, and her two cats.

I felt comfortable and in a safe place to speak my mind and my concerns.

— LOA Patient

Education:

Roosevelt University

Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (in progress)

Northwestern University

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Classics

Clinical Interests:

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)ADHD & Executive FunctioningAdolescent AnxietyAutism Spectrum Disorder (ASD)Blood Injury PhobiaBody-Focused Repetitive Behaviors (BFRBs)Career Anxiety & CounselingChild AnxietyContamination OCDCouples CounselingDepressionDialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Driving AnxietyFamily CounselingFear of DogsFear of FlyingGeneralized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)Hair Pulling (Trichotillomania)Harm OCDHealth AnxietyInsomnia & Sleep AnxietyLGBTQIA+ CommunityMind-Body TherapyMindfulnessMotivational InterviewingMulticultural CounselingObsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)Panic DisorderPerfectionismPerformance & Public Speaking AnxietyPhobiasPost-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Relationship OCDSchool Anxiety & RefusalSeparation AnxietySex & AnxietySexual Orientation OCD (SO-OCD)Skin Picking (Dermatillomania)Social AnxietySpiritualityVomit Phobia (Emetophobia)Women's Health

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