David Schreiber, M.D.

Since 2008, Dr. Schreiber has been working as an attending physician, in Psychiatry, for children, adolescents, young adults and adults at Highland Park Hospital. He works extensively with area pediatricians, internists, school administrators, therapists and psychiatrists to assist in providing optimal, systematic care to people dealing with various psychiatric conditions. Dr. Schreiber is a board-certified psychiatrist who attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, did his psychiatry residency at Yale University College of Medicine, and his child/adolescent psychiatry fellowship at New York Presbyterian Hospital. Dr. Schreiber was named New York Presbyterian Hospital’s Child and Adolescent Chief Resident in 2007-8 and Physician of the Year in 2007. He is also a University of Chicago Clinical Instructor in Psychiatry.

Claudia Welke, MD

Dr. Welke specializes in the treatment of depression, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder and bipolar disorder. In 2004 Dr. Welke became an attending physician at NorthShore University HealthSystem, where she saw patients across their lifespan in various program settings (i.e., inpatient, partial hospitalization, and outpatient). In 2009 she became the director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry training for the University of Chicago fellows rotating at NorthShore University HealthSystem. She remains on faculty as Clinical Instructor with the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine. Dr. Welke is native to the North Shore, and a board certified psychiatrist in both Adult and Child and Adolescent psychiatry. She completed her psychiatric residency in Adult Psychiatry in 2001, and fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in 2003 from the University of California, Irvine where she earned various honors and distinctions.

Bari Goldman Cohen, Ph.D.

Dr. Cohen utilizes cognitive-behavioral techniques to treat various anxiety and impulse control disorders in children, adolescents, and adults. She specializes in the treatment of selective mutism and school-avoidant behavior. Additionally, Dr. Cohen has worked with individuals with eating disorders such as anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, and binge eating disorder. In her practice, she focuses on a collaborative approach, involving the patient, family members and schools. She has presented her work at national conferences and has published in the journal Behavior, Research, and Therapy. Dr. Cohen earned her doctorate from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in 2007, and completed her internship in Pediatric Psychology at Rush University, also in 2007.

Amanda Lorenz, Ph.D.

Dr. Lorenz has conducted therapy with adults, children, and adolescents at in-patient psychiatric children/adolescent hospitals, veteran’s hospitals, private practices, schools, jails and prisons both in Wisconsin and Georgia. Drawing upon diverse and effective treatment methods, she utilizes both psychodynamic and systems perspectives to increase self-understanding and then cognitive-behavioral therapy to strengthen personal skills. Dr. Lorenz has published several articles and book chapters examining the influence of emotion on a person’s thoughts and behavior. Dr. Lorenz received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology from the University of Wisconsin at Madison in 2002.

Carolyn Duffy, LCSW

Ms. Duffy began her career in social work in 2007 at Jewish Child and Family Services providing individual and family therapy services to foster and post-adoption families in Chicago.  She worked at Lakeshore Hospital from 2009-10, focusing on the importance of incorporating families into treatment. Ms. Duffy conducted family therapy services, participated in group therapy, and provided discharge planning in the partial hospitalization program there.  Since 2010, she gained additional experience working with patients and their families on the adolescent and young adult inpatient unit at Highland Park Hospital. Carolyn received her Master's degree in social work from Loyola University Chicago in 2006.

Heather Abels, M.Ed.

Ms. Abels’ expertise is working with children that have academic and behavioral/emotional needs, as well as developing positive connections with families and school support teams. Her teaching career began at Deerfield District 109 from 1996-1999 as a Special Education Resource Teacher for grades K-5. From 1999-2003, she taught second grade at South Park School in Deerfield. For the last eight years, Ms. Abels has worked as a private provider, supporting students from grades K-12 with academic planning, review for tests, and overall organizational skills. During that time she has worked closely with school teams to help facilitate communication between the school and home. Ms. Abels earned her M.Ed. in Special Education (Learning Disabilities, Behavior/Emotional Disorders) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign in 1996.