Hollyn Michaels PsyD
_LICENSURE/EDUCATION
Licensed Clinical Psychologist (IL)
License number: 071.009702
ASPPB E.Passport & PSYPACT Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT)
Mobility Number: 5106
Psy.D , Clinical Psychology August 2016
Wheaton College Graduate School; Wheaton, Illinois
M.A., Clinical Psychology August 2010
Wheaton College Graduate School; Wheaton, Illinois
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Clinical Psychologist June 2021- Present
Midwest Counseling & Diagnostic Center, Chicago, IL (River North)
Clinical Therapist-Adult Inpatient August 2016-Present
Linden Oaks Behavioral Health Hospital, Naperville, IL
Centennial Counseling Center, Saint Charles, IL
Primary Adolescent Therapist &DBT Specialist /Group Therapist July 2015- May 2017
Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, Lemont, IL
Pre-Doctoral Intern- Adult Inpatient August 2015- July 2016
Linden Oaks at Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL
Behavioral Health Specialist May 2012- June 2013 & April 2015-July 2015
Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, Lemont, IL
Advanced Therapy Extern August 2014-May 2015
Olivet Nazarene University College Counseling Center, Bourbonnais, IL
Advanced Therapy Extern- MERIT Program July 2013- May 2014
Insight Behavioral Health Centers/ Eating Recovery Center, Chicago, IL
Advanced Diagnostic Extern July 2012- December 2012
Hartgrove Hospital, Chicago, IL
Temporary Relief Staff Counselor April 2012 -November 2012
Family Shelter Service, Wheaton, IL
Diagnostic Extern August 2011-June 2012
Centennial Counseling Center, Sandwich, IL & St. Charles, IL
Doctoral Therapy Extern August 2010-June 2011
Family Shelter Service, Wheaton, IL
Masters Clinical Psychology Therapy Intern August 2009- June 2010
Family Shelter Service, Wheaton, IL
RESEARCH
Dissertation Research
“Why She Doesn’t Just Leave: The interaction between attachment and perceived barriers to leaving abusive relationships”
Chair: Cynthia Neal Kimball, Ph,D
Readers: Jana Pressley, PsyD; Ben Pyykkonen, PhD
Complex Trauma: Impact & Adaptation Lab June 2013-August 2015
Wheaton College Psychology Department, Wheaton, IL
Supervisor: Jana Pressley, PsyD
Youth Risk and Resilience Lab August 2011- May 2012
Wheaton College Psychology Department, Wheaton, IL
Supervisor: Sandra Rueger, Ph.D
Research Assistant January 2010-August 2011
Compensation vs. Correspondence views of Attachment to God in Emerging Adulthood
Wheaton College Psychology Department, Wheaton, IL
Supervisor: Cynthia Neal Kimball, Ph.D
Research Assistant October 2008- June 2009
Religious Coping in Bereaved Adolescents Study
Wheaton College Psychology Department, Wheaton, IL
Supervisor: Kelly Flanagan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College
PRESENTATIONS
Neal Kimball, C., Flanagan, K.S., Cook, K., Adams, R., Niere, G., Michaels, H.M. (2011). Paper
Presentation: Attachment to God: Emerging adults’ parental attachment relationships and their corresponding spiritual relationship with God. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Christian Association of Psychological Studies, Indianapolis, IN. April 2011.
Wright, J. B, Michaels, H.M, Jansen, and L., Bock, S.B. (2009). Research Report: A Natural Resource:
Religious Coping in Bereaved Adolescents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, Dallas, TX. April 2009
TEACHING/LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Individual Student Interviewer 2015 & 2016
Psychology Department, Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois
Faculty: Jana Pressley, Psy.D; Ben Pyykkonen, PhD
Psychology Department, Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois
Faculty: Jana Pressley, Psy.D
Teaching Assistant, Treatment of Complex Trauma May 2013- August 2015
Psychology Department, Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois
Faculty: Jana Pressley, Psy.D
Teaching Assistant, PSYC 714: Professional Development August 2011-January 2012
Psychology Department, Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois
Faculty: Kelly Flanagan, Ph.D; Jana Pressley, Psy.D
Licensed Clinical Psychologist (IL)
License number: 071.009702
ASPPB E.Passport & PSYPACT Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT)
Mobility Number: 5106
Psy.D , Clinical Psychology August 2016
Wheaton College Graduate School; Wheaton, Illinois
M.A., Clinical Psychology August 2010
Wheaton College Graduate School; Wheaton, Illinois
CLINICAL EXPERIENCE
Clinical Psychologist June 2021- Present
Midwest Counseling & Diagnostic Center, Chicago, IL (River North)
- I provide individual therapy for adults and adolescents. Specializing in eating disorders, personality disorders, interpersonal trauma/PTSD, dissociation, OCD, anxiety, perfectionism, and life transitions.
Clinical Therapist-Adult Inpatient August 2016-Present
Linden Oaks Behavioral Health Hospital, Naperville, IL
- Provided clinical therapy coverage for inpatient adult units, including conducting individual session, group therapy, psychosocial assessments, and discharge planning services.
- Facilitated family therapy sessions focusing on family dynamics and education of family members on how to best support their loved one once they discharged
- Collaborated with interdisciplinary treatment team of nurses and psychiatrists to ensure best care for patients
- Preformed on going chart audits to ensure compliance with Joint Commission and Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) standards
Centennial Counseling Center, Saint Charles, IL
- Provided individual therapy for adolescents and adults. Specializing in eating disorders, personality disorders, interpersonal trauma/PTSD, anxiety, perfectionism, and OCD.
- Conducted psychological assessment and provide recomendations to clients, family, and other treatment team members.
Primary Adolescent Therapist &DBT Specialist /Group Therapist July 2015- May 2017
Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, Lemont, IL
- Primary Therapist role on adolescent lodge. Provided individual therapy to adolescent presenting with acute symptoms of eating disorders, OCD, depression, anxiety, ODD, and self-injury behaviors.
- Lead DBT Skills groups and 12-Step/Stages of Recovery groups
- Engaged residents in learning DBT skills and coached them on applying skills in their recovery
- Communicated with the larger treatment team about resident’s progress and behavior in groups
- Provided training to behavioral health staff on DBT and trauma informed care
Pre-Doctoral Intern- Adult Inpatient August 2015- July 2016
Linden Oaks at Edward Hospital, Naperville, IL
- Developed Trauma Informed trainings and trained behavioral health staff, nurses, and clinicians in providing trauma informed care to patients
- Effectively collaborated with a multidisciplinary treatment team in a fast paced environment to ensure quality patient care
- Lead DBT skills groups and Clinical Therapy process groups on inpatient unit
- Obtained ongoing training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Managed an individual caseload of patients with a wide range of acute presenting issues including: Eating Disorders, PTSD, Treatment Resistant Depression, OCD, Borderline Personality Disorder, Bi-Polar Disorder, and Psychosis
Behavioral Health Specialist May 2012- June 2013 & April 2015-July 2015
Timberline Knolls Residential Treatment Center, Lemont, IL
- Worked in a fast paced environment with both adult women and adolescent female residents presenting with a wide range of issues including: eating disorders, personality disorders, exercise addiction, substance abuse, major depression, bi-polar disorder, self-injury, and suicidal ideation
- Obtained ongoing training in DBT and the 12-step recovery principles
- Provided in the moment support to residents and worked with them to utilize DBT skills rather than their old maladaptive coping strategies; this included providing meal support to residents struggling with eating disorders
- Collaborated with residents' treatment team to provide comprehensive care
- Facilitated groups for residents that focused on DBT skills and meeting their goals in their recovery
- Trained in techniques to non-violently manage crisis and deescalate residents, including utilizing safe physical holds/restraining as a last resort
- Led groups based on the 12-step principles, including the "Women's Way" 12-Step approach
- Received additional and ongoing trainings on various aspects of treatment including: nutrition and eating disorders, medication, case management, maintaining medical records, suicide risk assessment, PTSD and complex trauma, and addictions
Advanced Therapy Extern August 2014-May 2015
Olivet Nazarene University College Counseling Center, Bourbonnais, IL
- Supervised a Masters intern and her caseload of 6-8 clients
- Provided short and longer term counseling to undergraduate students presenting with a wide range of mental health concerns, including adjustment to college, perfectionism, eating issues, identity development, PTSD, grief, and mood disorders
- Collaborated with other trainees and staff to design and implement campus outreach projects, such as Depression and Suicide Awareness Week and Stress Relief Seminars
- Actively marketed counseling center services and group offerings though campus outreach events, Resident Assistant Training and making mental health screenings easily available to students
- Worked alongside other campus departments, such as Residential Life, to provide education around mental health and counseling center services
- Participated in a panel discussion and question and answer session for female students on the topic of healthy sexuality and sexual assault
- Co-created and co-facilitated a body image and healthy eating group
- Presented challenging cases in staff meetings and group supervision in order to gain feedback on treatment and conceptualization
- Utilized Titanium software for scheduling and record keeping
Advanced Therapy Extern- MERIT Program July 2013- May 2014
Insight Behavioral Health Centers/ Eating Recovery Center, Chicago, IL
- Effectively worked with patients in individual therapy to reach their goals using a short-term treatment approach. Caseload was a mix of outpatient individuals and patients in the MERIT Eating Disorder Intensive Outpatient Program. Individuals had various presenting issues such as anxiety, depression, perfectionism, personality disorders, PTSD, bulimia, anorexia, and binge eating disorder
- Co-facilitated groups for individuals in the Intensive Outpatient Program (IOP) and Partial Hospitalization Program (PHP) struggling with eating disorders. Groups centered on ACT and DBT principles, developing mindfulness and self-compassion as well as improving body image
- Co-facilitated therapeutic yoga/movement groups to help patients become more in touch with their bodies in the eating disorder PHP and Residential programs
- Received ongoing training through didactic seminars on topics such as DBT, ACT, Interpersonal Psychotherapy (IPT), Diversity, etc.
- Attended a16-week series on the basics of DBT and utilizing DBT in therapy
- Provided succinct and concrete treatment goals and progress updates to utilizations review (UR) and insurance companies to ensure patients received ongoing insurance coverage
- Received CPI training to effectively manage and deescalate patients in crisis
- Utilized Electronic Medical Records to input all patients’ case notes, discharge summaries, and treatment plan
Advanced Diagnostic Extern July 2012- December 2012
Hartgrove Hospital, Chicago, IL
- Performed psychological evaluations on individuals presenting with a wide range of severe psychopathology including: psychosis, OCD, major depression, ODD, and Sexual Acting Out Behaviors (SAO)
- Synthesized results of evaluations into comprehensive and concise reports proving a clear diagnosis and understanding of the client. Reports had a 3-8 day turn around time
- Led both process and psycho-educations groups on various units of the hospital for patients
- Collaborated with an interdisciplinary treatment team of doctors, nurses, social workers, and therapists to provide patient care
- Engaged in Program Evaluation of current hospital psychoeducational group programming and assisted in developing new group programs and materials to be implemented throughout the hospital
Temporary Relief Staff Counselor April 2012 -November 2012
Family Shelter Service, Wheaton, IL
- Collaborated with the counseling team to evaluate current programming offered to clients
- Developed new group therapy program goals and assisted in implementing new programming structure to better meet client needs
- Facilitated support group for female victims of domestic violence
- Provided counseling services to women, children, and adolescents who had experienced various levels of interpersonal trauma
Diagnostic Extern August 2011-June 2012
Centennial Counseling Center, Sandwich, IL & St. Charles, IL
- Partnered with schools in the community to run social skills groups for middle school boys with high functioning Autism
- Performed diagnostic assessments on clients with a variety of presenting issues, including: learning disabilities, anxiety, depression, intellectual disability, bi-polar, personality disorders, OCD, and ADHD
- Administered a wide range of assessment instruments, including WISC, WIAT, WAIS, MMPI, MMPI-A, MACI, MCMI, BASIC, Connors, TAT, Rorschach, and various symptom inventories, to design individually tailored batteries to most accurately diagnose each client
- Synthesized results of personality, cognitive, and achievement tests in order to compose a thorough diagnostic understanding of individual clients with a range of diagnoses
- Presented results and treatment recommendations to clients and families of clients
Doctoral Therapy Extern August 2010-June 2011
Family Shelter Service, Wheaton, IL
- Assessed clients’ needs and developed an effective treatment strategy
- Directed a therapeutic group for Hispanic/Latino children who were victims of domestic abuse
- Facilitated an educational and process group for clients who lived in the shelter due to their high-risk situations. The group focused on the impact of trauma, domestic violence and addressed issues with community living
- Worked as a liaison between the Counseling and Residential departments to aid Residential clients in receiving therapy
- Actively collaborated with residential program directors, supervisors, and case mangers on client concerns
Masters Clinical Psychology Therapy Intern August 2009- June 2010
Family Shelter Service, Wheaton, IL
- Effectively provided individual therapy to victims of domestic violence using a Feminist framework and time-limited therapy model
- Counseled individuals calling the Family Shelter hot-line in crisis or looking for information on services provided
- Empowered domestic violence victims to take charge of their situation and make decisions for what they wanted for their lives
- Engaged in community outreach and presentations on domestic and dating violence
- Facilitated therapeutic groups for victims of domestic and dating violence
RESEARCH
Dissertation Research
“Why She Doesn’t Just Leave: The interaction between attachment and perceived barriers to leaving abusive relationships”
Chair: Cynthia Neal Kimball, Ph,D
Readers: Jana Pressley, PsyD; Ben Pyykkonen, PhD
- A quantitative study examining the interaction between abused women’s attachment style and perceived barriers to leaving an abusive (IPV) relationship.
- Partnered with local Domestic Violence Agency to do original data collection utilizing the Experienced in Close Relationships Scale (ECR-R) and Decision to Leave Scale (DLS)
- Final Dissertation Defense April 1, 2016
Complex Trauma: Impact & Adaptation Lab June 2013-August 2015
Wheaton College Psychology Department, Wheaton, IL
Supervisor: Jana Pressley, PsyD
- Lab investigated the impact of long-term trauma in children and the development of disorganized/insecure attachment, the long-term relational, emotional and behavioral coping patterns of adults with trauma histories, and the faith development in clients with complex trauma
Youth Risk and Resilience Lab August 2011- May 2012
Wheaton College Psychology Department, Wheaton, IL
Supervisor: Sandra Rueger, Ph.D
- Investigated risk and resiliency factors related to depressed in adolescents
- Examined depression and substance use in adolescents
Research Assistant January 2010-August 2011
Compensation vs. Correspondence views of Attachment to God in Emerging Adulthood
Wheaton College Psychology Department, Wheaton, IL
Supervisor: Cynthia Neal Kimball, Ph.D
- Investigated individuals in early adulthood and their attachment to parents and to God/Spiritual higher power
- Researched influences of faith on early adulthood transitions
- Interviewed 2006, 2008, and 2010 graduates of Christian Colleges
- Investigated the use of faith as a stress coping tool
- Coded interview data to identify themes in interviews
- Performed qualitative analysis of interview narratives using NVivo 8 and 9 software
- Presented a formal paper at the annual meeting of Christians for Applied Psychological Studies
Research Assistant October 2008- June 2009
Religious Coping in Bereaved Adolescents Study
Wheaton College Psychology Department, Wheaton, IL
Supervisor: Kelly Flanagan, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology at Wheaton College
- Used factor analysis on adolescent coping measures that measured the extent they utilized religious coping
- Designed a SPSS database to analyze variables of levels of adjustment and coping style used
- Administered coping measure questionnaires to participants
- Presented new and unique findings for professional colleagues at the annual meeting of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, Dallas, TX
PRESENTATIONS
Neal Kimball, C., Flanagan, K.S., Cook, K., Adams, R., Niere, G., Michaels, H.M. (2011). Paper
Presentation: Attachment to God: Emerging adults’ parental attachment relationships and their corresponding spiritual relationship with God. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Christian Association of Psychological Studies, Indianapolis, IN. April 2011.
Wright, J. B, Michaels, H.M, Jansen, and L., Bock, S.B. (2009). Research Report: A Natural Resource:
Religious Coping in Bereaved Adolescents. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Association for Death Education and Counseling, Dallas, TX. April 2009
TEACHING/LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
Individual Student Interviewer 2015 & 2016
Psychology Department, Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois
Faculty: Jana Pressley, Psy.D; Ben Pyykkonen, PhD
- Conducted semi-structured individual interviews with prospective PsyD students to determine their qualifications to enter the doctoral program and goodness of fit
- Rated candidates on a Likert scale in several domains in order to rank individuals and identify top candidates
- Participated in Decision Day meeting to discuss candidate’s qualifications and fit with doctoral program and contributed to decision to extend an offer to a prospective student
Psychology Department, Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois
Faculty: Jana Pressley, Psy.D
- Organized and updated lecture slides about the Internship application process
- Lectured and facilitated discussion on interviewing skills and the Internship interview processes
- Provided administrative support to Director of Clinical Training
- Assisted in set up of Clinical Training department’s CEU training conferences
- Reviewed, edited, and updated the clinical training guidelines and program information given to affiliated training sites
Teaching Assistant, Treatment of Complex Trauma May 2013- August 2015
Psychology Department, Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois
Faculty: Jana Pressley, Psy.D
- Assisted in reviewing students’ final case conceptualization paper and provided students with constructive feedback to help them improve their skills working with clients who have experienced trauma
- Collaborated with faculty on material presented, ensuring all research on effective treatment was up to date and presented in a comprehensive and easily understood manner
- Facilitated small group discussions about case material and readings among students
- Reviewed and updated course content, syllabus, and objectives to meet current APA guidelines
Teaching Assistant, PSYC 714: Professional Development August 2011-January 2012
Psychology Department, Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, Illinois
Faculty: Kelly Flanagan, Ph.D; Jana Pressley, Psy.D
- Taught on issues of professional development to first year Psy.D students. This included topics such as: how to write a CV and cover letter for practicum sites, basic interviewing skills, deciding on a research lab/dissertation topic, addressing concerns over beginning clinical work, and ethics
- Contributed to class discussions, the design of assignments, and the format of grading criteria
- Assisted students in developing their individual professional development plan outlining their academic career, future professional goals, and steps they need to take to reach their goals
- Provided professional guidance and support for Psy.D students