Hearten Therapy - Classes, Workshops & Support Groups
Chicago, IL
(312) 379-9309
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  • EXERCISE, MOVEMENT & YOGA

  • Preparing for pregnancy / TTC classes & workshops

  • Dance

  • Fitness for fertility

  • Yoga for fertility

  • Prenatal classes & workshops

  • Barre

  • Dance

  • Fit4Baby

  • Gentle / low-intensity movement

  • Pelvic floor–focused exercise

  • Pilates

  • Strength & conditioning

  • Yoga

  • Postpartum classes & workshops

  • Baby & me fitness

  • Baby & me yoga

  • Pelvic floor–focused exercise

  • Strength & conditioning

  • Yoga

  • EDUCATION

  • Preconception / TTC classes & workshops

  • Fertility awareness & cycle tracking

  • Nutrition for fertility

  • Preparing for pregnancy

  • Stress management for fertility

  • Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)

  • Childbirth education

  • CONTENT

  • Natural childbirth in the hospital

  • Birth center birth preparation

  • Cesarean (c-section) preparation

  • Comprehensive childbirth education

  • Home birth preparation

  • Hospital birth preparation

  • Medical decision-making

  • Natural childbirth / physiologic birth

  • Pain coping & comfort measures for labor

  • Partner or support person preparation

  • Refresher childbirth class (for experienced parents)

  • VBAC preparation

  • METHOD / APPROACH

  • Alexander technique childbirth preparation

  • Birthing from Within

  • BirthWorks

  • Bradley method

  • Eclectic pregnancy & childbirth classes

  • Evidence Based Birth

  • GentleBirth

  • Hypnobabies

  • Hypnobirthing (The Mongan Method)

  • ICEA (International Childbirth)

  • Informed Beginnings

  • Lamaze

  • Mindfulness-Based Childbirth & Parenting

  • Spinning babies

  • AFFILIATION

  • Hospital-based

  • Independent

  • Newborn care classes & workshops

  • Baby sign language

  • Babywearing (wraps, carriers, rebozo)

  • Breastfeeding / chestfeeding

  • Infant CPR & first aid

  • Infant massage

  • Newborn care

  • Newborn sleep

  • Tummy Time

  • Parenting / relationship classes & workshops

  • Adjusting to life with a new baby

  • First-time parent classes

  • Relationship skills after baby

  • Fatherhood / new dads & partners

  • SUPPORT GROUPS

  • FOCUS

  • Trying to conceive (TTC) support groups

  • LGBTQ+ parents

  • Pregnancy support groups

  • LGBTQ+ parents

  • Prenatal emotional wellbeing (anxiety & mood support)

  • New parent support groups

  • Baby play groups

  • Dads & partners

  • Infant illness or disability

  • LGBTQ+ parents

  • NICU stay

  • New moms groups

  • Postpartum emotional wellbeing (anxiety & mood support)

  • Relationship support / couples

  • Twins / multiples

  • Perinatal grief, loss & trauma support groups

  • Medical & birth trauma

  • Pregnancy loss / miscarriage

  • Parenting after loss

  • Stillbirth & infant loss

  • Survivors of abuse

  • Termination for medical reasons

  • Trying to conceive after loss

  • SUPPORT GROUP LEADERSHIP

  • Peer-led

  • Professionally-led

  • FORMAT

  • Group

  • In-person

  • In- home

  • Private / one-on-one

  • Virtual

  • SCHEDULE

  • One-time workshops

  • Multi-week series

  • Drop-in / ongoing

  • Self-paced / recorded

  • Weekend intensive

  • COVERAGE & PAYMENT OPTIONS

  • Accepts Medicaid

  • HSA / FSA eligible services

  • Insurance reimbursement guidance available

  • Sliding scale / reduced fee / free services

  • Carrot-approved provider

  • Maven benefit-eligible services

  • Progyny-approved provider

  • LANGUAGES

  • Arabic

  • Chinese

  • French

  • German

  • Italian

  • Korean

  • Polish

  • Russian

  • Spanish

  • Tagalog

  • Urdu

  • Vietnamese

  • Other

  • IDENTITY & VALUES

  • Black provider (self-identified)

  • Faith-centered

  • Latinx provider (self-identified)

  • LGBTQ+ affirming (self-identified)

SERVICES IN NUTSHELL

We’re a group of relational therapists helping people across Illinois move through relationship anxiety and conflict, the full spectrum of parenthood—from identity shifts to postpartum—and those quiet, disorienting seasons where life looks fine on the outside but feels anything but.

MORE ABOUT US
Our Team
Emily Buettner

Emily Buettner

CO-FOUNDER | LMFT

Mollie Bass

Mollie Bass

CO-FOUNDER | LMFT

Alana Stramowski

Alana Stramowski

LPC, NCC

Alice Davies

Alice Davies

ALMFT

ADDITIONAL SERVICES WE OFFER
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