Mental Health Therapist
she/her/hers
Email: Lonnie.thearlingtoncenter@gmail.com
Work Phone: (847) 577-4530 ext. 107
Work Cell: (847) 461-3445
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“We are all on a unique journey in this broken and beautiful world. I enjoy partnering with others
to explore the paths of their lives with curiosity, kindness, and greater truth so that they may live
the life they seek”- LJS.

Lonnie is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She received her undergrad at Western Michigan University. She completed her master’s in social work from Jane Addams School of Social Work at the University of Illinois, Chicago. The beauty and freedom she witnessed on these healing paths led her to seek 250-seat-hours of certification in narrative-focused trauma therapy through The Allender Center at The Seattle School for Psychology and Theology. While there, she was introduced to the philosophy she strives to live by: “You can’t take anyone further in their story than you’ve gone in your own.” This principle guides her to continue learning best practices for her clients and to remain committed to her personal healing journey.

Creating a safe, calm, inclusive, and non-judgmental therapeutic space is part of Lonnie’s mission. As an embodied listener, she is honored to hold others’ stories in confidence. She helps to uncover their deeply held understanding and expertise of their lives from a strengths-based perspective. Lonnie is especially awed at the incremental freedom that comes from engaging stories of harm, trauma, and abuse.

A sister, daughter, wife of 28 years, and mother to three incredible humans of differing needs and identities, she has experience beyond her practice years with anxiety, depression, autism, attention deficit, and sexual abuse. Lonnie enjoys working with all ages, from children and
adolescents to emerging adults and adults of all identities, couples, and families. She understands the arduous journey that those suffering from trauma, grief, anxiety, and depression face. She loves to provide support for families, especially mothers, and their unique challenges when supporting loved ones with mental health challenges, neurodiversity, and gender or sexuality expression.

“What is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life” – Mary Oliver