The Juniper Center
Brianna Hewett is an experienced therapist and clinical lead counselor with a strong background in mental health services. Currently serving at The Juniper Center and Ascension since July 2020 and February 2020, respectively, Brianna has worked extensively with adolescents and families facing emotional and behavioral challenges. Previous roles include therapist and case manager at Amita Health Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital and student therapist at Alexian Brothers Behavioral Health Hospital, emphasizing psychoeducational skills and therapeutic modalities such as CBT and DBT. Additionally, Brianna's experience includes advocacy for homeless women and children at WINGS Program, educational support for students at Lake Louise Elementary School, health education at YMCA of Greater Grand Rapids, and internship at Spectrum Health's Healthy Weight Center. Brianna holds a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Illinois Chicago and a Bachelor of Science in Clinical Exercise Science with a psychology minor from Grand Valley State University.
The Juniper Center
The Juniper Center provides expert, individualized care by 60+ clinicians in five Chicagoland locations and throughout the state of Illinois via teletherapy. The Juniper Center specializes in trauma recovery, depression and anxiety, diverse sexuality and gender identities, addiction treatment, and relationship and family therapy. Founded by Dr. Margo Jacquot in 1996, The Juniper Center is one of the largest women-owned counseling and therapy practices in the area, and provides counseling and psychotherapy, psychiatry and medication management, therapeutic yoga and movement therapy, and psychological testing services for all ages. The Juniper Center takes its name from the juniper tree: Resilient beyond measure, growing and thriving in the most barren of places; shaped by the wind and sun, its trunk becomes a beautiful, majestic sculpture amidst treacherous terrain.