Millie Blankenburg, MSW, LCSW, Reiki Master/Teacher
Millie is a founding member of Seek the Frontier and a therapist and lecturer with over 20 years of experience working with individuals, families,
and couples. She received her bachelors degree from the College of St. Francis and masters degree in social work from Aurora University.
She is certified in Imago Relationship Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, and is a Reiki Master and Teacher. Before going into private practice, Millie
was the Clinical Director for The Care and Counseling Center in Downers Grove. She has additional training and experience in domestic
violence, women’s issues, adult survivors of sexual abuse, parenting issues, and behavior disorders.
Practice Information:
900 Jorie Blvd., #218
Oakbrook, IL 60565
(630)472-0084
mdblankenburg@comcast.net
www.dupagespirit.com
Millie is a founding member of Seek the Frontier and a therapist and lecturer with over 20 years of experience working with individuals, families,
and couples. She received her bachelors degree from the College of St. Francis and masters degree in social work from Aurora University.
She is certified in Imago Relationship Therapy, Gestalt Therapy, and is a Reiki Master and Teacher. Before going into private practice, Millie
was the Clinical Director for The Care and Counseling Center in Downers Grove. She has additional training and experience in domestic
violence, women’s issues, adult survivors of sexual abuse, parenting issues, and behavior disorders.
Practice Information:
900 Jorie Blvd., #218
Oakbrook, IL 60565
(630)472-0084
mdblankenburg@comcast.net
www.dupagespirit.com
Andrea Carli, CRR, CNHP, D.Div., MSA-Tech
Andrea has been a certified reflexologist for 18 years, concentrating in holistic health. She is a certified Natural Health Professional and has
special training in meridian stress assessment, parasitology, ear candling, iridology, neurostructural integration technique, emotional freedom
technique, aqua chi, ETPS neuromechanical therapy, and nutrition, and she is listed in the Who’s Who in Exec. and Prof. Andrea enjoys
working with all age groups and focuses her personal ministry and spiritual counseling on teaching her clients new methods of healthy living
so their bodies can heal.
Practice Information:
The Healing Experience
2021 Lawrence Ave.
Lockport, IL 60441
(815) 838-0430
footfix@mail.com
Andrea has been a certified reflexologist for 18 years, concentrating in holistic health. She is a certified Natural Health Professional and has
special training in meridian stress assessment, parasitology, ear candling, iridology, neurostructural integration technique, emotional freedom
technique, aqua chi, ETPS neuromechanical therapy, and nutrition, and she is listed in the Who’s Who in Exec. and Prof. Andrea enjoys
working with all age groups and focuses her personal ministry and spiritual counseling on teaching her clients new methods of healthy living
so their bodies can heal.
Practice Information:
The Healing Experience
2021 Lawrence Ave.
Lockport, IL 60441
(815) 838-0430
footfix@mail.com
Karen Chyna, LMT
Karen is a founding member of Seek the Frontier. She offers Swedish massage for relaxation, Ortho-Bionomy®, trigger point for pain relief, and
other modalities as needed. She also provides onsite massage therapy for corporations, schools, and health fairs, and home visits for the
elderly and infirmed.
Practice Information:
5443 Brookbank Rd.
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630)971-0090
kaccmt@msn.com
Karen is a founding member of Seek the Frontier. She offers Swedish massage for relaxation, Ortho-Bionomy®, trigger point for pain relief, and
other modalities as needed. She also provides onsite massage therapy for corporations, schools, and health fairs, and home visits for the
elderly and infirmed.
Practice Information:
5443 Brookbank Rd.
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630)971-0090
kaccmt@msn.com
Eva Dahm, MA, CPCC, Psych-K Practitioner, Reiki Master
Eva is an energy worker and coach. She seamlessly combines an advanced healing modality (energy psychology) called Psych-K
(trademarked) with mind/body and holistic coaching. Individuals and groups easily and gently shift negative, limiting beliefs to positive ones
and then make huge transitions in career, workplace and lifestyle arenas. Eva has been a coach for five years and now provides this fast and
simple energy healing along with Reiki and coaching. All of her clients have in common spiritual beliefs as a life foundation. Eva’s deep
listening, practical intuition, and excellent vision all serve her clients well.
Practice Information:
Coach Catalyst
511 Ursuline Dr.
Naperville, IL 60565
630-369-9824
evadahm@coachcatalyst.com
www.coachcatalyst.com
Eva is an energy worker and coach. She seamlessly combines an advanced healing modality (energy psychology) called Psych-K
(trademarked) with mind/body and holistic coaching. Individuals and groups easily and gently shift negative, limiting beliefs to positive ones
and then make huge transitions in career, workplace and lifestyle arenas. Eva has been a coach for five years and now provides this fast and
simple energy healing along with Reiki and coaching. All of her clients have in common spiritual beliefs as a life foundation. Eva’s deep
listening, practical intuition, and excellent vision all serve her clients well.
Practice Information:
Coach Catalyst
511 Ursuline Dr.
Naperville, IL 60565
630-369-9824
evadahm@coachcatalyst.com
www.coachcatalyst.com
Donna Dhein, MS, NCC, LCPC
Donna is a founding member of Seek the Frontier. She was trained by the John Gottman Institute in research-based marital therapy and is a
certified facilitator of PREPARE program for engaged and married couples. She is certified in EMDR and has training in CISM, Disaster Mental
Health/Red Cross, and hypnotherapy. She received her masters degree in counseling psychology from Benedictine University and is an active
lecturer in the hospital system. Her background also includes serving as a consultant to schools, hospitals and churches in the Chicago area.
Areas of expertise include anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, PTSD and depression.
Practice Information:
942 Maple Ave.
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 493-9838 / Fax (630) 969-1565
Djd-grd@worldnet.att.net
Donna is a founding member of Seek the Frontier. She was trained by the John Gottman Institute in research-based marital therapy and is a
certified facilitator of PREPARE program for engaged and married couples. She is certified in EMDR and has training in CISM, Disaster Mental
Health/Red Cross, and hypnotherapy. She received her masters degree in counseling psychology from Benedictine University and is an active
lecturer in the hospital system. Her background also includes serving as a consultant to schools, hospitals and churches in the Chicago area.
Areas of expertise include anxiety, panic disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder, PTSD and depression.
Practice Information:
942 Maple Ave.
Downers Grove, IL 60515
(630) 493-9838 / Fax (630) 969-1565
Djd-grd@worldnet.att.net
Marilyn DiCola, RN, DTR
Marilyn is a founding member of Seek the Frontier. She received her masters degree in dance/movement therapy from Columbia College
Chicago. She is a certified personal trainer, yoga instructor, and integrated fitness counselor with the Exercise Safety Association, and a
licensed Kindermusik teacher. She is on faculty of the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn and a lecturer and group leader for alternative and
complementary practitioner support groups.
Practice Information:
Marilyn’s Moving Experience
745 Fir Ct.
Yorkville, IL 60560
(630)553-2266
bodyaware@aol.com
Marilyn is a founding member of Seek the Frontier. She received her masters degree in dance/movement therapy from Columbia College
Chicago. She is a certified personal trainer, yoga instructor, and integrated fitness counselor with the Exercise Safety Association, and a
licensed Kindermusik teacher. She is on faculty of the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn and a lecturer and group leader for alternative and
complementary practitioner support groups.
Practice Information:
Marilyn’s Moving Experience
745 Fir Ct.
Yorkville, IL 60560
(630)553-2266
bodyaware@aol.com
Sidonie Hylander, BS, CMT
Sidonie is a founding member of Seek the Frontier.
Sidonie is a founding member of Seek the Frontier.
Marilyn Kunard, RN, BS, LSW, MPA, CHTP/ HTI, Reiki Master
Marilyn is a registered professional nurse with more than 35 years’ experience. Her formal education includes a bachelor’s degree in nursing
and a master’s degree in mental health and human services administration. She is a holistic health and healing educator and practitioner who
has worked in a variety of mental health, public health, and geriatric settings. She has extensive knowledge and experience with a wide array of
complementary medical modalities. Marilyn has completed advanced healing courses to augment the Certified Healing Touch Practitioner and
Instructor credentials she received through the program endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses’ Association. She is a Third Degree Reiki
Master and a Licensed Social Worker. She studied Intuition and Energy Medicine with Carolyn Myss, PhD, and C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD.
Practice Information:
Healing Touch at the Center for Spirituality
801 W. Bartlett Rd.
Bartlett, IL 60103
(630) 837-7486 / Fax (847) 695-7786
kunardhealing@yahoo.com
www.thecenterinbartlett.org
Marilyn is a registered professional nurse with more than 35 years’ experience. Her formal education includes a bachelor’s degree in nursing
and a master’s degree in mental health and human services administration. She is a holistic health and healing educator and practitioner who
has worked in a variety of mental health, public health, and geriatric settings. She has extensive knowledge and experience with a wide array of
complementary medical modalities. Marilyn has completed advanced healing courses to augment the Certified Healing Touch Practitioner and
Instructor credentials she received through the program endorsed by the American Holistic Nurses’ Association. She is a Third Degree Reiki
Master and a Licensed Social Worker. She studied Intuition and Energy Medicine with Carolyn Myss, PhD, and C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD.
Practice Information:
Healing Touch at the Center for Spirituality
801 W. Bartlett Rd.
Bartlett, IL 60103
(630) 837-7486 / Fax (847) 695-7786
kunardhealing@yahoo.com
www.thecenterinbartlett.org
Linnea Larson, MSW, LCSW, LMFT
Linnea’s two decades of work in healthcare settings have included both inpatient and outpatient care of oncology, renal, and psychiatric
patients, and care for the dying at a hospice. She is currently engaged in research on the future of medicine at the Center for Systems and
Health Equality in Oak Park, IL, as well as tending to her own business, called Learning Strategies, where she teaches mindfulness
meditation and HeartMath techniques. She has also served as a commissioner on the White House Commission on Complementary and
Alternative Medicine Policy, as associate director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, IL, and as
adjunct faculty in Social Work at campuses of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and in Springfield, IL. While at West Suburban
Hospital she developed and implemented the first behavioral science curriculum in its family practice residency program.
Practice Information:
Learning Strategies
Oak Park, IL
(708) 445-1689
Linnea’s two decades of work in healthcare settings have included both inpatient and outpatient care of oncology, renal, and psychiatric
patients, and care for the dying at a hospice. She is currently engaged in research on the future of medicine at the Center for Systems and
Health Equality in Oak Park, IL, as well as tending to her own business, called Learning Strategies, where she teaches mindfulness
meditation and HeartMath techniques. She has also served as a commissioner on the White House Commission on Complementary and
Alternative Medicine Policy, as associate director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at West Suburban Hospital in Oak Park, IL, and as
adjunct faculty in Social Work at campuses of the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign and in Springfield, IL. While at West Suburban
Hospital she developed and implemented the first behavioral science curriculum in its family practice residency program.
Practice Information:
Learning Strategies
Oak Park, IL
(708) 445-1689
Michele Montgomery, PTA, LMT
Michele is a founding member of Seek the Frontier who combined her background in physical therapy with massage therapy in 1991 to
specialize in sports and orthopedic massage. Her specialties include neuromuscular therapy and soft tissue release, and she recently
completed additional training in Muscle Activation Techniques to evaluate and treat muscle imbalances. Michele’s forte is working with sports
injuries and preparing athletes for competition, and her work experience includes a variety of physical therapy clinics and other settings, such
as the Chicago Bears and Chicago Bulls sports teams.
Practice Information:
1128 Central Ave.
Downers Grove, IL 60516
(630) 910-4748
uflubirub@hotmail.com
Michele is a founding member of Seek the Frontier who combined her background in physical therapy with massage therapy in 1991 to
specialize in sports and orthopedic massage. Her specialties include neuromuscular therapy and soft tissue release, and she recently
completed additional training in Muscle Activation Techniques to evaluate and treat muscle imbalances. Michele’s forte is working with sports
injuries and preparing athletes for competition, and her work experience includes a variety of physical therapy clinics and other settings, such
as the Chicago Bears and Chicago Bulls sports teams.
Practice Information:
1128 Central Ave.
Downers Grove, IL 60516
(630) 910-4748
uflubirub@hotmail.com
Vicki Rae Thorne, B.M.Ed., Herbalist, C. At.
Vicki Rae Thorne holds a B.M.Ed., and is a Certified Aromatherapist (C.At.) and Master Herbalist candidate with a growing practice for over 20
years. Her certification from Jeanne Rose’s Aromatherapy Home Studies Course emphasizes the art and science of aromatherapy, and
Master Herbalist certification is pending completion of coursework and testing. She is founder and president of Earth Heart Inc., specializing in
holistic consultations, classes, original formulations, and writing. Vicki teaches natural health classes in a variety of settings and has served
as adjunct faculty at Elgin Community College, ECC School of Massage Therapy and Community Education, McHenry County College, Harper
College, White Sage Holistic Center, Northern Prairie School of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, Provena Wellness Center and Infinity
Foundation. She authored a regular column on herbs and aromatherapy for two years in All for You magazine. In addition, Vicki is a member of
the American Herbalists Guild, Seek the Frontier Clinicians Network, Women’s Leadership Network, and President of the Holistic Arts & Health
Alliance.
Practice Information:
Earth Heart, Inc.
P. O. Box 427
Dundee, IL 60118
(847) 551-1806 / Fax (831) 305-8687
vickirae711@comcast.net
www.haha-il.org
Vicki Rae Thorne holds a B.M.Ed., and is a Certified Aromatherapist (C.At.) and Master Herbalist candidate with a growing practice for over 20
years. Her certification from Jeanne Rose’s Aromatherapy Home Studies Course emphasizes the art and science of aromatherapy, and
Master Herbalist certification is pending completion of coursework and testing. She is founder and president of Earth Heart Inc., specializing in
holistic consultations, classes, original formulations, and writing. Vicki teaches natural health classes in a variety of settings and has served
as adjunct faculty at Elgin Community College, ECC School of Massage Therapy and Community Education, McHenry County College, Harper
College, White Sage Holistic Center, Northern Prairie School of Therapeutic Massage and Bodywork, Provena Wellness Center and Infinity
Foundation. She authored a regular column on herbs and aromatherapy for two years in All for You magazine. In addition, Vicki is a member of
the American Herbalists Guild, Seek the Frontier Clinicians Network, Women’s Leadership Network, and President of the Holistic Arts & Health
Alliance.
Practice Information:
Earth Heart, Inc.
P. O. Box 427
Dundee, IL 60118
(847) 551-1806 / Fax (831) 305-8687
vickirae711@comcast.net
www.haha-il.org
Lisa Yater, LCSW, BCIAC
Lisa is a clinical social worker and biofeedback clinician who now lives in Midland, Texas after spending almost 15 years in the Chicagoland
area. She has served psychotherapy clients in agency and private practice settings and approaches the practice of therapy with respect for the
sacredness of each individual’s life story, along with scientific curiosity about the best route to alleviating psychological pathology, and with
spiritual creativity and playfulness about each session’s effectiveness. Lisa is also the founder of Seek the Frontier Clinicians Network, which
grew out of her own yearnings for the physical health and spiritual health of her clients to be interwoven with their psychological growth. As a
scientist-practitioner, she wants all clinicians to understand the wondrous, complex mechanisms of health and healing. As a mystic, she
wants all clinicians to remember the miracle of the human journey. She envisions that Seek the Frontier, by inviting clinicians into building
community and knowledge, will both improve patients’ and clients’ clinical outcomes, and renew society’s healthcare system.
Practice Information:
Seek the Frontier
(432) 262-6203
lisa.yater@clearwire.net
www.seekthefrontier.com
Lisa is a clinical social worker and biofeedback clinician who now lives in Midland, Texas after spending almost 15 years in the Chicagoland
area. She has served psychotherapy clients in agency and private practice settings and approaches the practice of therapy with respect for the
sacredness of each individual’s life story, along with scientific curiosity about the best route to alleviating psychological pathology, and with
spiritual creativity and playfulness about each session’s effectiveness. Lisa is also the founder of Seek the Frontier Clinicians Network, which
grew out of her own yearnings for the physical health and spiritual health of her clients to be interwoven with their psychological growth. As a
scientist-practitioner, she wants all clinicians to understand the wondrous, complex mechanisms of health and healing. As a mystic, she
wants all clinicians to remember the miracle of the human journey. She envisions that Seek the Frontier, by inviting clinicians into building
community and knowledge, will both improve patients’ and clients’ clinical outcomes, and renew society’s healthcare system.
Practice Information:
Seek the Frontier
(432) 262-6203
lisa.yater@clearwire.net
www.seekthefrontier.com
