Blair Brown, Psychologist
Dr. Blair Brown is the Executive Clinical Director overseeing Clinical Quality, as well as a licensed clinical psychologist dedicated to enhancing patient care through measurement-based care, clinical care pathways, and quality improvement initiatives. She ensures excellence in clinical services by leading a team focused on improving outcomes and advancing best practices.
Dr. Brown earned her doctoral degree from the Illinois School of Professional Psychology in Chicago, IL, and completed her internship and post-doctoral fellowship at Streamwood Behavioral Health Hospital. There, she received specialized training in play therapy, collaborative problem-solving, dialectical behavioral therapy, crisis management, and applied behavior analysis, while simultaneously completing a fellowship in psychoanalysis. With experience in outpatient, inpatient, school, community, leadership, and camp settings, she brings a comprehensive and dynamic approach to clinical care.
Dr. Brown’s areas of interest include depression, anxiety, women’s issues, LGBTQIA/Kink, parenting challenges, eating disorders (HAES/IE), autism spectrum disorders, divorce, adoption or attachment-related concerns, emotional trauma, and grief/loss. Her treatment approach integrates client-centered care with psychodynamic (interpersonal) therapy, dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), and family systems strategies to provide individualized and effective support. In addition to therapy, Dr. Brown specializes in psychological assessments, offering insight into personality structures, behavioral patterns, learning difficulties, and intellectual capacities. These assessments guide personalized treatment plans and enhance diagnostic clarity.
Dr. Brown believes that meaningful change begins with trust, empathy, and understanding. She partners with clients to explore their histories, thought patterns, and relationships—balancing humor with depth, validation with challenge—to foster lasting transformation.
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Family Therapy: All Ages
- Psychological & Neuropsychological Testing: All Ages
- Individual Therapy: All Ages
Areas of Focus
Family Therapy
Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.
- Family conflict
- Parenting
- Ability status
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Attention & focus
- Autism: generally independent
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Caregiving
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Detachment/disconnection
- Dissociative disorders
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Eating issues: binging
- Eating issues: food deprivation
- Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
- Empty nesters
- End-of-life challenges
- Ethnic identity
- Fertility
- First responder stress
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender affirming evaluations
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Hallucinations
- Hoarding
- Intellectual challenges: generally independent
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Military & veteran
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders
- PMS & PMDD
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- Psychosis/issues with reality
- Racial identity
- Retirement
- Schizophrenia/schizoaffective
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sexual trauma
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress from ongoing health issues
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
- Unhealthy eating habits
- Unusual thoughts or beliefs
Psychological & Neuropsychological Testing
Psychological testing and evaluations are used to collect insights into someone’s behavior and thoughts.
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- Anxiety
- Body image
- Panic attacks
- Stress management
- Ability status
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Attachment issues
- Attention & focus
- Autism: generally independent
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Detachment/disconnection
- Dissociative disorders
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Eating issues: binging
- Eating issues: food deprivation
- Eating issues: purging/regurgitating
- Empty nesters
- End-of-life challenges
- Ethnic identity
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- First responder stress
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender affirming evaluations
- Gender identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Hallucinations
- Hoarding
- Immigration/cultural status
- Intellectual challenges: generally independent
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Marital stress or divorce
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Military & veteran
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other women's health concerns
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders
- PMS & PMDD
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- Psychosis/issues with reality
- Racial identity
- Retirement
- Schizophrenia/schizoaffective
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sexual trauma
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress from ongoing health issues
- Trauma & PTSD
- Unhealthy eating habits
- Unusual thoughts or beliefs
Insurances Accepted
- Aetna
- America's Choice Provider Network
- Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Caterpillar
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Duly Health and Care (DuPage)
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- Guidehealth
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- Magellan
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Pathways (Amita Health)
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Railroad Medicare
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare West (TriWest)
- UnityPoint
- Wellcare
- Wellpoint (Unicare/Healthlink)
- Zelis (HFN Network Solutions)
Languages
- English
Education
- Argosy University
Locations
Frequently Asked
Questions About
Blair Brown
Please call us at 309-827-2962 to schedule an appointment with Blair Brown.
Blair Brown generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist.
Please call 309-827-2962 to find out Blair Brown's schedule and availability.
LifeStance Health providers accept most commercial insurance plans that are offered in the states where we offer services, including telehealth. Please see the following list of insurances accepted by Blair Brown:
- Aetna
- America's Choice Provider Network
- Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Caterpillar
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Devoted Health Plan
- Duly Health and Care (DuPage)
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- Guidehealth
- HealthSmart
- Humana
- Magellan
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Medicare
- Northwell Direct
- Optum (UnitedHealthcare)
- Partners Direct Health
- Pathways (Amita Health)
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Railroad Medicare
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare West (TriWest)
- UnityPoint
- Wellcare
- Wellpoint (Unicare/Healthlink)
- Zelis (HFN Network Solutions)
If you don't see your insurance listed, please contact us at 309-827-2962 to see how we can help.
Blair Brown is a Psychologist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
Blair Brown works at:
Yes, Blair Brown does offer online telehealth visits.
Yes, Blair Brown is currently offering in-office visits at the following location: