Iroquois Mental Health Center

Meet Austin, Our Substance and Outpatient Mental Health Therapist! Austin works out of our Watseka IMHC Location and is CADC, EMDR and TF-CBT certified! ?Austin is heavily involved in his community through Trinity Church, where he is a Counseling Pastor! Trinity Church has locations in Ashkum IL, Watseka IL, and Goodland IN that Austin serves out of. ?Austin is a huge Detroit Lions and Redwings fan and has been since he was a kid. His two favorite drinks are Dad's Root Beer and Vernors Ginger Ale!

Meet Kristen, Our Outpatient Therapist & Director of Vocational Services! ?Kristen works out of our Watseka and Kankakee IMHC Locations. She is the Director of our program that helps people find and keep jobs, by providing training, job placement, coaching, and support. ?Kristen is a Disney lover and truly believes coffee is her superpower. She is very passionate about animals. If she could, she would adopt all the animals in the world!

Meet Amy Zabel, MAOL, ACC, Our Executive Director! ?Amy works out of our Watseka, Kankakee, Manteno, and Danville IMHC locations. For the last 17 years, she has been in non-profit leadership. One of her passions is to help people grow through mission-driven organizational leadership and professional development. ?Amy loves her family and animals! She enjoys spending time with family, working in the yard, traveling, and showing her horse. Horses have always been a part of Amy's life and her first career was in the horse industry as a college professor, riding instructor, and trainer. ?Amy is a ICF Associate Certified Coach. She enjoys career coaching and helping people recognize their strengths by creating a safe space for people to be heard, known, and understood.

We are excited to announce our first Meet Our Staff Monday, Monica Wright! ?? Monica works out of our Watseka and Manteno IMHC location as well as the Jerome Combs Detention Center in Kankakee as part of the Forensic Pilot Program. ?? Monica loves to spend time with her family and pets. Her favorite drink is water, she consumes at least one gallon everyday! She has a passion for education and helping others. ?? When her busy schedule allows it, she enjoys fitness and used to be a body builder! Monica aspires to get back to this level of fitness and healthy lifestyle someday. ?? Over the past 12 years, she has worked her way through college to earn a Master's Degree as a Family Nurse Practitioner, a Post-Graduate Certificate as a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, and she is a Certified Addiction Registered Nurse- Advanced Practice.

Our Director of Crisis, Eva Anderson, PhD, LCPC, LPC, NCC, participated in Mass-Shooting Summit 2024, the Impact of Mass Shooting on the Mental Health Community.

A glimpse at our IMHC locations: Watseka, Danville, Kankakee, and Manteno.

Our mission at Iroquois Mental Health Center is to help people effectively deal with the problems, difficulties, and obstacles that may arise in each person's life, whether caused by situational, vocational, psychological or substance-induced factors. IMHC provides various mental health, substance abuse, and case management services to Kankakee, Iroquois and Vermilion Counties clients.