Your mental health has an impact. Tending to it has an impact, too.

Providing quality mental health care for individuals
and bridging mental health gaps in communities

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Meet the founder and therapist

Jasmine Chandy, LCSW is a licensed therapist from Chicago, IL. She earned a Bachelor’s degree in Biology and Spanish and a Master’s degree in Social Work with a concentration in health. She has served over a thousand clients in tending to their psychosocial needs across various settings including hospital admissions, community health, and non-profit organizations. Jasmine founded socialworkup Therapy to provide high quality mental health care that is tactful, open, and welcoming to all. Jasmine hopes socialworkup Therapy will become a pillar in Illinois for individuals to feel valued and understood.

Therapy Style:

Jasmine tailors a combination of psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, and solution-focused therapies to help clients understand where their feelings are rooted, how it affects their current experiences, and how to derive effective tools, skills, and insights that will serve them now and in the future.

Frequently Asked Questions

  • At this time, all sessions are online and conducted through a HIPAA-compliant platform.

  • Some individuals come to therapy for help with meeting a short-term goal (around 6 months). Others go to therapy to have a dedicated space for self-improvement without an end date in mind. Your therapist will work with you to ensure the process works with you. Just like physical health, tending to your mental health takes time.

  • Depending on your needs, sessions can be every week or every other week. There is flexibility to increase or decrease your frequency as needed.

  • Before your first session, our therapy platform will process your insurance and provide you with an estimate. A session will only be scheduled after you are aware of and approve of the costs.

  • Your therapist is trained to support you in reaching your goals in a way that is effective and comfortable for you. They will start each session by prioritizing what's on your mind that day and they'll also be prepared to guide you to process certain information, gain new skills and insights, and ultimately take steps to reach your goals.

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what does the name mean?

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A workup is done in healthcare to gather the medical information necessary to create a treatment plan. The name socialworkup reclaims the importance of honoring the psychological and social impact, too. These elements contribute to overall health and longevity and are just as essential. Tending to your mental wellness is simply taking care of yourself.

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Social work aims to enhance well-being and uses a social justice lens to meet the basic needs of all people. As a clinical social worker, Jasmine hopes to play her role in elevating the profession by making trustworthy mental health education and services tangible and equitable.

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socialworkup Therapy

socialworkup therapy was created out of a commitment to provide high-quality mental health care to individuals while bridging gaps in accessing mental health education and care in communities. With accessibility and approachability at the foundation, socialworkup therapy aims to make mental health care an open, welcoming, and fruitful space – wherever you are in your journey.

The mission, vision, and values are the anchors behind every action taken at socialworkup Therapy.

Mission:

The Mission of socialworkup Therapy is to provide approachable and accessible mental health care to Illinois Residents and communities through high-quality service, education, and support.

Vision:

Socialworkup Therapy aims to be a leading psychotherapy practice in Illinois, recognized for improving mental health outcomes and bridging gaps in mental health care.

 socialworkup Values

The core values of socialworkup Therapy are at the forefront of the care provided and the initiatives created.

Commitment to continued learning for the benefit of clients and communities

Clients and communities are the experts on themselves. Socialworkup Therapy is dedicated to learning with diverse individuals, communities, and experiences.

Ensuring fair and impartial service delivery.

Identifying needs in the community and collaborating for support and advocacy to help meet those needs.

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Individual Therapy

One on one therapy sessions with founder Jasmine Chandy, LCSW via a secure online platform. Insurance and out of pocket options available.

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Mental Health Events

Virtual or In-person mental health presentations made for your organization, school, club, or workplace.

  • "Therapy with her altogether has been so rewarding.”

    “I’ve had 2 therapists before, and with Jasmine, I really appreciated the blend of therapy styles which have been helping me reach insight about my problems as well as actions I need to start implementing to improve situations and solve problems. I didn’t think the second part was possible at all, but I’m proud to say she’s definitely helped kickstart my slow and steady, yet progress nonetheless. She’s also helped reframe my insights and correct thinking that I didn’t even know what problematic or maladaptive!!! I honestly can’t pick anything that’s most helpful, therapy with her altogether has been so rewarding.”

  • "I wholeheartedly recommend Jasmine as a necessary addition to your village"

    “Just based on my sessions with her, I want to say that she’s a good therapist because she’s a good person. Her character reflects in the care she provides her clients with. You can feel she genuinely roots for your success and well being, not just because you’re her client. And this is reflected in the work you do together. You hear the metaphor with mental health journeys that it really helps to have your “village” pick you up when you fall down and most of my mental health did not have a village to fall back on. But even though it’s just been 2 people on weekly zoom call, I feel like I found my village, the village that my mental health has needed for so long. So I wholeheartedly recommend Jasmine as a necessary addition to your village because she will make you feel safe, comfortable, and at home.”