Melissa Duplantis, PsyD, LCP, Psychologist in Chicago, Illinois

Dr. Duplantis is a seasoned Clinical Psychologist with over 25 years’ experience practicing within myriad populations and settings, including neuroatypical populations (including gifted patients), gender diverse individuals, incarcerated populations, offenders and survivors of domestic and sexual assault, and has practiced in settings including home ABA, prison, community mental health, inpatient child psychiatric, emergency departments, hospitals, and ambulatory community health/medical centers with integrated primary care-bh models of care.

In Dr. Duplantis’ role as a full-time licensed clinical psychologist with LifeStance Health, she brings her breadth of understanding in different clinical settings and approaches to treat adults (individuals, couples) in psychotherapy in the Bucktown Office and virtually.

Dr. Duplantis takes a whole-person care approach with clients. In therapy with Dr. Duplantis, you can expect a lively and interactive approach, where together Dr. Duplantis partners with clients in navigating behavior change through difficult areas of life.

Clinically, Dr. Duplantis is proud to be competent at treating a variety of complex presenting issues as a generalist, specializing in treating Health Psychology topics (eg. coping with acute or chronic illness/pain), neurodiversity (giftedness, ADHD, Autism), and anxiety-based disorders including trauma.

Dr. Duplantis’ history of nearly two decades as an executive makes her a great fit for individuals navigating difficulties with self-care and boundaries in high-stress careers.

Her background in healthcare also makes Dr. Duplantis a great fit for understanding and navigating the intersection between physical, social, mental health, substance use, trauma, neurology, perinatal and post-partum health, dementia, traumatic brain injury, infectious disease, and phase of life challenges related to health or any period of transition.

Most importantly, Dr. Duplantis is a fierce advocate for health equity with all marginalized communities and espouses a trauma-informed approach to care. You can expect to feel safe with Dr. Duplantis in exploring issues of marginalization and trauma as a LGBTQIA and BIPOC-sensitive and competent clinician.

Though Dr. Duplantis does not prescribe medication, you can expect under her care that it may be a topic of discussion whether to collaborate other providers in your care, such as internal or external psychiatry providers, primary care, or specialty medical practitioners.

Regarding theoretical approaches, Dr. Duplantis uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Mindful Self-Compassion, Behavioral Activation, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and other evidence-based models of care.