OUR TEAM
ACUPUNCTURISTS & HERBALISTS
CELESTE LEVITZ-JONES (she/Her)
Herbalist & Licensed Acupuncturist, Five Point Member-Owner
celeste@fivepointholistic.com
Through Celeste’s undergraduate studies in psychology and gender studies, she realized her passion for treating psychological issues, particularly those stemming from traumatic experiences. She chose East Asian Medicine as her healing modality because it recognizes the mind-body connection and strives to treat both simultaneously. She graduated from PCHS in 2014 and earned a Diplomat in Canonical Chinese Medicine. Celeste specializes in psycho-emotional issues including depression, anxiety, and panic disorders. Her treatments regulate the nervous system, calm the mind, and address related symptoms such as digestive disorders and insomnia. She is compassionate, patient-centered, and empowers her clients to heal themselves.
RYAN PALMA (he/Him)
Licensed Acupuncturist & Herbalist, Five Point Member-Owner
ryan@fivepointholistic.com
Ryan is an optimistic, non-judgmental, attentive, detailed, and compassionate practitioner. He is comfortable treating a wide array of health complaints ranging from chronic to acute illness and has a specific interest in pain management, digestive, women's health, and psycho emotional issues. Utilizing a personalized combination of nutrition, lifestyle modifications, herbal medicine, and acupuncture, Ryan strives to provide the support and care needed to improve and maintain health.
Katelyn Seger
Licensed Acupuncturist
katelyn@fivepointholistic.com
Katelyn was inspired to pursue Acupuncture and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) as a pathway to help people improve their overall wellness and to not simply manage illnesses. Recognizing that many clientele are overworked and juggling busy schedules, Katelyn specializes in incorporating stress reduction techniques into treatments. They take a particular interest in the ways daily stress impacts the body's ability to heal itself and is able to utilize acupuncture to mitigate these effects. Special interests include treating fellow LGBTQ+ community members, mens' physical and emotional wellbeing, and pregnancy related pain. When not at the clinic, Katelyn can be found gardening and digging in the dirt.
Derek becker (he/Him)
Licensed Acupuncturist
derek@fivepointholistic.com
Derek Becker is a compassionate collaborator who partners with people to creatively overcome physical and emotional challenges. Derek’s patients often find themselves moving, breathing into and releasing pain. This practice, along with brief guided meditations, Qi Gong instruction, and prescribing herbal formulas, reinforces the collaborative nature of healing and allows a patient to experience the benefits and importance of actively participating in their own healing.
Khadijah Kysia
Licensed Acupuncturist
khadijah@fivepointholistic.com
Khadijah’s main occupation is fine needle (acupuncture) work informed by eclectic curiosities and endeavoring to see things as they are. Khadijah’s practice addresses neurological and digestive systems and situations affecting the psychosoma for which conventional medicine cannot or has not offered any significant consolation. She treats old injuries and scars to dissolve emotional blockages. Her practice focuses on prevention by maintaining organized fluidity and receptivity. Khadijah’s sessions often incorporate touch: gentle holding and witnessing. Her BA is in Creative Writing from University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), MSTOM from PCHS (Chicago), and she obtained a doctorate from Five Branches University (San Jose).
ashley Dyer (she/Her)
Licensed Acupuncturist
ashley@fivepointholistic.com
Ashley is passionate about combining her training in East Asian Medicine with her public health roots to support patients, families, and communities seeking accessible, holistic healthcare. Ashley takes a patient-centered approach and is comfortable treating a range of acute and chronic conditions. She has a particular interest in treating allergies, asthma, anxiety, gastrointestinal issues, neurological conditions, pain, and partnering with patients during the postpartum period. Ashley develops tailored treatment plans to support the unique needs of each patient that may include a combination of acupuncture, herbal medicine, nutrition, and/or meditation to ultimately enhance well-being and improve quality of life.
BODYWORKERS
NATHAN PAULUS (he/Him)
Bodyworker, Licensed Massage Therpist, Five Point Member-Owner
nathan@fivepointholistic.com
Nathan Paulus uses a combination of Shiatsu, Tui Na, acupressure and trigger point therapy in his sessions. His strong ability to sense and move energy comes from long-standing Yoga and Tai Chi practice. Sessions usually favor deeper connection to the subtle body, or rehabilitating the muscular body and structural issues. The treatments almost always include some form of Yoga for diagnosis, treatment positions, homework and self-care. Nathan is a believer in an individual’s capacity for self-healing, rather than relying on the notion of being “fixed” by someone else. His treatments are designed to improve and compliment the process of self- healing.
Abbie Brasch (she/her)
Bodyworker, Licensed Massage Therapist
abbie@fivepointholistic.com
Abbie specializes in therapeutic bodywork and prioritizes providing compassionate care for all. She studied at The Soma Institute for Clinical Massage Therapy and blends her clinical training with intuitive touch. She uses a variety of manual therapy techniques and modalities such as myofascial release, trigger point therapy, cupping and gua sha in order to provide the most healing service possible for her clients. She is passionate about self-care as a form of self empowerment and strives to help every client get in touch with their bodies and their own inner wisdom. Each session with Abbie is unique and customized for each client based on their specific needs. She strives to provide a safe and welcoming space to assist every individual on their healing journey.
Natalie mcgreal (she/her)
Bodyworker, Licensed Massage Therapist
natalie@fivepointholistic.com
Natalie specializes in trauma-informed and restorative-based practices. In bodywork sessions she collaborates with clients and their nervous systems to create a more relaxed and embodied state of being. Some techniques Natalie uses in treatments include, somatic experiencing, myofascial release, trigger point therapy, Swedish massage, assisted stretching, joint mobilization and yogic and mindfulness techniques. Since the work done in session is only one aspect of wellness and recovery, Natalie often recommends home practices at the end of sessions. Natalie has been a massage therapist since 2007, a yoga teacher since 2012 and has been studying trauma since 2013. She is currently certified by NCBTMB to teach trauma informed bodywork principles & practices to other yoga teachers and LMTs.
Mahamadou Sissoko
Bodyworker, Licensed Massage Therapist
mahamadou@fivepointholistic.com
Mahamadou has been an LMT since 2021. He graduated from The National School of Clinical Massage Therapy and is a member of American Massage Therapy Association. Mahamadou is a native of Mali and is fluent in French, Bambaran and English. He grew up giving and receiving massages in his family and has always loved the therapeutic value of touch. As a massage therapist, he enjoys work in the clinical setting as it allows for more time centered with the client to address their current needs. Mahamadou practices with Swedish massage, deep tissue, and sports massage. He has regularly volunteered as a therapist for the Chicago Marathon, and outside of the massage world, he enjoys time with family and friends.
PSYCHOTHERAPY
Jessica Weisbach (she/Her)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
jessica@fivepointholistic.com
Jessica supports her clients in connecting with themselves through an Internal Family Systems framework. Having studied IFS through IFSCA, Jessica brings curiosity and compassion to her clients' systems and their parts in order to cultivate a greater connection to Self while freeing systems from the burdens that they hold. Her practice is trauma informed; she tends to focus her work on mood and anxiety disorders, childhood trauma, sexual trauma, perinatal mental health and group work. Having lived in the Logan Square community for 15 years, Jessica is excited to bring more mental health services to the neighborhood.
Hope Williams (They/Them)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
hope@fivepointholistic.com
Hope brings over 10 years of experience working with adolescents and adults. Their approach to psychotherapy is strongly relational with an emphasis on trauma informed care and mindfulness. Hope sees their work with clients as a cooperative venture and values the identity intersections of each individual. They believe in the inner healing power of each of us as individuals and collectively in community. Hope specializes in working with depression and anxiety (including climate and existential anxiety), psychedelic integration and substance use/harm reduction. Having prior experience in nursing home settings, Hope also enjoys working around issues associated with chronic illness and aging. Hope is a midwesterner, parent, and lover of nature. In their spare time, you can find them gardening, bike riding, and camping.
Patty Sugrue (she/her)
Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor
patty@fivepointholistic.com
Therapy can be a place to look deeply within and find a source of strength, creativity and healing. Using an embodied, relational approach to therapy, Patty creates a space for you to discover what makes you uniquely you and heal what gets in the way of becoming that. She has experience working with depression and anxiety, relationship issues, LGBTQIA concerns, spirituality and trauma. Patty offers her years as a bodyworker, yoga and meditation teacher as tools for self-understanding and empowerment. She finds her source of strength in nature, finding solace in all the varied natural habitats around Chicago.
Brian Weza (He/Him)
Licensed Professional Counselor
brian@fivepointholistic.com
Brian provides a calm, safe environment to explore your unique story of power and struggle. With curiosity and care as the foundation, Brian works together with clients to identify their inner strengths, develop new understandings, and build self-awareness. He specializes in working with anxiety, depression, life transitions, and existential tension. Brian has extensive experience in working with individuals who identify as artists from queer communities. Some of Brian’s sources of healing and inspiration include making music, exploring the natural world, writing, and watching films.
Nadia Ismail (She/they)
Counselor (MSc) nadia@fivepointholistic.com
Nadia Ismail is a bilingual speaking psychologist (English/Arabic) with a MSc in Mental Health and Psychological Therapies. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) from the Beck Institute for Cognitive Behavior Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) from the Linehan Institute in the United States. Her style of psychotherapy is a combination of CBT, DBT and psychodynamic principles and is built on building a meaningful and reflective therapeutic relationship between herself and the client. Nadia's life experience living abroad in places such as Jordan and the United Kingdom, along with her time in the United States has helped her to gain a deep understanding of and connection with various cultures.
Nadia works with adults with a wide range of difficulties such as anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, relationships and personality disorders. She also works with members of the LGBTQ community.
When she's not working, she enjoys gardening, painting and listening to podcasts.
Wallace Colvin (he/Him)
Counselor (MA) wallace@fivepointholistic.com
Wallace believes that many of life’s challenges stem from childhood trauma and negative thought patterns which often lead to depression, anxiety and other trauma based symptoms. As a therapist, Wallace is direct and honest while simultaneously holding deep compassion and empathy. In session, Wallace creates a trusting and non-judgmental space where clients can share their unique struggles and challenge maladaptive thoughts thus making space to create new beliefs about oneself, find new ways of engaging with others and cultivating new behaviors. While not working, Wallace enjoys cooking, working out, listening to music, spending time with friends, and playing video games.
