WELCOME from Ananda’s Founder

Welcome! I am Amber Crosby, Founder of Ananda Mental Wellness and Yoga. I am so grateful that you have found your way here and I hope that we can help you find your bliss.

The choice to seek the support of a therapist is never easy. The stigma that is often attached to mental health has, for many, made this choice even more difficult. In 2018 I made the choice to venture into private mental health practice. In my years as a professional social worker I had witnessed the stigma first hand and decided that those seeking mental health services needed something new and different. Something that was outside of the box of more traditional services. I decided then that I wanted to build a practice that did mental health differently.

Over the course of the last several years, I’ve worked diligently to build my practice. Embracing the spirit of individuality that was driving me, in 2022, I relocated to the historic Highland Park/Oak Park Neighborhood so that I could provide the services which set Ananda apart from many other providers of mental health services.

Walking through Ananda’s door, you won’t find a traditional clinical space, in fact, if you’re looking for that, I would encourage you to look elsewhere. What you will find is a space that is clean, welcoming and inclusive of all. Every element of this space has been mindfully chosen with each and every one of you and your comfort and safety, in mind. Walking through Ananda’s door, you won’t find perfect therapists; you will find fellow human beings who have endured hard times and survived. You will find humans who are perfectly, imperfect and beautifully messy. You will find humans who are on their own journeys of self-exploration that never seem to end.

So, to each and every one of you who have said, “I’m ready to take that step”, you are brave and courageous. You are daring to believe that therapy could be a difference maker in your life. You are standing up against the stigma. You matter.

Blissfully yours,

Amber Crosby, MSW, LISW, RYT-200