Specializations

In addition to depression, anxiety, work stress, life transitions, and relationship challenges—
Dr. Hovan also specializes in:

• History of trauma and impact on sense of self, attachment, and relational patterns

• Distress related to caregiving

• Reproductive Mental Health (including fertility, perinatal, and postpartum)

Dr. Hovan can provide telehealth services in all PSYPACT® participating states.
Authority to Practice Interjurisdictional Telepsychology (APIT) granted by the PSYPACT® Commission (APIT #5101; verification at www.verifypsypact.org).

Dr. Hovan is currently in-network with: BCBS PPO/Choice/Options; BCBS HMO Site 501 & 502; Aetna; Medicare Part B; Lyra.

Experience

Dr. Hovan has experience treating individuals across the lifespan in a variety of settings, including a multi-disciplinary trauma center, an outpatient and in-home foster care program, an inpatient psychiatric hospital, and two large urban medical centers.

Dr. Hovan has specialized training in reproductive health and completed a year-long specialty rotation/training within the obstetrics and gynecology (OB/GYN) department at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center.

Dr. Hovan positions herself as an ally to the LGBTQIA+ community. She continues to engage in training to ensure she provides supportive and gender-affirming care to youth and adults including letter-writing.

Education

Dr. Hovan received her master’s and doctorate degrees from Roosevelt University. In addition to the doctoral academic requirements, Dr. Hovan completed supplemental coursework and training that resulted in a concentration in child and family studies. Dr. Hovan has assisted with research regarding memory and focused her own research in attempts to better understand differing perceptions of distressful/traumatic events. She completed her doctoral internship at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago and her postdoctoral training at the Gersten Center for Behavioral Health.

Dr. Hovan is a faculty member of Roosevelt University in Chicago and began teaching undergraduate courses in 2014. Most recently, Dr. Hovan has been the instructor of a doctoral-level course that helps teach, train and support future clinicians.

About Dr. Hovan

“Therapy can be a powerful space to better understand your past, feel more grounded in the present, and make intentional changes for your future. Together, we can explore experiences that have strengthened you as well as ones that may have left you feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck.

You may come to therapy feeling uncertain, distressed, or simply aware that something isn’t working the way you hope. You might notice patterns that no longer serve you, disconnects between your thoughts and actions, or parts of your world that feel confusing. My role is to help you explore those places with curiosity and compassion, not judgment, and to support you in learning how to offer that same compassion to yourself.

This kind of work can be both deeply meaningful and vulnerable and uncomfortable. Because of this, finding a clinician you trust is essential. I strive to create a space where you feel supported, thoughtfully challenged, and empowered to challenge yourself.

If you think I can support you on your journey, please reach out. If, as we get to know one another, it seems that there may be a different clinical style or approach that would benefit you, I am happy to discuss ways I can help in finding the best clinician to do so.”

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