About Thrive
Holistic Mental Health From Adolescence Through Older Adulthood
Support for All Ages
Nurturing wellness for women and gender-diverse individuals
Compassionately Guiding Your Journey
Relationship-based
A Lifetime of Trust & Records
Our Mission
Our mission is to redefine mental health care for women and LGBTQIA+ individuals by providing inclusive, integrative, and whole-person treatment that honors the complex connection between hormones, brain chemistry, and lived experience.
We specialize in supporting parents, neurodivergent individuals, and those who have felt unheard or marginalized in traditional psychiatric settings.
Through compassionate, evidence-based care—including psychiatric treatment, hormonal support, lifestyle medicine, and higher levels of support when needed—we create a safe, collaborative space where every person can feel seen, respected, and empowered to thrive.
Experts in hormonal mental health from younger to older adulthood
Evidence-based care across the lifespan from adolescents through older adults, we provide collaborative treatment focused on whole person wellness, balance and long term stability.
Our Provider
David Monroe
Family Physician
Sarah Bier
MD
Family Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
Lisa
Social Worker
Trauma Clinician
Sarah Bier
MD
Family Psychiatric Nurse Pactitioner
Sarah Bier
Sarah Bier is a certified mental health nurse practitioner and nurse midwife. She prioritizes building a warm relationship to encourage client safety, collaboratively set wellness goals, and equip clients with information and knowledge to make decisions that feel right for each individual.
In partnership with clients, Sarah will develop an individualized treatment plan that is meaningful, empowering, and aligns with client values, unique lived experiences, and current symptoms. A treatment plan may include any combination of lifestyle changes, supplements, alternative and complementary therapies, psychotherapeutic and/or pharmacologic options.
Sarah is experienced providing care across the lifespan. She enjoys building trusting and collaborative relationships with young people and emerging adults to equip each individual for success.
She has a special interest and extensive training in perinatal and reproductive mental health, health at every size, LGBTQIA and non-binary concerns, and mood and anxiety disorders. Sarah has completed advanced training at the Massachusetts General Hospital Center for Women’s Mental Health and is certified in perinatal mental health by Postpartum Support International. She is a participant in the first national cohort of National Curriculum in Reproductive Psychiatry: Intensive Advanced Curriculum, affiliated with Marce Society of North America.
Lisa
Social Worker
Trauma Clinician
Lisa Austin
Lisa Austin, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker from the University of Chicago, is a trauma-informed clinician with extensive experience in emergency psychiatry, adult diagnostic assessment, and pediatric crisis evaluation.
She began her career at Northwestern Memorial Hospital where she conducted comprehensive adult psychiatric evaluations in high-acuity emergency department settings, specializing in suicide risk assessment, differential diagnosis, and crisis stabilization guiding inpatient and outpatient disposition planning. She continued her practice at Evanston Hospital, splitting her time between ER evaluations and providing follow up outpatient treatment
Prior to joining Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Lisa operated a private practice providing psychotherapy for trauma, mood integrating evidence-based interventions with diagnostic rigor.
At Lurie Children’s, Lisa served as Risk Specialist and Lead Clinical Social Worker, maintaining active clinical responsibilities. She conducted emergency department mental health and safety evaluations, including high-volume pediatric crisis assessments during the COVID-19 pandemic, addressing suicidality, abuse and neglect, LGBTQIA+ concerns, complex family systems, and ICU consultations. In addition she has volunteered as a trauma therapist at local community crisis events.
Areas of Expertise
Care for Young Adults
We support young adults as they transition into independent life with holistic, collaborative assessments and personalized treatment plans developed alongside clients and their broader care team.
Pregnancy Loss & Fertility Challenges
We provide compassionate support for individuals navigating pregnancy loss and fertility challenges, addressing the emotional, hormonal, and relational impacts of these deeply personal experiences.
Pregnancy and Postpartum
Perinatal Mood and Anxiety Disorders (PMADs) affect 1 in 5 expecting and new parents and can arise during pregnancy or within the first year postpartum, encompassing conditions such as depression, anxiety, OCD, PTSD, bipolar disorder, and psychosis—many of which begin before birth and are highly treatable.
Parent and Baby
The emotional health of birthing parents and their babies is deeply connected. When a parent experiences PMAD symptoms, that bond can feel strained. We care for the parent–baby duo together, providing the support needed to build a secure, lifelong connection. Our team helps with challenges such as bonding difficulties, birth trauma recovery, NICU experiences, and understanding a baby’s cues. As you gain confidence and feel better, your baby—and your whole family—benefits.
Non-Birthing Parent Mental Health
Up to 1 in 10 non-birthing parents experience perinatal anxiety or depression, often marked by irritability, withdrawal, physical symptoms, and overwhelming worry, yet these challenges are common, hormonally influenced, and very responsive to treatment.
Perimenopause
Perimenopause brings significant hormonal shifts that can impact mood, cognition, and sleep, but with therapy, supportive medications, and hormone treatment when appropriate, these symptoms are highly treatable
We're Here Whenever You Need Us
sbier@thrivereproductivehealth.com
Phone
Open Hours
Address
1818 Dempster Street
Evanston, IL 60202