We have a new location! 329 West Main Street, Barrington, IL
Welcome to Our Practice
Meet Dr. Lisa Petrongelli
Dr. Petrongelli is the founder and director of Well & Being for Women located in Barrington, Illinois. She blends the roles of a clinical psychologist, family nurse practitioner, and aesthetic nurse practitioner, focusing on providing comprehensive care for women. With a unique hybrid approach, she is considered a women's wellness expert offering both mental health support and aesthetic services, emphasizing empowerment, self-love, and holistic health.
Well & Being for Women offers services exclusively to women, ages 12 years and older. The practice focuses on various treatments of a woman's total health, both physical and mental. Dr. Petrongelli has extensive experience working with a diverse clientele and welcomes women from all racial and ethnic backgrounds. Regardless as to why a women seeks care at our practice, whether to receive treatment for a traumatic event or for a relaxing facial, the focus is on helping women improve their self-esteem, confidence, mental and physical well-being, promoting a balance between mind and body.
To best understand our unique holistic approach, consider a women who is dealing with body image issues, she can be helped through both psychotherapy and aesthetic procedures to enhance her confidence. Our approach is an impactful way to care for a women’s overall well-being, blending both physical and mental health in a way that produces long-term results helping a women feel their best—both inside and out.
We invite women to explore our practice website to learn more about our practice and treatment options. We feel joyous to WELCOME you here!
Education and Professional Experience
Dr. Petrongelli is a Clinical Psychologist and an ANCC board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner with Full Practice Authority. As a Clinical Psychologist she intersections aspects of health care with physical, mental, emotional health and behavior treatments. Dr. Petrongelli considers the aspects of how a women's biological, psychological and social factors influence how women make choices about their health and lifestyles.
After many years of practice, Dr. Petrongelli has brought together the combined services of physical and mental health in harmony with the practice of aesthetics medicine and treatments. Well & Being for Women is unique, in that it is strictly provides an opportunity for women to be completely honest with your oneself, and that is in no particular order. For better clarity consider this, when a women is not feeling emotionally like her best self, her physical self becomes an expression. This can be either by hiding what you are truly felling (imposter-like - "I look so good!" Therefore, others think I got it all together). Conversely, to the other extreme, a diminished self ("I look like poop, so I feel like poop." Diminishing levels of self-care, weight gain, consuming too much alchohol, poor diet choices, ect.) Women, in general, experience a strong correlation between physical appearance and mental health. Dr. Petrongelli is there to support women, physically and mentally, to help them regain their personal strengths.
As a family nurse practitioner she has earned specialized training in aesthetics, including medical grade skin care, weight loss and management, neurotoxin injectables, fillers, PRP, and microneedling.
Dr. Petrongelli is an EMDRIA Certified Therapist and a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) and Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP). As a specialists in trauma-informed therapies, her main focus is working with women (ages 12 years and older) who are dealing with traumatic experiences related to accidents, sexual abuse, physical abuse, emotional/verbal abuse and grief. She has specialized addiction training in alcohol and opioid use disorders and a SAMSA Buprenorphine Practitioner (Buprenorphine, Suboxone, Vivitrol).
As a life long animal lover and founder of a non-profit animal charity, Dr. Petrongelli, whenever possible, ingrates animals (who does not love a cuddly therapy pooch!) into her psychotherapy practices. In 2024 she earned the unique recognition through the national animal -assisted organization - Pet Partners, as Animal-Assisted Intervention Specialist, (C-AAIS). She is also a registered animal-assisted therapy team handler, with Francesca, a Tibetan terrier mix dog, and Hildegard, a domestic short hair cat.
Her doctoral dissertation focused on animal-assisted psychotherapies (AAP) and children diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorders. The application of animals as supportive and emotional tools is unique and an expanding field in which mental health professionals incorporate trained therapy animals into psychotherapeutic environments.
Lisensure
Registered Professional Nurse
Registered Nurse Practitioner
Full Practice Authority Nurse Practitioner
ANCC Board Certified Family Nurse Practitioner
SAMSA Buprenorphine Practitioner
Certifications
EMDRIA Certified Practitioner
Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, CCTP
Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional , CCATP
Animal-Assisted Intervention Specialist, C-AAIS
Cardiovascular Pulmonary Resuscitation, CPR/BLS
Professional Affiliations
Sigma Theta Tau International, Honor Society for Nurses, Member
Psi Chi International, Honor Society for Psychology, Member
American Psychological Association (APA), Member
American Nurses Association (ANA), Member
Human-Animal Interaction, American Physiological Association (APA) Division 17, Sec 13, Member
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA), Member
Association of Animal-Assisted Intervention Professionals (AAAIP), Member
Pet Partners, Certified Animal Assisted Team Handler
EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), Member
Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (SCBWI), Member
Publications
Evaluation of Prosocial Behaviors During Animal-Assisted Therapy for Children with Pervasive Developmental Disorders (2010) - Doctoral Dissertation
Comfortable In Her Shell (2024) - Gateway Press, Children's Book
EMDR Certified Therapist
Dr. Petrongelli is a certified EMDRIA therapist. The EMDR International Association (EMDRIA), demonstrating a higher level of proficiency and expertise in using Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy in their clinical practice; essentially signifying that a clinician has gone beyond basic EMDR training and achieved a recognized standard of competency in the field. She is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) assessing and treating individuals experiencing the psychological effects of trauma demonstrating a level of expertise in trauma-focused therapy. Additionally, she earned Animal-Assisted Intervention Specialist Certification (C-AAIS) distinguishing herself as a professional who is qualified to integrate therapy animals into practice. She is an advocate for the welfare of both the humans and the animals involved in AAI.
