Therapists

Abby Saunders, LIMHP, LADC

Abby Saunders, LIMHP, LADC

Abby Saunders brings comprehensive mental health and substance abuse counseling services as a dually-licensed practitioner to Omaha OB-GYN Associates.  She graduated with a Master's Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of Nebraska-Omaha and has previously provided care in all levels of treatment including residential, intensive-outpatient and outpatient.

Abby's personal experience as a mother of two children born very prematurely led her to work for the March of Dimes for eight years as a NICU Family Support Specialist serving two area hospitals. There she provided information and comfort to families facing high-risk deliveries, loss and NICU stays in addition to providing family-centered care education to health care providers.

Currently, she specializes in serving women and their families struggling with perinatal mood disorders, infertility, miscarriage/loss and difficulties navigating through adjustment to parenthood.  

Abby has certification for mental health infertility treatment through the American Society of Reproductive Medicine and has undergone extensive training in assessment and treatment of perinatal mental health care through Postpartum Support International.  She is also trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) to a enable efficient trauma processing.

Abby is a board member of the Nebraska Perinatal Quality Improvement Collaborative serving as a family and mental health care advocate.  She is also an active member of the American Counseling Association, NAADAC and Postpartum Support International.

Mental health services are offered in-person and through telehealth platform, Spruce Health.

 

Veronica Olson, LIMHP, LPC, NCC

Veronica Olson, LIMHP, LPC, NCC

Veronica joins the Omaha OBGYN team as a board certified Licensed Mental Health Practitioner. She graduated with her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from the University of South Dakota and has provided therapy services to clients in-home, intensive-outpatient, outpatient and through EAP. As a therapist, she works using a variety of interventions to meet each person’s needs including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, short-term Solution Focused, Trauma Focused CBT, DBT, Person Centered, REBT, Multicultural Counseling, and Reality Therapy. She works with her clients to create an individualized plan to meet their needs and will work collaboratively to help them get the outcomes they are looking for.

Veronica has worked with children, adults, families, and groups and is experienced in many topics including depression, anxiety, grief, trauma, communication, infertility, hormonal disorders, and thyroid disorders. She currently working with women who are dealing with depression, anxiety, trauma, infertility, perinatal mood disorders, miscarriage/loss, and navigating adjusment with parenting/family dynamics. She is also working on becoming certified in Perinatal Mood Disorders through Postpartum Support International and American Society of Reproductive Medicine.

Mental health services are offered through Spruce Health (telehealth platform) to get started, and then can discuss in-person options.