The Mental Health Services Department is what makes the Moran Center unique and sets us apart from other legal aid agencies. The Moran Center’s Mental Health team helps legal clients address the underlying issues that have led them to seek our legal services and to help them emerge stronger and healthier. Our Mental Health team uses a holistic, client-centered, and client-driven approach to walk alongside our clients on their journey as they face their legal and mental health struggles, traumas, relationships, and anything else each client sees as important to them.
Mental Health Services Team
The mental health services department consists of four full-time staff members:
KRISTEN KENNARD
Director of Social Work Services
Master of Social Work, Loyola University Chicago
Bachelor of Science, Concentration Family & Consumer Sciences, Eastern Illinois University
CHLOE REYES
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Master of Social Work, University of Chicago
Bachelor of International Studies/Bachelor of French, University of Michigan
CONI BENITEZ
Mental Health Counselor
Master of Counseling Psychology, Alliant International University
Bachelor of Psychology, Loyola University Chicago
BRITTANY SIMONS
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Master of Arts in Social Work (emphasis in Children, Youth, and Families), San Jose State University
Bachelor of Arts in Psychology (emphasis in Social Issues), California State University
