Meet Our Team
We look forward to supporting you!
Our therapists provide a warm, supportive, and nonjudgmental space to help you achieve personal growth and emotional wellness, either in-person or virtually.
We work with all ages and address a range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, life transitions, trauma, grief, substance dependency, women’s health, and parenting challenges. Some of our therapists specialize in working with children and have expertise in developmental disorders and parenting strategies.
We tailor therapy to your unique needs, drawing from various counseling approaches to provide the best support for you. Evolve Family Therapy provides counseling for grief, trauma, and women's mental health. We work with professionals, parents, caregivers, and individuals navigating life transitions throughout Illinois.
If you're considering therapy for yourself or a loved one, we’re happy to answer any questions. Learn more about our therapists below and here.
Bonnie McDaniel, M.Ed., LCPC, ASDCS
Bonnie McDaniel, LCPC, is the founder and owner of Evolve Family Therapy and a licensed counselor with more than 20 years of experience in child development, parenting support, and mental health care. She works with children, adolescents, and adults ages 5+ and specializes in helping individuals navigate ADHD, executive functioning challenges, neurodiversity, anxiety, trauma, women's mental health concerns, parenting struggles, and life transitions.
Bonnie is passionate about supporting neurodivergent children, teens, and adults, helping clients better understand their strengths, build practical coping skills, improve emotional regulation, and thrive at home, school, work, and in relationships. Her approach combines evidence-based therapy with compassion, collaboration, and real-world strategies tailored to each client's unique needs.
Tiana Santisteven, Ph.D., LCPC, CRC
Tiana focuses on teens and adults experiencing life transitions, grief and loss, trauma, anxiety, depression, substance abuse and dependency, along with career and cultural stressors. Tiana has nearly a decade of experience working with veterans and military communities. In addition to her clinical work, Tiana serves as an adjunct faculty member at Adler University and DePaul University, helping prepare the next generation of counselors. She is a contributing author in The Making of a Mental Health Professional: Inspirational and Motivational Stories of Challenges, Victories, and Wisdom, where she shares insights and encouragement for counselors in training.
Tiana's scholarly work and dissertation includes research on the Latina graduate student experience, cultural identity, and community well-being. Her professional interests continue to inform her work with clients navigating grief, life transitions, identity development, and complex emotional experiences.
Melanie Long, LCSW
Melanie integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS) and other evidence-based approaches to help clients navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, women's issues, life transitions, relationship challenges, and self-discovery. She works with adolescents and adults ages 12+ and has specialized experience supporting couples, therapists, and LGBTQ+ individuals.
Melanie is Level 2 trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and serves as a Program Assistant with the IFS Institute. In addition to her clinical work, she provides educational presentations, workshops, and professional trainings for mental health agencies, therapists, healthcare organizations, and community groups interested in learning more about the Internal Family Systems model. Her areas of interest include parts work, self-leadership, emotional healing, trauma recovery, and building compassionate relationships with ourselves and others.
Janine Phan, LCPC
Janine is an experienced counselor who works with adolescents and adults ages 17+ navigating grief, identity concerns, relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. She provides a compassionate, LGBTQ+-affirming space where clients can explore who they are, process difficult experiences, and build greater confidence, self-understanding, and resilience.
Janine has specialized experience supporting individuals coping with loss, including the death of a loved one, changes in relationships, career transitions, and shifts in personal identity. She welcomes clients from diverse backgrounds and identities and is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all individuals feel respected, supported, and empowered throughout the therapeutic process.
She also works with couples seeking to improve communication, strengthen connection, navigate conflict, and build healthier, more fulfilling relationships.
Whether clients are facing a recent loss, exploring questions related to identity, adjusting to a new stage of life, or seeking greater understanding in their relationships, Janine helps them move toward healing, clarity, and meaningful change.
Melissa Gleason, LSW
Melissa is a licensed social worker who works with children, adolescents, and adults ages 8+ experiencing grief, trauma, anxiety, depression, and life's many transitions. She provides a warm, supportive, and LGBTQ+-affirming therapy space where clients feel seen, respected, and empowered to navigate challenges with greater confidence and resilience.
Melissa has a special interest in women's mental health, supporting clients through concerns such as stress, burnout, self-esteem, identity development, relationship challenges, motherhood, caregiving responsibilities, and major life transitions. She also enjoys working with parents, helping them strengthen connections with their children, navigate behavioral and emotional concerns, and build confidence in their parenting approach.
Whether clients are processing loss, healing from trauma, managing anxiety or depression, facing parenting challenges, or seeking support during a difficult season of life, Melissa helps them develop practical tools, deepen self-understanding, and move toward meaningful growth and healing.
Terri Kish, LCPC
Terri is a licensed clinical professional counselor who works with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, stress, and life challenges. She provides a supportive, direct, and compassionate therapeutic environment where clients can gain insight, build resilience, and develop practical strategies for lasting change.
Terri has specialized experience helping individuals recover from the effects of difficult relationships, including those involving narcissistic traits, emotional manipulation, chronic conflict, and unhealthy relationship patterns. She helps clients strengthen boundaries, rebuild self-esteem, process emotional wounds, and develop healthier ways of relating to themselves and others.
Whether clients are healing from past trauma, managing anxiety or depression, or working through relationship challenges, Terri helps them move toward greater confidence, emotional well-being, and personal growth.
Evolve Family Therapy specializes in grief counseling, trauma therapy, parenting, and women's mental health counseling in St. Charles, Illinois and throughout Illinois via telehealth.
Interested in joining our team? Learn more.