Renewing Hope.
Restoring Balance.
Welcome to Hope Springs Health PLLC. We provide dedicated mental health care and medication management tailored to your complete well-being, with specialized expertise in reproductive, pregnancy, and postpartum mental health.
"Like a tree drawing strength from a spring beneath it, lasting health grows from roots of trust and holistic care."
Clinical Excellence Grounded in Whole-Person Renewal
At Hope Springs Health PLLC, we exist at the confluence of clinical precision and empathetic renewal—where evidence-based medicine meets whole-person care.
We believe every patient possesses an innate capacity for growth and healing. Treatment plans are thoughtfully customized to honor your individual lived experiences, physical health, emotional well-being, and lifestyle factors.
Rooted Expertise
Clinical credibility grounded in evidence-based medicine, licensure, and ongoing clinical training.
Fluid Renewal
Adaptable treatment plans supporting recovery, preventive mental health, and long-term vitality.
Whole-Person Care
Treating the individual, integrating physical, hormonal, emotional, and social factors.
Approachable Authority
Delivering expert care with warmth, active listening, and plain, reassuring language.
Ijeoma Ukachukwu, DNP, PMHNP-BC, WHNP-BC, CNM
Doctor of Nursing Practice • Triple-Board Certified Clinician
Dr. Ukachukwu is a Doctor of Nursing Practice and triple-certified clinician—a Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, Women's Health Nurse Practitioner, and Certified Nurse Midwife. That combination shapes how she practices: mental health, hormonal health, and reproductive care are treated as connected, not separate.
Sessions start with your full story—history, symptoms, sleep, stress, relationships, and life context—before any conversation about diagnosis or medication. She explains her thinking in plain language and works through treatment decisions with you rather than for you.
• Doctor of Nursing Practice, University of Illinois Chicago
• Board-Certified Psychiatric-Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC)
• Board-Certified Women's Health Nurse Practitioner (WHNP) & Certified Nurse Midwife (CNM)
Clinical Services
Comprehensive Care Solutions
Tailored psychiatric and mental healthcare interventions designed to meet your personal wellness goals.
Psychiatric Evaluation
Comprehensive assessments investigating mood disorders, anxiety, trauma, sleep disturbances, and physical health connections.
- Diagnostic Intake
- Whole-Person Context
Medication Management
Thoughtful psychotropic medication reviews and ongoing management explained clearly in plain, reassuring language.
- Ongoing Monitoring
- Shared Decision Making
Women's Mental Health
Specialized integrative care for hormonal shifts, perinatal mood challenges, postpartum transitions, and reproductive well-being.
- Perinatal & Postpartum
- Hormonal & Mood Integration
Telehealth Care
Secure, encrypted virtual video appointments providing convenient access to mental health treatment from home anywhere in Illinois.
- HIPAA Video Portal
- Flexible Appointments
Financial & Coverage Information
Insurance & Self-Pay Options
We strive to make quality integrative care transparent and accessible.
Insurance Coverage
In-network with the following major insurance plans (subject to individual benefit plan verification):
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois
- Cigna & Evernorth
- UnitedHealthcare (Optum)
- Oscar Health / Oxford
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Ascension SmartHealth
Self-Pay Rates & Options
For patients opting out of insurance coverage or utilizing out-of-network benefits:
Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation & care planning.
Ongoing medication review and clinical monitoring.
Superbills & Financial Assistance:
Sliding-scale consideration is available upon request based on financial need. Detailed superbills are provided for patients seeking out-of-network insurance reimbursement.
Convenient Telehealth Across Illinois
Receive expert psychiatric evaluation and ongoing care from the safety and comfort of home. Our virtual visits utilize HIPAA-compliant video conferencing.
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline Notice
If you are experiencing a mental health emergency, call or text 988 immediately for free, confidential support available 24/7.
Request Information
Have questions about our practice or intake options? Fill out the form, and our administrative team will respond within 1 business day.
Please do not submit detailed personal medical histories in this general contact form. Detailed clinical histories are collected via our secure patient portal upon intake.