Clear Mind, Open Heart PLLC.

Clear Mind, Open Heart PLLC. Welcome to Clear Mind, Open Heart a counseling private practice in Galena, IL owned by Stephanie Cocagne, LCPC.

03/16/2026
03/08/2026

Discover how predictable, responsive home environments shape healthy child development.

Children grow best in environments that feel predictable, responsive, and supportive. This session examines how everyday home environments and responsiveness foster youth development throughout childhood, from the early years through adolescence.

Everyday Stability: How Home Environments Support Children and Caregivers Through Change.
✅March 11 at noon
✅Register at: https://extension.illinois.edu/events/2026-03-11-everyday-stability-how-home-environments-support-children-and-caregivers-through

02/28/2026
02/23/2026

Really waiting for spring’s arrival or feeling winter lows?

Tune in to this podcast episode as hosts welcome in Extension Family Life Educator Tessa Hobbs-Curley to discuss Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD).

Learn about what it is, how it differs from the usual winter blues, coping strategies, and more.

🎧 Listen to anywhere you get your podcasts or online at https://extension.illinois.edu/podcasts/good-growing/ep-239-seasonal-affective-disorder-more-winter-blues-goodgrowing

🎧 What the videocast version at https://youtu.be/NdOQ8xNM9aI

University of Illinois Extension Henderson, Knox, McDonough, & Warren Co.

02/19/2026
02/18/2026

We’ve had a few recent questions reguarding service in the Galena city limits. JDCT runs a micro-transit service on weekdays from 6AM to 6PM for only $2.00 each way! Call (815) 777-8088 to set up your own rider account and start saving today!

02/18/2026

Are You Wondering if Something You’re Experiencing Is Normal?

We discuss all sorts of symptoms of grief in my monthly support group.during my monthly support group. Join us at patreon.com/megandevine

🔔 If you're concerned about any symptoms, please speak to your doctor or healthcare advisor. That some things CAN be grief-related doesn't automatically mean they are. 🔔

02/16/2026

Setting boundaries and communicating clearly isn’t selfish, it’s an act of kindness. Join NAMI Illinois for our February Community Webinar: Clear is Kind: Communication & Boundaries without Guilt on 2/18/2026 from 1-2pm CST.

In this session, you’ll learn practical strategies to communicate confidently, set healthy personal and professional boundaries, release guilt while honoring your own needs, and more

Register here:
https://secure.lglforms.com/form_engine/s/7ti_7C5_IJceu4tco0zHOg

02/13/2026

When your adult child lives with serious mental illness, caregiving can last decades.

In one week, join NAMI for:

Ask the Expert: Roles in Recovery — Part 2: Parents
February 19, 2026 | 4:00–5:30 p.m. ET

Moderator:
Dr. Judith R. Smith — clinical social worker, psychotherapist and author of Difficult: Mothering Challenging Adult Children through Conflict and Change

Panelists:
The three co-hosts of the podcast Schizophrenia: Three Moms in the Trenches:

• Mindy Greiling — former Minnesota State Representative and longtime NAMI leader
• Randye Kaye — NAMI Family-to-Family trainer and advocate
• Miriam Feldman — author, artist and NAMI affiliate volunteer

Together, they’ll share more than 30 years of lived caregiving experience — and explore what it means to balance love, resilience and self-care while supporting an adult child with serious mental illness.

If you are a parent, caregiver, provider or advocate, this conversation is for you.

Register today: https://nami-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_XrNnTsZxTBq1_FrY47DZRA #/registration

Address

Main Street
Galena, IL
61036

Opening Hours

Monday 11am - 6pm
Wednesday 9am - 6pm
Thursday 9am - 6am
Friday 9am - 4:30pm

Telephone

(815) 205-1223

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Offices in Galena, IL & Apple River, IL

Welcome to Clear Mind, Open Heart! Together, we create practical strategies for daily living.

In times of stress, over-thinking can cloud our focus. Counseling helps you identify how your thoughts and actions impact your relationship with yourself and with others. Once we understand those patterns, we set our sights on changing them and that takes courage.

If you are here it most likely means that you are looking for help with a challenging situation or relationship in your life. You have taken the first step towards creating change in your life.

Counseling services for children, teens, and adults at either location: