Chair
Emily L. Goodman LIMHP, LADC, PMH-C
Emily is a mother of three, wife, and therapist in Lincoln, NE. She has been a PSI coordinator for NE since 2021. Emily specializes in Anxiety, ADHD, and perinatal disorders in women. She has been in private practice for 7 years.
Emily enjoys being with her family, gardening, and supporting women to feel supported, strong, empowered, beautiful, focused and affiliated.
Vice Chair
Sarah Kelly
For the past 16 years, Sarah has served Lincoln as a RN, BSN at Bryan Health, experienced in Women’s Health and Post Partum care. Her additional work is in the Specialty Clinic and as a SANE nurse. Sarah recently obtained her certification for Nebraska as a Peer Support Specialist and has led efforts in developing a peer led birth trauma support group, MomEmbrace. This support group will soon be holding their first in-person meeting. Sarah’s own lived experience with birth trauma encouraged her involvement with United Brachial Plexus Network, sharing her story at family camps and Bryan Health conferences through presentations about birth trauma and PTSD.
Sarah and her husband reside in Lincoln, Nebraska, where they have raised three children. Sarah’s personal experiences and her family are what has inspired Sarah to want to support any mom struggling with perinatal mood disorders.
Secretary
Jill Hart, LIMHP, LPC
Jill Hart is a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner in Omaha, NE. She specializes in perinatal mental health, anxiety, depression, and complex trauma. She provides therapy using Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). Jill has been a provider at Nebraska Medicine for the past three years and has been a therapist for six years.
Treasurer
Dezi McEvoy
Dezi McEvoy is a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner and specializes in Perinatal Mental Health, couples counseling and complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). She currently practices at Monarch Counseling helping individuals and couple navigate various concerns such as perinatal mental health, anxiety, depression, self-esteem concerns and other life adjustments.
Liaison
Jennifer Rokeby-Mayeux LCSW
Jennifer is a licensed clinical social worker and is certified in perinatal mental health (PMH-C). She has worked with birthing people for over 25 years, she is a retired doula and is a DONA International Past President. Jennifer owns Meadowlark Counseling in Lincoln, NE, where she provides behavioral health therapy to individuals, including people in the perinatal period. When she is not working Jennifer enjoys fostering small animals for the Capital Humane Society, baking and spending time at home with her family.
Social Media Co-Chair
Kaitlyn Thompson
Kaitlyn Thompson is a medical student at the University of Nebraska Medical Center. She is planning to specialize in psychiatry and has an interest in peripartum mental health. Outside of school and clinicals, Kaitlyn enjoys spending time with her family and friends, group fitness classes, and trying new coffee shops and restaurants.
Social Media Co-Chair
Alexandra Pool
Hi I’m Ali, I am a 3rd year soon to be 4th year medical student at UNMC. I am going to apply to OB/GYN residency and got involved with PSI Nebraska to start supporting Mom’s in their motherhood journey.
