Ashante Walker
LCSW, Founder
"Healing isn't linear, and neither is the rise."
Rooted in Chicago.
Built on connection.
Ashante Walker is a Chicago native and Licensed Clinical Social Worker dedicated to supporting the mental wellness of youth, adults, and families. She earned her Master of Social Work degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and brings experience spanning nonprofit social work, hospital settings, and psychiatric care. With more than eight years in mental health, behavioral health, youth development, and community programming, she specializes primarily in adolescent clinical services and brings a compassionate, strengths-based approach to helping individuals navigate challenges, build resilience, and reach their full potential.
Ashante is passionate about creating meaningful connections and expanding access to mental health support in her community, partnering with organizations, schools, and individuals to deliver care that is both clinically sound and deeply human.
The clinicians behind the care.
Jasmine Gaston
Jasmine Gaston is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with more than five years of experience supporting clients managing mental health challenges and disabilities. She earned her Master of Social Work degree with a mental health concentration from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and proudly served 10 years in the Army. She welcomes the opportunity to work with all populations, including adolescents, adults, and her fellow Veterans.
Jasmine supports clients as they navigate anxiety, depression, life stressors, trauma, and substance abuse. Drawing on cognitive-behavioral, strengths-based, and person-centered approaches, she creates a safe, supportive, nonjudgmental environment where clients feel heard, respected, and empowered.
Her goal is to help each client recognize their strengths, maximize their potential, and create meaningful change in their lives.
Ariell Foote
Ariell Foote is a licensed school social worker dedicated to supporting the social, emotional, and mental health of youth ages 4 to 18. With extensive experience in child welfare, domestic violence advocacy, and community programming, she brings a compassionate, trauma-informed approach to helping young people build resilience, navigate life transitions, and reach their full potential.
Certified in Rainbows for All Children, Ariell specializes in peer support for youth navigating grief and family changes, partnering with families and community organizations to create safe, supportive spaces where young people can thrive.
A practice shaped by clinical depth and lived community.
Who we serve
- Adolescents
- Adults
- Mothers
How we work
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Strengths-Based Therapy
- Mindfulness
What we treat
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma & PTSD
- Burnout
- Mood disorders
- Maternal mental wellness
The values that guide every room we're in.
Compassion
Every person is met with warmth, patience, and zero judgment about where they are starting from.
Community
Wellness is collective. We invest in the neighborhoods, schools, and families that shape our clients.
Collaboration
We work alongside clients, organizations, and fellow clinicians, never above them.
Purpose
Care is intentional. Each session, workshop, and partnership is built around a clear why.
A community-centered practice built on leadership.
Guided Rise exists because wellness is never built in isolation. We are a community-centered organization, which means the therapy room, the school auditorium, and the conference table are all part of the same work: helping people lead themselves and one another well.
Leadership, to us, is not a title. It is what happens when someone learns to regulate, to advocate, to set a boundary, to mentor the person behind them. So we invest in the whole ecosystem, individuals, families, youth programs, and the organizations that serve them, so that healing compounds outward instead of stopping at one person.
That is the rise: care that is clinically sound, culturally rooted, and designed to leave communities stronger than we found them.
Verified across trusted mental health directories.
Guided Rise is listed on national directories that help clients find vetted, licensed clinicians who match their needs.
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