Nikki Lively is a Clinical Social Worker in the Women's Mental Health program in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) Medical Center . Ms. Lively provides individual, couples, and family therapy specializing in the treatment of mood disorders, particularly mood disturbances within the reproductive cycle and eating disorders. Ms. Lively is currently part of the Perinatal Depression Project at UIC, a statewide initiative to train primary care providers in the screening and assessment of depression during and after pregnancy. Ms. Lively also has extensive experience working with grieving individuals and families. Ms. Lively received her training at the University of Chicago 's School of Social Service Administration from which she holds a Masters degree in Social Work.

Representative Publications

Nikki M. (2000). Briefer and deeper: A comparative analysis of depth-oriented psychotherapy.

The Advocate's Forum (5) 1, p.8-11.

Lively, Nikki M. (1999). Short-term couple therapy: Book Review. The New Social Worker (6) 4, p. 24.