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Empowering Minds Counseling, PLLC

  • Professional Counselor
  • Ottawa, IL
National Provider Identifier
1134666100
Registry record updated Jul 1, 2026
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Key facts

NPPES NPI Registry
Primary specialty
Professional CounselorTaxonomy code 101YP2500X
Legal business name
EMPOWERING MINDS COUNSELING, PLLC
Practice address
408 W Main St
Ottawa, IL 61350-2802
Phone
(815) 326-9502
Fax
(815) 324-5102
NPI assigned
Jan 27, 2017
Organization subpart
No

NPPES NPI Registry

Updated by the provider on Jul 1, 2026

Registry information is reported by the provider to CMS and is not verified. About this source

Authorized official

Name
Melinda Vesely, LCPC, CADCNPI 1144589177
Title
Owner
Phone
(815) 326-9502

Authorized official NPPES reports the official by name only. The link goes to the one practitioner connected to this organization with that name.

Specialties & licenses 7

Specialty (taxonomy)CodeLicenseStatePrimary
CounselorGroup: 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP 101Y00000X
Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) CounselorGroup: 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP 101YA0400X
Mental Health CounselorGroup: 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP 101YM0800X
Professional CounselorGroup: 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP 101YP2500X Primary
Social WorkerGroup: 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP 104100000X
Clinical Social WorkerGroup: 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP 1041C0700X
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nurse PractitionerGroup: 193200000X MULTI-SPECIALTY GROUP 363LP0808X

Addresses

Primary practice location

408 W Main St
Ottawa, IL 61350-2802

Mailing address

408 W Main St
Ottawa, IL 61350-2802
Phone (815) 326-9502

Other practice location 1

120 S Sterling St
Streator, IL 61364-3016
Phone (815) 326-9502

Other names 3

  • EMC Ottawa Doing business as
  • Empowering Minds Counseling, LLC Former legal business name
  • Empowering Minds Other name

National Provider Directory

National Provider Directory

Locations

408 W Main St
Ottawa, IL 61350
Phone (815) 313-5474

Practitioners & affiliated clinicians

Practitioners 6

Individual providers connected to this organization through Medicare benefit reassignment, Care Compare group membership or National Provider Directory roles.

NPI Registry JSON

The complete NPPES record for this NPI in the NPI Registry API format.

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}

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  • NPPES NPI Registry (CMS): identity, addresses, specialties, licenses, identifiers and endpoints. Last updated by the provider on Jul 1, 2026; self-reported and not verified by CMS. Specialty names from the NUCC taxonomy.
  • National Provider Directory (CMS): practice roles, locations, licenses, networks and endpoints.

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