The conversations are very clear and by the time Joanne Bratta is done talking, her clients understand the options she’s put forth in Hopeful Beginnings, a maternity program of St. Mary’s Services. Typically, Bratta talks to women that have not considered adoption as a viable option because they have misgivings about what they think adoption holds for them. Bratta in an interview with Stew Cohen for Northwest Spectrum, discusses her work as an Outreach Specialist for St. Mary’s in Arlington Heights.