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Kirsten Emery - she/her
Padera Therapy and Wellness
Psychotherapist
LMFT, CADCLicensed in: Illinois
License: 166.001243
Payment Accepted
- In-network Insurance
- Self Pay
About Kirsten
A family/systems therapist by training, I am passionate about helping clients uncover ways in which their past experiences might be holding them back from embracing the life they want for themselves. I love assisting clients with making the connection between their past and present. It is especially meaningful to watch my clients take that connection and create positive change from it. As a therapist, I have an empathetic and direct style. As a result, I’ll effectively help you identify patterns in your life that are no longer serving you and collaborate with you to create meaningful change. This means, in addition to talking about the past, I aim to provide my clients with the tools and support necessary to develop coping skills to create symptom relief in the present. And because everyone is different, I help my clients create their own personal, individualized path to healing.
- Patient approach: Informed Consent, Racial Equity, Sex Positive, Trauma Informed Care, Harm Reduction, Health At Every Size (HAES)
- Language: English
- Availability: Virtual
- Age range served: Adults, Older Adults (60 +), Young Adults (18 to 24)
Populations
- BIPOC
- Individuals
- Kinky
- LGBTQ+
- Neurodiverse
- Polyamorous
- Sex Workers
- Transgender
- Trauma Survivor
Specialties
- Addiction
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Eating Disorders
- Identity Issues
- LGBTQ+
- Trauma
Approaches
- DBT
- Eclectic
- Humanistic
- Trauma-focused