About Emily
Emily Kissner is an LCPC practicing in Illinois who draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques and art-informed methods. She combines practical psychotherapy with creative tools to help people manage depression, anxiety, and complex trauma. Emily presents as LGBTQA+ affirming and describes herself as poly, kink, and sex work - aware.
She uses a feminist lens in her work. Clients can expect straightforward work on coping skills and self-understanding. Sessions include building tools for emotional regulation, addressing patterns linked to personality concerns, and reducing the impact of trauma.
How Emily works
Emily also supports people facing challenges tied to substance use and co-occurring difficulties. She helps with relationship and family concerns by addressing communication problems, commitment and control issues, and blended family dynamics. Emily lists additional focus areas such as abandonment, adoption and foster care histories, attachment challenges, autism and Asperger Syndrome, and caregiver stress.
Body image, chronic illness or pain, and codependency are also included in her practice. Emily brings 12 years of clinical experience to her work. She uses art-based approaches alongside talk therapy so people can explore feelings in different ways.
Her style aims to be direct, practical, and grounded in the person's daily life. Sessions are offered in English and Emily accepts international clients. Prospective clients should confirm current session options and scheduling details before booking.
What Emily works with
The areas below are the ones Emily selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Emily blends evidence-based psychotherapy techniques with art-informed methods so people can work through symptoms and life challenges in different ways. Evidence-based psychotherapy here means using strategies shown to help with mood, anxiety, trauma, and patterns of behavior; these approaches focus on building practical coping skills, changing unhelpful patterns, and processing difficult memories. Art-informed methods use creative practices to help people access feelings and reflect on relationships when words alone feel limited.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. That process may include trying a few techniques and adjusting based on what helps most.
Confirm available session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. In general, online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand it. It also lets people use visual materials or art exercises during a session when that supports their process. Licensed professionals can adapt these approaches to remote work while focusing on practical tools and progress.
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