Kirsten (Lundin-Dewey) Honkala is a person-centered therapist with experience treating anxiety and trauma related disorders as well as substance use and addiction. She received her Master’s in counselor education from Siena Heights University in Adrian, MI while raising her four children. She is known for her calm demeanor and ability to adapt quickly to meet the client’s needs, using a blend of cognitive-behavioral therapies, as well as motivational and creative therapies. Kirsten has diverse experience, having worked in mental health community agencies, medical case management, residential and outpatient substance abuse treatment and providing DUI education classes. She spends her free-time making art, doing home improvement projects and hanging out with her husband and their fur-babies. She is vibrant, warm, engaging and creative. Kirsten works with a variety of clients from children as young as 6 years old, adolescents, adults, couples and families and with issues such as Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, PTSD, depression, anxiety, marital and family conflict and mild to moderate substance use disorders.
Additional areas of focus: Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Parenting issues, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Adoption and Foster Care, Aging and Geriatric Issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Coping with Natural or Human-Caused Disaster, Dependent Personality, Dissociation, Domestic Violence, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Eating and Food-Related Issues, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Gender Dysphoria, Infidelity, Jealousy, Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Paranoia, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Postpartum Depression, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Somatization, Traumatic Brain Injury, Young Adult Issues
Clinical approaches: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
IL LCPC 180012658