About Emily Kissner
Focus areas
Anxiety
Crisis Intervention
Family Therapy/ Marriage Therapy
Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Depression
Work-Related Counseling
Couples Therapy
Domestic Violence
Clientele seen
Young adults (18-24)
Teenagers (13-17)
Adults (25-64)
Individuals
Children (<13)
Treatment approaches
Art Therapy
Trauma Focused
Expressive Arts
Experiential Therapy
Narrative
Identity
Gender
Non-binaryLanguages spoken
English, French
Getting to know Emily Kissner
I'm EC an Art Therapist (MAAT + MFA), Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Certified Domestic Violence Counselor specializing in Trauma Informed Psycho-education and care. Prior to achieving ABC soup status I identified as an artist, designer and community activator. My work exists at the intersection of radical self-expression, relational aesthetics, and manufactured systems. For more than a decade, I have worked with individuals navigating the human condition in the context of a sublime horror we know as the American dream.
I work especially well with creativly curious, intellectually restless, entrepreneurs, and those who have felt alienated by social roles, institutions, or purely medicalized approaches to mental health. Many of my clients are perceptive, skilled and capable, yet feel fragmented, overextended, creatively blocked, or disconnected from achieving self-actualization.
My approach is collaborative, experiential, and structurally aware. I believe psychological health cannot be separated from holistic wellness, environment, labor, relationships, embodiment, culture, or material conditions. Together we examine not only symptoms, but the broader natural & constructed ecosystems we inhabit. We investigate mobility through social and emotional "life worlds", the narratives one has inherited, our survival strategies, what we find valuable, beautiful and how we make meaning with a life's worth of raw material.
Alongside clinical practice, I have developed community-based art and advocacy projects with justice system-impacted individuals, survivors of violence, as well as alternative labor communities. Across all of this work runs a shared question: how do human beings maintain dignity, imagination, agency, community and connection under difficult conditions?
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Payment is due after each session and will be charged with your card on file for any portion of patient responsibility. Receipts will be provided at the time of the charge. This typically takes place 2-4 weeks after the session, once your insurance has had a chance to process the claim. We try our best to verify eligibility, but it is ultimately your responsibility to check coverage and out-of-pocket costs for services. For out-of-network visits, you will be billed at the provider's self-pay rate, and we can provide an invoice for you to submit to your insurance for potential out-of-network reimbursement based on your plan's benefits.
Education and background
Practice names
Education and training
- School of the Art Institute of Chicago Student Residence Hall, Master's in Art Therapy
- Kansas City Art Institute (Bachelor's)
Professional memberships
- American Art Therapy Association, Inc.
- American Board of Forensic Psychology
- International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies
Awards and publications
- To Finish a Sentence: An Art Therapist's Personal Narrative and Collaborative Projects with Re-entery and Work Release Programs in Chicago - Participant Action Research
- The Art Of Connection Art Therapy Exhibition - Sullivan Galleries (7th Floor), 33 S. State Street, Chicago, IL
- "PROS Network" (Providing Resources and Services to Individuals Involved in the Sex Trade) Designer/Developer
NPI number
1477419166
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What practice does Emily Kissner work with?
Emily Kissner works with Grow Therapy.
What are common reasons for patients to see Emily Kissner?
Emily Kissner frequently sees patients for Depression, Psychotherapy, Psychotherapy Intake / Initial Visit, Sleep Problems, and Therapy. You can see other visit reasons for Emily Kissner on their profile.
What languages does Emily Kissner speak?
Emily Kissner speaks English, French, and Japanese.