About Us

Henderson Counseling

We welcome you to begin your journey to live a positive, healthy and fulfilling life. Dealing with uncertainty, traumatic experiences, stress, anxiety, fear, and frustration can be difficult without having someone to listen. We believe in the power of relationships and how a therapeutic relationship can help us overcome many obstacles.

Meet Our Therapists

Your journey begins here

Amy Henderson MA, LCPC, CTRT/C

Kate Stevens, MA, LCPC, EMDR Certified

Kate Stevens, MA, LCPC

Holly Mauer, MA, LCPC

Kirian Harrison, LCPC

Donna Swanson, LCSW

Meet Our Therapists

Your journey begins here

Insurances Accepted

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

Amy Henderson MA, LCPC, CTRT/C

she/her/hers

I have been working in mental and behavioral health since 1999, with a wide variety of experiences working in private practices, community health centers, inpatient hospital settings, and mental health agencies.

I believe healthy relationships and making good choices are the keys to a healthy, happy, and successful life. While I work with clients of all ages, I am especially skilled at helping adolescents and teens, couples, and parents. I utilize a positive focus in therapy to help improve relationships, self, and achieve goals. Specialty areas of focus are academic, adjustment difficulties, anxiety, career counseling, depression, family/peer conflict, grief and loss-especially loss to suicide, LGBTQ+, marital conflict, parenting, personality disorders, self-esteem/confidence, sexual or intimacy struggles, and stress management.

In a session with me, you can expect me to be present, warm, inviting, while incorporating humor, solutions, work, positivity, and challenges. I enjoy providing support and unconditional care when working with clients who want to feel, do, and be better. I use your goals to center treatment with a focus through Choice Theory, Person Centered, Mindfulness, and Positive Psychology approaches.

I earned an MA in Marriage and Family Counseling from Governors State University and am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and Choice Theory/Reality Therapy Certified. In addition to my clinical work, I have presented various relationship topics on local, state, national, and international levels. I am published internationally and have engaged in public speaking on topics such as suicide and loss.

Kate Stevens, MA, LCPC

Insurances Accepted

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

Kate Stevens, MA, LCPC, EMDR Certified

Kate Stevens, MA, LCPC

she/her/hers

I am a client-centered clinician that focuses my work on children, adolescents and young adults. I have worked with clients in a variety of settings, including a community mental health center, private practice, and an emergency shelter for survivors of domestic violence. I have a strong passion for the intersection of mental health and community advocacy. 

Throughout my career, I have supported children, teens and their families through a wide variety of life’s challenges. I specialize in anxiety, depression, LGBTQIA+ with a focus on gender identity and sexual orientation, trauma, and suicidal ideation/self-harming. I believe that for healing to transition outside of the walls of the therapy office, family members and other integrative members of the client’s family should have an active role in treatment and as such
will provide support to the whole family unit alongside the client. 

I view therapy from the lens that each client is unique. I use an integrative approach to techniques and tools given to clients, focusing on using a client’s interests to help engage and create interactive experiences in growth. My warm, empathic and humorous approach to the healing process invites a space of collaboration and support for each client.

Insurances Accepted

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

Holly Mauer, MA, LCPC

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My approach to therapy is always to help each client be their full, authentic self. I follow a Rogerian and Person Centered approach to each session where the client and I work together so they can live their best lives. I work with children, teens, and adults of all ages. I utilize a variety of techniques so that I am best able to match each individual client’s needs in session, whether that be through talk therapy, games, art, movement, mindfulness, or the use of technology.

Specialty areas of focus are: depression, anxiety, adjustment issues, academics, ADHD, autism, life transitions, career counseling, LGBTQIA, parenting support, and school issues

I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the state of Illinois. I received my Bachelor’s Degree from Southern Illinois University Edwardsville and my Master’s Degree from Valparaiso University. In addition to my education, I am published in the Wiley Encyclopedia of Gender and Sexual Studies and have presented Continuing Educations on Autism, ADHD, and Play Therapy Practices. I have experience working in school, community, and private practice settings in the mental health field.

Insurances Accepted

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

Kirian Harrison, LCPC

she/her/hers

I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor experienced in working with individuals across the lifespan. I primarily utilize a Rogerian approach with clients to bring about positive changes. When beneficial to the client, I am also able to apply specific techniques including DBT methods, CBT methods, and the physical expression of feelings through art and music. I firmly believe that every individual and family has the ability to make and maintain therapeutic changes when provided with unconditional positive regard, while in a supportive and nonjudgmental environment.
 
I have worked in residential settings, within the public school system, and in an outpatient setting to help individuals and families learn new ways to interact and cope with life’s challenges.  I am experienced working with individuals experiencing a wide variety of trauma, life changes, developmental disorders, autism, mood disorders, and behavioral disorders. I have recently discovered a new passion for the underserved population of maternal mental health. I enjoy forming connections with clients through preferred activities and I am able to
tailor the therapeutic process to the individual needs of each client and family unit. My empathic responses and caring nature allow clients to feel comfortable and safe.

I received an undergraduate degree in psychology from Western Washington University and a graduate degree in Mental Health Counseling from Valparaiso University. I have received specific training in treating individuals that have experienced domestic abuse, trauma, personality disorders, and individuals exhibiting sexually maladaptive behaviors. I have experience with abuse, developmental disorders, autism, ADHD, anxiety, parenting issues, depression, self-harm, self-esteem issues, sexually maladaptive behaviors, PTSD,
grief/loss, trauma, and maternal mental health.

Insurances Accepted

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

Donna Swanson, LCSW

she/her/hers

I am an LCSW and work with adults 18+. I graduated from Rockford University with a BA in Human Relations in 1993 and an MSW from Loyola University in 1995. My experience includes many years in police social work, juvenile and family problems, mental health, victims of crime, hospice and home health, care management, and private practice.
My main areas of clinical focus include working with individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, divorce, domestic violence, relationship challenges, disabilities, adoption, adjustment to major life transitions, grief, chronic illness, and those with a loved one who has a personality disorder. I believe everyone deserves to be treated with respect, starting where you are in your life. 

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