Hi I'm Athena

I offer a calm space to process stress, trauma, and pressures without you feeling weak or misunderstood. Real tools, real healing, and a path towards a Renewed Mind.
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Using Brainspotting, CBT, & evidenced-based care

Athena is a compassionate and results-oriented therapist who helps clients build emotional and physical resilience to live in line with values and thrive—both personally and professionally. She serves clients in person in Hartland or virtually throughout Wisconsin. She specializes in trauma-informed Brainspotting, CBT, and DBT skills for: • high achievers • overcoming people pleasing • anxiety • PTSD and trauma • chronic pain • grief • depression • shame & guilt • pregnancy; planned & unplanned • unplanned c-section(s) & scar healing • pregnancy loss • pregnancy after loss • VBAC prep & success • gestational diabetes • OCD • substance use recovery • military, moral injury, military connected • first responders & first responder spouses • sports performance • sports injuries, concussions & surgeries • health optimization • christian/ biblical counseling (per request) What is Brainspotting? "the brain can focus, in a laser-like way, to find, hold in place, process, and release emotional and physical trauma held in the brain and felt in the body" (Grand, p. 104).
Athena Kjell, MS, NCC, LPC, SAC
Brainspotting Practitioner & Certified Counselor

Services

  • Individual Counseling
  • Brainspotting
  • Brainspotting for Chronic Pain
  • Sports Performance
  • Anxiety Counseling
  • PTSD Counseling
  • Trauma Informed Counseling
  • Depression Counseling
  • Grief Counseling
  • Insomnia Counseling
  • Health Optimization Counseling
  • Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
  • Christian Counseling (per request)

Approaches

  • Brainspotting
  • Behavioral Activation
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)
  • DBT-Informed
  • Exposure Response Prevention (ERP)
  • Prolonged Exposure Therapy
  • Written Exposure Therapy
  • The Memory Resolution Technique (TMRT)
  • Christian Counseling (per request)

Insurance Accepted

  • Aetna
  • BlueCross and BlueShield
  • Centivo
  • ComPsych
  • Cigna
  • Network Health
  • Optum
  • Oscar
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • UMR
  • Prairie States
  • MultiPlan
  • BadgerCare
  • Molina
  • WPS

Fees

  • Sliding Scale: $100 - $150
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