Kerry Lavine

Kerry has special expertise in the following areas:

• Abuse
• ADHD
• Adjustment Issues
• Anxiety
• Behavioral Issues
• Body Image Concerns
• Borderline Personality Disorder
• Bullying/Cyber Bullying
• Careers/Goal Setting
• Codependency
• Depression
• Eating Disorders
• Family Problems
• Gender Identity Issues
• Grief and Loss
• Health and Wellness
• Intimacy Issues
• LGBTQIA
• Life Transitions
• Marital Concerns
• Panic Disorder
• Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
• Relationship Concerns
• Self-Esteem
• Stress Management
• Suicidal Ideations
• Trauma
• Women's Issues
  

About Kerry Lavine

Kerry believes that each client possesses strength and qualities within them needed to work through life challenges; however, they often may lack the tools needed to access them. these when beginning therapy. Kerry takes a collaborative approach with clients to help identify their specific problems, needs, and goals and tailors’ therapeutic interventions to what works best for each individual. Kerry believes in building a strong therapeutic rapport with each client to foster a safe environment for them to express their emotions and feel empowered to work toward becoming their most authentic selves. Kerry recognizes that the therapeutic process is unique to each individual and meets each client with empathy and positive regard to support them through each step of their therapeutic journey. 

Kerry incorporates a combination of techniques into her work with clients and adjusts them according to what is most helpful to their individual needs. Kerry frequently utilizes approaches from Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Narrative Therapy (NT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Interpersonal Therapy (IPT) to address a variety of client issues and diagnoses. 

Kerry Lavine graduated from Lewis University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology and a Master’s Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. While earning her Master’s, Kerry worked as a Mental Health Professional with individuals with Schizophrenia and other comorbid disorders, in which she provided crisis intervention, developed treatment plans, and planned activities and therapeutic groups for clients. Kerry completed her graduate internship at Ramos and Associates Behavioral Health Clinic, where she gained experience providing individual therapy to adults, adolescents, and children in a private practice setting and diagnosing various clinical disorders. Kerry has clinical experience working with diverse clients of different ages and cultural backgrounds.