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Klara (she/her) is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Board-Certified Art Therapist (ATR-BC) who practices with a foundation in intersectional feminism, social justice, ecopsychology, lived experience, and community healing. She believes that therapy allows space for clients to access internal and external resources, build resilience, create healing ritual, and live a life that is full and honors their values.
Klara believes our healing is intertwined. Her work is rooted in the understanding that her liberation is bound up with the liberation of those she walks alongside, within and beyond the therapy room. She is committed to co-creating spaces that are anti-colonial, anti-oppressive, and grounded in equity, healing, and joy.
As a cisgender woman and child of Indonesian immigrants with Chinese ancestry who grew up working class, Klara’s lived experience shapes how she shows up in the world and in the therapy room. She believes that being in community is not only healing; it’s necessary for survival. These experiences fuel her commitment to therapy that centers shared humanity, cultural humility, and collective care.
Klara is passionate about helping others feel connected to their body, finding joy through sexual healing and exploration, building healthy relationships with self as well as others, and lead a life that embodies their full potential. She is non-judgmental, sex-positive, kink-friendly, and affirming of all types of relationships.
Klara is committed to creating a space that is anti-colonial, anti-oppressive, equitable, empowering, and centers liberation. Her approach to therapy is grounded in warmth, curiosity, compassion, open-mindedness, directness, and authenticity.
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Klara is passionate about those who have expereinces with complex trauma, family of origin issues, intergenerational trauma, sexual violence, gender-based violence, relationship challenges, and/or exploration in sex or sexuality
Klara integrates the following therapeutic approaches to create a tailored experience that is collaborative, creative, holistic, body-based, and trauma-informed: Art Therapy, Somatic Experiencing (SE), Internal Family Systems (IFS)/Parts Work, Attachment-Based Therapy, Gottman Method, Motivational Interviewing (MI), Narrative Therapy, Person-Centered Therapy, Strength-Based Therapy, Relational Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Systems Therapy.
For self-pay clients with out-of-network insurance or no insurance coverage (53min session):
- Initial Intake Session: $200
- Individual Sessions: $180
- Relationship Sessions: $200
Sliding-scale options available!
Chicago, IL, USA