Athena Kjell, MS, NCC, LPC, SAC

Athena wants to help you see the strength and resilience you have within you in order to live in line with values and thrive—both personally and professionally. Sometimes talk therapy is efficient. Sometimes coping skills and brainspotting recondition the nervous system, to get out of fight/flight/ freezy state. Let’s explore together. Ideal clients in person in Hartland Virtual counseling throughout Wisconsin (wi); coming soon to SC, NC & TX. She best supports those ready to heal: • anxiety • PTSD/ trauma • depression/ grief • shame/guilt • ineffective behaviors/ substance misused • ocd She also enjoys proactively aiding: • goal setting/ personal development She has specialized training in: • trauma • substance use • military focused care • first responders • brainspotting • sports performance • sports injuries, concussions & surgeries • health optimization • christian/ biblical counseling • The Memory Resolution Technique (TMRT) Modalities most often used: • Brainspotting • CBT • behavioral activation (BA) • DBT informed skills • mindfulness • IFS informed • Person centered Work experience: • Rogers BH Depression Recovery PHP • Rogers OCD Residential • Medication Assisted Therapy for Opiate Use • Employee Assistance Program (EAP) • Private Practice group setting participant • Private Practice solo Owner & therapist Lived experiences: • Blood clot (PE) • Unplanned c-section • VBAC • Gestational diabetes • FLAG to reduce A1C1 & glucose postpartum • Working mom • Entrepreneur/ business owner • Parent loss • Recovering perfectionist • INFJ and Enneagram two tendencies • Pro annual check up, chiropractor & YLEOs • Half marathon finisher • Bulging disc —— 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).