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Emily Hernandez, LSW

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About Emily Hernandez, LSW

I am a Licensed Social Worker with 5 years of experience. I provide psychotherapy to children, adolescents, and adults facing challenges such as trauma, mood and anxiety disorders, life transitions, and identity development. I often work with adolescents, emerging adults, BIPOC communities, and individuals navigating cultural identity, family dynamics, and generational expectations. Many of my clients seek relief from overwhelm, disconnection, or self-doubt, and I support them in building resilience, fostering self-understanding, and creating solutions that reflect their values.

I earned my Master of Social Work from Loyola University Chicago. In my work, I integrate cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and narrative and humanistic approaches to help clients manage emotions, shift unhelpful patterns, develop insight, clarify values, and cultivate self-compassion.

I understand that reaching out for support can feel daunting, and I deeply honor the courage it takes to begin therapy. In our work together, you will be met with compassion, understanding, and a safe space to share your story without judgment. My goal is to guide you toward growth, healing, and a stronger sense of clarity and connection.

 

Emily Hernandez, LSW

Techniques/Modalities

  • Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Affirmative Therapy
  • Art Therapy
  • Attachment Informed Therapy
  • Behavioral Activation
  • Breathwork
  • Chicanx Affirmative Therapy
  • Child Parent Psychotherapy
  • Client-Centered
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
  • Collaborative Assessment and Management of Suicidality (CAMS)
  • Contextual Family Therapy
  • DBT Informed Therapy (DBT)
  • Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals (EFIT)
  • Existential
  • Family Systems Therapy
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Functional Family Therapy
  • Gestalt
  • Gottman Method
  • Harm Reduction
  • Holistic Therapy
  • Humanistic
  • Integrative Mental Health
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Interpersonal
  • LGBTQ+ Affirmative
  • Liberation Psychology
  • Mindfulness-based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
  • Narrative Therapy
  • Pain Reprocessing Therapy
  • Person Centered Therapy
  • Play Therapy
  • Psychoanalytic
  • Psychodynamic
  • Rogerian
  • School Mental Health
  • Shadow Work
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
  • Somatic Experiencing (SE)
  • Somatic Informed Therapy
  • Strengths Based
  • Therapeutic Yoga
  • Therapeutic/Mindful Movement
  • Trauma-Focused CBT
  • Trauma-Informed
  • Writing

Specialties

  • Abandonment
  • Abuse
  • Acculturation
  • Addictions
  • Aggression and Violence
  • Agoraphobia
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Challenges
  • Attention Deficit (ADHD)
  • Autism Spectrum
  • Behavioral Challenges
  • Bipolar Disorder
  • Birth Traumas
  • Blended Families
  • Body Image
  • Borderline Personality
  • Burnout
  • Career Counseling
  • Career Uncertainty
  • Caregivers
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • College Students
  • Colonialism and Capitalism
  • Communication Issues
  • Complex PTSD
  • Compulsive Behaviors
  • Control and Impulsivity
  • Creative Blocks
  • Cultural Identity
  • Cyclothymia
  • Depression
  • Developmental Traumas
  • Dissociation
  • Divorce and Divorce Adjustment
  • Domestic Abuse
  • Drug Abuse
  • Dual Diagnosis
  • Eating Disorders
  • Emotional Abuse
  • Estrangement
  • Family Conflict
  • First Generation
  • First Responders
  • Foster Care Experiences
  • Gender Identity
  • Grief & Loss
  • Guilt
  • Health and Medical Issues
  • Helplessness
  • Highly Sensitive Persons
  • HIV / AIDS
  • Hoarding
  • Identity
  • Identity Issues
  • Immigrant Communities
  • Impulse Control
  • Infidelity and Affair Recovery
  • Inner Child Healing
  • Interpersonal Issues
  • Isolation
  • Jealousy
  • Kink/BDSM
  • Law Enforcement
  • Learning Disabilities
  • LGBTQ+
  • LGBTQ+ Affirmative
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Machismo
  • Marianismo
  • Maternal Mental Health
  • Menstrual Cycle Experiences
  • Military Issues
  • Mood Disorders
  • Neurodivergence
  • Non-Binary Identities and Experiences
  • Obsessions and Compulsions
  • Oppositional Defiance
  • Panic Disorder
  • Parenting
  • Perfectionism
  • Personality Disorders
  • Phobias
  • Physical Abuse
  • Polyamory and Non-monogamous Relationships
  • Postpartum Depression & Anxiety
  • Racial Trauma
  • Relationship Issues
  • Respectability Politics
  • Restorative Justice
  • Ritual Abuse and Religious Trauma
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sex & Intimacy
  • Sexual Abuse & Assault
  • Sleep or Insomnia Issues
  • Spirituality
  • Stress Management
  • Substance Abuse
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Suicide Loss
  • Systemic Injustices & Oppression
  • Teen Violence
  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Veterans

Office Details

  • ADA Accessible
  • Consulta gratis
  • Online Services
  • Parent Therapists

Education

Loyola University Chicago
  • Master of Social Work

States Licensed In

Illinois

Fees

Fees

Accepts some insurances. $170-$200 for self-pay

Insurance

Aetna
Blue Cross
Blue Cross/Blue Shield HMO
Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO
CIGNA
EAP
Evernorth by Cigna
United Health/Optum (EAP Only)
United Health/Optum - Medicare
  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield HMO
  • Blue Cross/Blue Shield PPO
  • CIGNA
  • EAP
  • Evernorth by Cigna
  • United Health/Optum (EAP Only)
  • United Health/Optum - Medicare
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Practice Details

Therapist Languages

English Only, Hablo Español

Services For

Family, Individuals

Client Age

Toddlers / Preschoolers (0 to 6)
Children (6 to 10)
Preteens / Tweens (11 to 13)
Adolescents / Teenagers (14 to 19)
Young Adults (18-25)
Adults
Elders (65+)

Migration Background

Location

Woodridge, Illinois, United States

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