Robin Kemkes, LPC

What wants to emerge? And what is in the way? The answers to these questions are different for each of us at different moments in our lives. I offer a therapeutic space where together we can explore what they mean for you. And maybe you bring your own questions. I draw on humanistic and psychodynamic therapies. A humanistic approach is holistic and affords us the depth and breadth to work with your full range of experience. I practice close listening, attunement, and collaboration so we can attend to what is arising in the moment. A psychodynamic approach cultivates insight and healing of attachment wounds. It can help disentangle patterns that protected you in the past and are no longer serving you. I am EMDR-trained by the Midwest Center for EMDR Training, an EMDRIA approved program. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a well-researched, effective method that helps people recover from symptoms of trauma, including anxiety and depression. I have four years of experience as a mental health counselor at a community health clinic. My educational background is diverse and supports engagement in a variety of contexts. I hold an MS in Mental Health Counseling from University of Massachusetts Boston, a PhD in Economics from University of Massachusetts Amherst with an emphasis on political economy of the environment, an MS in Ecological Economics from University of Vermont, and a BS in Art from University of Wisconsin Madison. This is a place where a door might be here where I am standing In the light outside all the walls there would be a shadow here all day long and a door into it where now there is me and somebody would come and knock on this air long after I have gone and there in front of me a life would open -W.S. Merwin Please contact me to request a first appointment.