using talk therapy, coping skills & Brainspotting
through a trauma-informed lens, Athena, can address a variety of topics and mental health diagnoses in order for clients to find the strength and resilience within, to move towards values and a renewed mind.
Ideal clients are:
• in person in Hartland, WI
• virtual anywhere throughout Wisconsin
• virtual anywhere throughout Texas
She best supports those ready to heal:
• anxiety
• ptsd/ trauma
• depression/ grief
• shame/guilt
• ineffective behaviors/ substance misuse
• ocd
She also enjoys working with:
• goal setting
• those seeking personal development
• athletes to improve sports performance and reduce body arousal and worst case thinking
• sports injuries
• concussion(s)
• body pain
• health optimization
• birth stories
• reframing gestational diabetes and unplanned c-section
She has specialized training in:
• trauma
• substance use
• the memory resolution technique (tmrt)
• brainspotting phase 1 & 2
• brainspotting for health and sports optimization
• brainspotting certification
• first responders
• military focused care
• biblical counseling
Modalities most often used:
• brainspotting
• cbt
• behavioral activation (ba)
• dbt informed skills
• mindfulness
• ifs informed
Work experience:
• medication assisted therapy for opiate use
• rogers depression recovery php
• rogers ocd residential
• group private practice
• employee assistance program (eap)
• private practice solo owner & therapist
Lived experiences:
• blood clot (pe)
• unplanned c-section
• vbac
• gestational diabetes
• flag to reduce a1c1 & glucose pp
• working mom
• entrepreneur/ business owner
• parent loss
• half marathon finisher
• bulging disc recovery
• volleyball player
• dancer- ballet, tap, jazz, hip hop & modern
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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).
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Texas clients:
Your state has additional requirements and rights to you as a consumer while working with me. Let me know if you have any questions.
My Texas LPC number is 101447.
House Bill 4224 (89th Regular Session), which went into effect on Sept. 1, 2025, requires licensees to, per Section 181.105 of the Health and Safety Code, prominently post on their website and at any facility detailed instructions for consumer to:
-Request the consumer's health care records from the licensee;
-Contact the Council, as found on the Council's Contact Us webpage; and
-File a consumer complaint with the Office of Attorney General's Consumer Protection webpage.
Athena Kjell, MS, NCC, LPC, SAC
National Certified Brainspotting Counselor