Gurnee, IL
Gurnee – Nations Drive
1790 Nations Dr Suite 211
Gurnee, IL 60031
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Gurnee, IL 60031
Kimber Brightheart
LCSW
Clinical Supervisor
About Kimber Brightheart
Some of life’s biggest transitions can leave you feeling uncertain, isolated, or misunderstood. Whether you’re exploring your identity, navigating grief, questioning your relationship with substances, or processing anxiety or trauma, therapy can be a place where you feel genuinely accepted and supported.
I work with adolescents, adults, and older adults while providing affirming care for LGBTQIA+ individuals, neurodivergent clients, and people in diverse relationship structures. I also specialize in harm reduction, helping clients build safer, healthier relationships with substances without shame or judgment.
As a Certified Death Midwife, I also support individuals and families navigating serious illness, anticipatory grief, end-of-life planning, and the emotional experiences surrounding death and dying. These conversations are deeply personal, and I believe everyone deserves compassionate support through them.
My approach is collaborative, trauma-informed, and grounded in CBT, Motivational Interviewing, and harm reduction principles. Therapy isn’t about changing who you are. It’s about creating space to better understand yourself, heal, and build a life that feels authentic.
Niches:
LGBTQIA2S+ Affirming Care ~ Neurodivergence ~ Harm Reduction & Substance Use~ Certified Death Midwife Support ~ Trauma & Anxiety
Grief & Loss ~ Life Transitions ~ Alternative Relationship Structures
Kimber can be found at the following location:
Specialties:
Insurance Accepted:
- Aetna Better Health
- Aetna
- Aetna: Medicaid
- Aetna: PPO/POS
- Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Medicaid
- Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Medicare
- Anthem/Blue Cross Blue Shield: PPO
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Medicaid
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: Medicare
- BCBS/Blue Cross Blue Shield: PPO
- Cigna/Evernorth
- Cigna/Evernorth: Medicare
- EBMS
- GEHA/Government Employees Health Association
- HAP: Health Alliance Plan
- Health Alliance Medical Plan
- Imagine Health
- Luminare Health
- Magellan
- Medicare
- Meritain
- PHCS/MultiPlan/Claritev
- PHCS/MultiPlan/Claritev: Medicare
- Optum
- Optum: Medicare
- Partners Direct Health
- Self Pay
- State Farm Medicare Supplement
- Surest/UHC
- TRICARE West Region
- TRICARE West Region (Need Referral from PCP)
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance
- TriWest Healthcare Alliance: Medicare
- UHC/UnitedHealthcare
- UHC/UnitedHealthcare: Medicare
- UMR
- United Behavioral Health
- Tricare Prime
Therapy Types:
- Family Therapy
- Individual Therapy
Therapeutic Approaches:
- Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Art Therapy
- Biofeedback
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Exposure Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT)
- Somatic Experiencing
- Clinical Hypnosis
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Adlerian Therapy
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Child Parent Psychotherapy (CCP)
- Mindfulness-Based Therapy
- Person-Centered Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused/Brief Therapy