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
I work with people who have often existed outside the mainstream, including LGBTQIA+ folks, neurodivergent teens and adults, artists, musicians, goths, punks, metalheads, alternative communities, and anyone who is tired of feeling like they have to hide parts of themselves to be accepted.
My style is collaborative, direct, deeply affirming, and very human. I’ll challenge you when it helps, laugh with you when it’s needed, and sit with you in the difficult moments without trying to rush them away. Therapy with me is not about becoming a more “acceptable” version of yourself. It’s about understanding yourself with compassion, healing what hurts, and creating a life that feels authentic rather than performative.
I also understand that mental health does not exist in a vacuum. Marginalization related to LGBTQIA+ identity, neurodivergence, disability, or alternative lifestyles can leave real emotional wounds. Therapy should be a place where you do not have to explain, defend, or minimize who you are.
As a Certified Death Midwife, I also welcome conversations around grief, serious illness, anticipatory grief, mortality, and end-of-life experiences. Some of life’s hardest moments cannot be fixed, but they can be witnessed, understood, and carried with support.
I also work with clients navigating trauma, substance use through a harm reduction lens, identity exploration, alternative relationships, and major life transitions.
Healing does not require becoming more “normal”, sometimes it means becoming more fully you.
Niches:
LGBTQIA+ Affirming Therapy • Neurodivergence • Identity & Self-Discovery • Harm Reduction & Substance Use • Trauma • Certified Death Midwife Support • Grief & End-of-Life • Polyamory, Kink & Alternative Relationships • Life Transitions
Kimber can be found at the following location:
Visit Reasons:
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