Angie Young
LCSW, EMDR, RYT200
Hello everyone! My name is Angie and I am a trauma therapist, EMDR provider, and trained yoga teacher. I approach each person with empathy and openness to understand how we can create meaningful connection and healing together. My journey as a therapist includes work with complex trauma and sexual abuse in outpatient and intensive care settings, grief counseling through hospice work, and chronic illness/public health therapy while serving in the Peace Corps in Uganda. My last several years of clinical practice have focused on attachment wounds, abandonment, and shame in both private practice and substance abuse treatment settings.
As a therapist, I believe healing is possible through connection with your body, emotions, and thoughts. I want to gently bring the body into therapy and I seek to be a companion in the process of sifting through your lived experience to discover your authentic voice. Together, we will use somatic interventions and yoga, emotionally focused work, inner child work, and brain-based approaches like EMDR to reclaim the chapters of your life where difficult experiences stole your sense of who you are. I work to nurture growth, healing, and you with overcoming loneliness.
I find it essential to create an atmosphere of bravery and acceptance in any therapeutic relationship. I utilize sex-positive counseling practices, am an ally for the LGBTQIA+ community in the therapy dynamic, and want to build understanding about how your experiences, relationships, and culture have impacted your life.
My Specialties:
Complex Trauma and PTSD
Somatic and Body-Based Interventions
EMDR Therapy
Sexual Abuse
Anxiety Disorders
Grief and Loss
Relational Trauma
Religious Trauma
LGBTQIA+ Identity Support
Personality Disorders
Outside of the office, you can find me with a fantasy or sci-fi book in hand or comfort watching Bones for the hundredth time. I keep myself grounded through gardening and connected to my body through tai chi. I have way too many blank journals that I am working on filling, and really enjoy using tarot cards to deepen my self reflection.
I am in network with Aetna, Anthem, Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO, Cigna, and United Health Care. Please call me at (630) 940-6828 or email me at Angie@paderatherapy.com to schedule an appointment or a phone consultation!
Questions about insurance? Give us a call and we would be happy to answer them! We can often work with insurance companies if we are out-of-network. If we are an out of network provider or you do not have insurance, our rate is currently $130.00 for a 50 minute session. However, we also offer reduced rates in special circumstances. Finances should never be a deterrent for seeking help! We work with families to come up with a number that works for you!