Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Kate Tune

LMFT, ICEEFT Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist
Therapy for Individuals, Families and Couples, ages 4+

I’m a marriage and family therapist who works through a systemic and attachment-based lens, exploring how past and present relationships shape how we experience ourselves and others. Early emotional environments teach us ways to cope and connect, but those strategies aren’t always sustainable. Therapy offers a space to explore and reshape those patterns.

I specialize in working with couples and new parents navigating disconnection, communication challenges, and identity shifts. I also support individuals, adolescents, children, and families in learning to move through emotions rather than around them, building confidence, resilience, and secure connections. My approach is rooted in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), and other attachment-based practices, honoring the healing power of emotions and relationships.

I strive to create a collaborative, non-judgmental, and emotionally safe space where all parts of you are welcome. Whether you’re processing a difficult past or feeling stuck in the present, therapy can help you reconnect with your capacity for growth, healing, and meaningful connection. I am sex-positive, LGBTQIA+ affirming, and neurodiversity-informed, honoring the ways identity, family systems, and culture intersect in our emotional lives.

A little about me:
Outside of therapy, I enjoy reading, learning, and spending time with my husband, pets, and family. I also love crocheting, listening to music, practicing yoga, and spending time in nature — ways I create, ground, and recharge.

Top Specialties:

  • Relationship Issues

  • Emotion Regulation & Mindfulness

  • Perinatal Mental Health

  • Family of Origin Exploration

Areas of Expertise:

  • ADHD

  • Adolescents

  • Affair Recovery

  • Anger Management

  • Anxiety

  • Body Positivity

  • Children

  • Co-Dependency

  • Coping Skills

  • Depression

  • Discernment Counseling

  • Divorce

  • Emerging Adults

  • Family Conflict

  • Grief

  • Identity Exploration

  • Life Transitions & Stress

  • Men’s Issues

  • Parenting

  • Peer Relationships

  • People Pleasing

  • Perfectionism

  • Premarital Counseling

  • Religious Trauma

  • Self Esteem

  • Shame

  • Substance Use or Abuse

  • Trauma & PTSD

  • Women’s Issues

Aetna

I’m in network with:

Anthem

BCBS PPO

Cigna / Evernorth

United Healthcare/Optum

Call (630) 940-6828 or email scheduling@paderatherapy.com to set up an appointment or schedule a 15-minute free phone consultation.

Kate is licensed in Illinois & Colorado.

  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) is a humanistic, evidence-based approach to psychotherapy, drawing primarily from attachment theory to facilitate the creation of secure, vibrant connection with self and others.

  • An attachment-based approach looks at the connection between a person’s early attachment experiences with primary caregivers - and the person’s ability to develop normally and ultimately form healthy emotional and physical relationships as an adult.

  • Trauma-focused cognitive behavioral therapy (TF-CBT) addresses the mental health needs of people suffering from the destructive effects of early trauma.

“I strive to create an environment where you feel heard and understood; a sense of security & safety are crucial to any therapeutic space. We will focus on exploring how you relate to your own emotions and what you might do with them that gets in the way of communicating directly and vulnerably.”

— Kate Tune

Questions about insurance?

Give us a call or email scheduling@paderatherapy.com. 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 $135.00 for a 53 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.