
Cindy McKnight
Counselor, MS, LCPC, NCC, CCTP, EMDR
Location
Offers online therapy
Living Pono Counseling
1860 W Winchester Rd
Suite 205
Libertyville, IL 60048
(847) 527-8511
1860 W Winchester Rd
Suite 205
Libertyville, IL 60048
Hello and thank you for taking the time to read my biography. I received my MS in Human Services/Community Counseling. I have 20 years experience in MH and have been successful in working with individuals, couples, families and children. I have a particular clinical area of strength working with teens, women, men and first responders. I am also trained in EMDR level I & II, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Sex Therapy. I can also provide short-term counseling. My clinical approach is evidence based treatment as I am trained to work with various populations. We offer sessions in Libertyville, Gurnee and Buffalo Grove.
I am a therapist dedicated to assisting my clients in achieving personal health and well-being. I am interactive in my approach and solution focused. I integrate research based methodologies and techniques to assist my clients on their journey of strength building and personal attainment. Together we will work towards achieving your goals.
I am a trainer mediator through Northwestern University. This allows for me to assist individuals, couples and business partners to effectively temper any differences that they may encounter, while learning to negotiate their wants and needs productively. Online Therapy is also available upon request.
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Finances
- Cost per Session: $160 - $225
Pay By:
American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Visa
Accepted Insurance Plans
- Aetna
- Beacon
- Behavioral Health Systems
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Ceridian
- Cigna
- ComPsych
- Humana
- Magellan
- MultiPlan
- Optum
- TRICARE
- UMR
- UnitedHealthcare
- Out of Network
Verify your health insurance coverage when you arrange your first visit.
Qualifications
- License: Illinois / 180010886
- School: National Louis University
- Year Graduated: 2006
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: Wisconsin / 6912-125
- Certificate Date: 2018
- Certificate: Northwestern University / Mediation
- Certificate Date: 2015
Location
Offers online therapy
Specialties
- Relationship Issues
- Sex Therapy
- Trauma and PTSD
Issues
- Alcohol Use
- Anger Management
- Antisocial Personality
- Anxiety
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Codependency
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Divorce
- Domestic Abuse
- Domestic Violence
- Dual Diagnosis
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Infidelity
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Men's Issues
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Racial Identity
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Sexual Addiction
- Sports Performance
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Transgender
- Women's Issues
Mental Health
- Impulse Control Disorders
- Mood Disorders
- Personality Disorders
- Psychosis
- Thinking Disorders
Sexuality
- Bisexual
- Lesbian
- Gay
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
Hispanic and Latino and Other Racial or Ethnic Background
Age
- Adults
- Adolescents / Teenagers (14 to 19)
- Preteens / Tweens (11 to 13)
Communities
- Bisexual Allied
- Cancer
- Gay Allied
- HIV / AIDS Allied
- Lesbian Allied
- Transgender Allied
- Veterans
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Adlerian
- Clinical Supervision and Licensed Supervisors -
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Compassion Focused
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical (DBT)
- EMDR
- Eclectic
- Emotionally Focused
- Existential
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Feminist
- Forensic Psychology
- Gestalt
- Gottman Method
- Groups
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Multicultural
- Narrative
- Person-Centered
- Positive Psychology
- Psychodynamic
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Structural Family Therapy
- Trauma Focused
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Family
Professional Connections
Cindy is an experienced and exemplary clinician who connects with her clients in a warm, encouraging and understanding manner. A natural leader, Cindy is reliable, dependable and has a true passion for her work. I endorse Cindy wholeheartedly and recommend her.

Heidi Wodrich, MA, LCPC, NCC
Counselor
Last Modified: 4 Mar 2021