Karvinen Counseling Services provides individual, couple, family, and group therapy.
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Education
Tracy Karvinen has been in clinical practice for over 22 years. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC). She also holds a certification in Mental Illness Substance Abuse (MISA II) from the Illinois Alcohol and Other Drug Abuse Professional Certification Association, Inc. Tracy received her bachelor's degree in psychology from Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville in 1992 and her master's in counseling from Webster University in 1996.
Currently Tracy serves as the Director of Community Support Services at a large nonprofit community mental health and substance abuse agency where she supervises staff in several different programs including: Crisis Intervention and Mobile Outreach, Senior Services, Mental Health Court, Supportive Services for Veterans and Families, Community Support Services, Case Management Services, Supportive Housing, and Community Based Therapy. Over the last 22 years Tracy has provided clinical services and supervision in a variety of different settings and areas including adolescent inpatient substance abuse, outpatient mental health and substance abuse, national research and training, community-based, home-based, phone services, hotlines, county jails, police stations, homeless shelters, hospitals, and courts.
One of Tracy's specialities is adolescent substance use and abuse. She co-authored an evidence-based treatment manual called Adolescent Community Reinforcement Approach for Adolescent Cannabis Users, Cannabis Youth Treatment (CYT) Series, Volume 4. Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services. The treatment manual is now used nationally and internationally by other treatment providers delivering evidence-based services. Tracy has provided training for therapist certification and supervisor certification in this model for several sites around the country. She was also a co-author on a paper called Clinical Management of a Multisite Field Trial of Five Outpatient Treatments for Adolescent Substance Abuse. Cannabis Youth Treatment Services, Volume 1-5. Washington, DC: Department of Health and Human Services related to her work in this area of expertise.
Tracy utilizes client-centered, cognitive behavioral, interactive, and solution-focused approaches while working with her clients. Her therapeutic approach is to provide support and practical feedback to help clients effectively address personal life challenges. She integrates complementary methodologies and techniques to offer a highly personalized approach tailored to each client. With compassion and understanding, she works with each individual to help them build on their strengths and attain the personal growth they are committed to accomplishing.
In Practice Since
1993
License Number
180003528
Billing
Office Rates
$90 per hour for individual, couple and family sessions. $45 for group sessions.
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