Allie Wills, LCPC (she/her)

Allie Wills, LCPC, is a licensed clinical professional counselor who works with children, adolescents, teens and adult individuals. Her  approach is relational, person-centered, and trauma-informed. That means she thinks the therapeutic relationship can be a means of healing, that the client gets to lead the process, and that she is aware of how much of an impact trauma can have. She also works from a systems perspective, which has as it’s premise that the family, culture, and other systems people belong to strongly frame the way they interact with the world.

Allie is passionate about working with LGBTQI+ people, adolescents, spirituality, trauma, and dissociative disorders. She is trained in pastoral counseling techniques and happy to explore spiritual elements with those who are interested. She also has experience working with people with depression, bipolar disorder, self-injury, anxiety, and psychosis. She is compassionate, non-judgmental, and collaborative.

Allie received her master’s degree in clinical-counseling psychology from Illinois State University and her bachelor’s degree in psychology and French from the University of Michigan. She has worked for community mental health agencies, SASS (Screening, Assessment, and Support Services), a hospice, and a domestic violence shelter. She’s done on-call crisis work with children and teens who are suicidal, aggressive, self-injurious, runaway, or locked out. She loves working with people of all ages, but she’s particularly passionate about working with teens. She also works with people of all races, genders, sexual orientations, faiths, and disabilities.