Kendra Ostermeier, Therapist
Kendra Ostermeier, LPC, helps children, adolescents, teens, adults, and seniors build emotional stability, practical coping skills, and stronger relationships through compassionate, evidence-based therapy. Serving patients across Illinois, she creates a supportive space where individuals and families can feel understood while working toward meaningful, lasting change. As a Licensed Professional Counselor at LifeStance Health, Kendra provides thoughtful care that balances warmth with clinical expertise. Kendra is especially passionate about supporting children, teens, and families navigating ADHD, anxiety, and childhood behavior challenges. She focuses on helping young clients improve emotional regulation, build confidence, and strengthen communication at home and school. By partnering closely with caregivers, she helps families develop consistent strategies that reduce stress, improve behavior, and support healthy development. Her clinical work also includes treatment for depression, trauma-related concerns, and life transitions, with experience supporting LGBTQ+ individuals, military members and veterans, and those involved in adoption or foster care. Kendra offers individual therapy, family therapy, and couples therapy, and integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to meet each clientās unique needs. She also provides additional therapeutic approaches when clinically appropriate. Kendra treats children, adolescents, teens, adults, and older adults, tailoring care to each stage of lifeāfrom early emotional development to later-life transitions. Her approach emphasizes collaboration, skill-building, and respect for each personās lived experience. Outside of her clinical work, Kendra enjoys boating, coloring, watching Steelers football, and spending time cuddling her Australian Shepherds, Bo and Harvey.
Provider Introduction
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Individual Therapy: Ages 11-75+
- Couples Therapy: Ages 18-75+
Areas of Focus
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- Bipolar Disorder
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Empty nesters
- General relationship issues
- Intense mood changes
- Marital stress or divorce
- Parenthood
- Premarital counseling
- ADHD
- Adoption & foster care
- Aging
- Alcohol use
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Attention & focus
- Autism: generally independent
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Chronic pain-related issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Drug/substance use
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Eating issues: binging
- End-of-life challenges
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- First responder stress
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender identity
- Grief & loss
- Hair pulling & skin picking
- Hallucinations
- Learning challenges
- LGBTQ+
- Men's health/issues
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Military & veteran
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenting
- Patterns affecting behavior, emotions and relationships
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- PMS & PMDD
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Psychosis/issues with reality
- Racial identity
- Retirement
- Schizophrenia/schizoaffective
- School avoidance
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Self-injury or cutting
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sexual trauma
- Sleep issues or insomnia
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress from ongoing health issues
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
- Unhealthy eating habits
- Unusual thoughts or beliefs
Couples Therapy
Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.
- Depression/feeling down
- General relationship issues
- Marital stress or divorce
- Premarital counseling
- Self-esteem
- Adoption & foster care
- Anxiety
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Body image
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Career & work issues
- Caregiving
- Empty nesters
- Family conflict
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Gender identity
- Grief & loss
- Intense mood changes
- LGBTQ+
- Men's health/issues
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- PMS & PMDD
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Sexual trauma
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
Insurances Accepted
Languages
- English
Education
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Eastern Illinois University
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Illinois College
Frequently Asked
Questions
Please call us at 217-523-4534 to schedule an appointment with Kendra Ostermeier.
Kendra Ostermeier generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist.
Please call 217-523-4534 to find out Kendra Ostermeier's schedule and availability.
LifeStance Health providers accept most commercial insurance plans that are offered in the states where we offer services, including telehealth. Please see the following list of insurances accepted by Kendra Ostermeier:
If you don't see your insurance listed, please contact us at 217-523-4534 to see how we can help.
Kendra Ostermeier is a Therapist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
Kendra Ostermeier works at:
Yes, Kendra Ostermeier does offer online telehealth visits.
Yes, Kendra Ostermeier is currently offering in-office visits at the following location: