Ednina Welters

Ednina Welters is an Illinois-based clinician who brings 11 years of experience supporting adolescents, adults, and couples facing a wide range of concerns, including anxiety, depression, social and relationship difficulties, academic and career challenges, and substance use issues. Her background also includes work with members of the LGBTQ community and with people affected by abuse and post-traumatic stress.

She holds an Illinois license to practice as a clinical professional counselor and has additional certifications as an alcohol and drug counselor and as a professional school counselor. Her training informs a person-centered style of care that assumes people have an innate capacity to grow and change.

In practice she relies primarily on Cognitive Behavior Therapy techniques to address the links among thoughts, feelings, and behaviors, on Rational Emotive approaches to reshape rigid or unhelpful beliefs, and on elements of Reality Therapy to clarify goals, wants, and the choices needed to pursue realistic outcomes. Ednina approaches counseling as a collaborative process in which clients are invited to express themselves, set achievable goals, and develop more adaptive ways of thinking, feeling, and behaving.

She aims to create an accepting, caring, and safe environment for people from diverse cultural backgrounds and looks forward to accompanying clients as they work toward greater balance and satisfaction in their lives.