Emilie  Kestner

Emilie Kestner

She/Her/Hers

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT Practice: Mindful Health Solutions Specialties Insurance & Fees Locations
Texas Accepting Online
Museum Park Accepting In-person
Updated June 27, 2023

Specialties & Expertise

  • Life transitions
  • LGBTQIA, gender, & sexuality topics
  • Gender identity & transgender health
  • Communication issues

Professional statement

Emilie Kestner is a Psychotherapist with a focus in helping people look at their relationships with their caregivers differently, understanding how to communicate effectively with others (regardless of how the other person is communicating themselves), sexual challenges, overcoming obstacles preventing them from progressing through the family life cycle appropriately, accepting and loving different parts of the clients’ identities, and creating a life worth living. She offers clients time and space to process and re-examine their beliefs and challenges in a nonjudgmental light. She also offers specific skills to deal with distressing situations or uncomfortable emotions.

As a therapist, she entered the mental health field with an interest in helping individuals with sexual challenges and have found that she also works well with individuals who have been through trauma in terms of building a life more worth living to them. As a neurodivergent person herself, she also wanted to provide neurodiverse-affirming care to others.

Emilie Kestner describes her style of therapy as collaborative with her clients, open to feedback, encouraging, humorous, and direct. She is passionate about finding what works best for each patient and their needs. Therapy alongside other treatments such as Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) and esketamine can help give patients a wide variety of options in order to find what works best to help them as an individual.


Specialties

Life transitions - Coping with difficult or impactful life changes, such as moving to a new area, relationship transitions, child rearing, or career changes; learning self-care to better manage resulting stress

LGBTQIA, gender, & sexuality topics - Exploring topics of sexuality, gender, and identity; coping with discrimination and oppression; navigating relationship, family, and cultural challenges

Gender identity & transgender health - Exploring gender identity, including trans, non-binary, and gender variant identities; support throughout the process of transition

Communication issues - Developing effective interpersonal skills in relationships withpartners, families, and co-workers; using healthy methods of communication to convey needs and respond to others




Clientele

  • Adults (24+)
  • Seniors (65+)
  • Teenagers (13-18)

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Cigna
  • Humana
  • Magellan Health
  • Optum
  • Superior HealthPlan
  • TriWest Healthcare Alliance

Out-of-pocket fees

  • Individual sessions: $180 (60min)
  • Group sessions: $45 (60min)
  • Family sessions: $157 (60min)

Location(s)

Online Sessions (Texas)
Accepting new clients online
Currently Available Times
  • Morning (Before 10am)
  • Daytime (10am - 1pm)
  • Afternoon (1pm - 5pm)
  • Evening (After 5pm)
  • Weekends
Regular Hours
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Museum Park practice
1200 Binz ST, 480, Houston, Texas 77004
Accepting new clients in-person
Currently Available Times
  • Morning (Before 10am)
  • Daytime (10am - 1pm)
  • Afternoon (1pm - 5pm)
  • Evening (After 5pm)
  • Weekends
Regular Hours
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Work and Education

Years of Experience: 6 years



Licensure

Texas: 203129


Languages

English