Kim Vander Griend, LCSW

Kim Vander Griend, LCSW is a strengths-based, client-centered psychotherapist who focuses on partnering with clients while moving at their own pace. Her collaborative style utilizes an integrative, solution-focused approach where concrete skill development is addressed. Kim’s approach to therapy emphasizes the importance of seeking and creating healthy relationships. She believes strongly in utilizing the therapeutic relationship to explore positive change and growth. Kim draws from family systems, cognitive behavioral, motivational interviewing and psychodynamic theories in her practice.

Kim earned her Bachelor’s of Arts in Communications Arts and Sciences from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She earned her Master’s of Arts from The University of Chicago, The School of Social Service Administration. She completed her post-graduate clinical training at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in Baltimore, Maryland. She also was a Field Consultant and graduate student instructor at The University of Chicago, The School of Social Service Administration.

Kim's clinical and teaching experience includes:

• The University of Chicago, The School of Social Service Administration

• Symmetry Counseling, LLC

• The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

• Pillars Community Services

• Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, The University of Chicago Law School

• Completed Level 1 and Level 2 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy

Kim is ABE Board Certified in Clinical Social Work and is a member of the Illinois Chapter of the National Association of Social Workers.

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