Emily Pagone, Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Hinsdale, IL — therapist at ThriveTalk

Emily Pagone

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

13 yrs experience

Updated August 20, 2026 How we verify

About

Emily Pagone, MS, LCPC, NCC, PMH-C, CCTP, is the founder and CEO of Authentic Growth Wellness Group, a trauma-informed counseling practice with offices in Hinsdale and Glen Ellyn, Illinois. She specializes in perinatal/maternal mental health, complex and betrayal trauma, anxiety, and parenting concerns, working primarily through Internal Family Systems (IFS), EMDR, and attachment-based approaches. She also supervises provisionally licensed counselors and has taught as an adjunct psychology instructor at Benedictine University, and hosts a podcast on the inner critic and IFS.

Services

  • Perinatal and maternal mental health
  • Complex trauma and PTSD
  • Anxiety
  • Parenting
  • Women's issues
  • ADHD
  • Codependency
  • Family conflict
  • Grief
  • LGBTQ+ concerns
  • Life transitions
  • Mood disorders
  • Relationship issues
  • Sexual abuse
  • Postpartum depression and anxiety
  • Complex trauma
  • Betrayal trauma
  • EMDR
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • DBT
  • Trauma-focused CBT
  • Attachment-based therapy
  • Gottman Method
  • Person-centered/humanistic
  • Strengths-based

State licenses

  • Illinois · License #180.012775 · LCPC Active

In the field

Sources

The facts on this page are drawn from 12 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.

Psychology Today directory

  • Identity anchor: name, credentials (MS, LCPC, NCC, PMH-C, CCTP), practice name, Hinsdale/Glen Ellyn IL locations, phone, fees, insurance, specialties, issues treated, modalities, populations, 13 years in practice, education (Benedictine University 2015), self-reported IL license #180012775 (psychologytoday.com)

Psychology Today directory (practice listing)

  • Practice-level details for Authentic Growth Wellness Group: locations, fees ($175 individual/$190 couples), insurance, session formats (psychologytoday.com)

practice website (authenticgrowthwellness.com)

  • Title (Founder & CEO), 12+ years experience, education (M.S. Benedictine University, B.A. University of Kansas), specialties, certifications, headshot photo (authenticgrowthwellness.com)

provider's prior individual practice site (emilypagonelcpc.com)

  • Prior practice name 'Emily Pagone Counseling, PLLC', ~10 years experience at time of writing, adjunct professor role at Benedictine University, alternate headshot photo (emilypagonelcpc.com)

NPPES NPI registry

  • Individual NPI 1841646999, taxonomy Counselor Professional/Mental Health Counselor, Hinsdale IL address, LCPC credential, active status, enumerated 2016-05-08 (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)

LinkedIn profile

  • Current role (Founder/Owner, Authentic Growth Education Group LLC), LCPC issued Feb 2020, NCC issued Jan 2020, PMH-C issued Aug 2021, master's degree dates (2012-2014), professional memberships (linkedin.com)

IFS Institute practitioner directory

  • IFS Level 2 training confirmation, LCPC credential, practice focus on trauma/sexual assault/emotional abuse/perinatal experiences (ifs-institute.com)

Healthgrades directory

TherapyDen directory (search snippet)

  • Confirms prior entity name 'Emily Pagone Counseling PLLC' at [redacted] and alternate phone [redacted] (theravive.com)

Apple Podcasts

  • Guest appearance discussing IFS and the inner critic on The Complex Trauma Podcast episode 126 (podcasts.apple.com)

Facebook page

  • Confirms professional Facebook presence under name/credentials 'Emily Pagone, LCPC, NCC, PMH-C', Hinsdale IL (facebook.com)

Instagram (search result metadata)

  • Active Instagram account @emilypagone with ~1,559 followers, trauma/IFS/EMDR content (instagram.com)
Find A Therapist