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
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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
- Listed as Emily Pagone, LPC, Hinsdale IL; no patient reviews on file (healthgrades.com)
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)