Jewel Kristine (Kristy) Hemmele
Experienced LCPC blending compassion and evidence-based care
About Jewel
Jewel Kristine (Kristy) Hemmele is an Illinois-licensed counselor (LCPC) with 28 years of clinical experience who draws on evidence-based therapies to help people through complex emotional challenges.
Background and approach
She blends client-centered care with practical strategies from cognitive behavioral therapy and acceptance-based approaches to address anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem concerns. Kristy emphasizes empathy and respect while tailoring interventions to each person’s circumstances and values.
Her practice covers a broad range of issues including relationship and intimacy-related difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting and family stress, anger, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include adoption and foster care, commitment and communication problems, post-traumatic stress, isolation and social anxiety, and struggles with guilt, shame, and life purpose.
She also offers coaching-oriented support for people seeking clearer direction. Kristy aims to create a nonjudgmental therapeutic space where clients can explore painful emotions, develop coping skills, and rebuild confidence.
She uses a collaborative, individualized process to help clients move toward practical solutions and lasting personal growth while respecting each person’s unique perspective and needs.
Evidence-Based Approaches Adapted for Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps clients notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them while identifying values-guided actions that create a more meaningful life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and adjusting unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors to reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression and improve daily functioning. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding emotional responses and improving emotional connection in relationships, which can be helpful for intimacy and attachment concerns.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Kristy works with clients to explore which techniques and styles best match their goals, preferences, and life situation, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds. The aim is to find practical strategies that feel relevant and achievable for each person.
Online therapy offers flexible access to licensed professionals through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity during life transitions, and use brief or more intensive check-ins as needed. For many people, remote sessions provide a convenient way to engage in consistent, evidence-informed care without geographic constraints.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 28 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English