Camille Lester Black woman therapist smiling in braids she is licensed in the State of New York and the State of Illinois is currently accepting new clients for individual and couples therapy at her practice Camille Lester Psychotherapy, PLLC

meet camille!

LMHC, LCPC, M.S., NCC

Hello!

My name is Camille Lester-Riley + I am so happy you’re here—open and curious about beginning or continuing your therapeutic journey! I am a Chicago based psychotherapist licensed to serve individuals and couples in the State of New York and Illinois.

My practice centers folks desiring a better relationship with themselves, their histories, their patterns, their commitments, and the people in their life.

Our therapy journey will finally be the space for you to deepen your understanding of yourself, find the language to your internal experience, dismantle the shame and fear, feel empowered and knowledgeable about your one-of-a-kind nervous system, and begin to collect and trace all the patterns and pieces to blaze a pathway to true deeply-rooted healing. I feel so blessed to be a clinician and do this work day in and day out…honestly, building, fostering, co-creating therapeutic relationships with my clients is truly holy work to me.

I do therapy for individuals and couples who want to feel less shame and confusion about the “hows” of who they are and deepen into authenticity, vulnerability, and intimacy in their relationships.

Outside of the therapy room who am I, you ask?

I am a midwest native (born and raised in Wisconsin). After living in Harlem for 6 years and with a sky high pile of memories I am back in the midwest (hello Chicago!) reimagining and rediscovering the meaning of ‘home’ and sinking into a slower pace of life.

I am a wife to my college sweetheart and a toddler mom to a sweet-souled little boy. You can catch me in local coffee shops sipping oat milk au laits, tending to my plants, walking my boxer pup to the lake, eating way too much dark chocolate, writing, or somewhere reading Alice Walker.

Online therapy for individuals and couples who want to feel better connected, internally regulated, and emotionally intimate in New York and Illinois

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My Credentials:

Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in the State of Illinois awarded by the Illinois Department of Professional Regulation; License #: 180.015121

Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in New York State awarded by the New York Dept. of Education, Board of Regents; License #: 012939

Ph.D Candidate, Developmental Psychology. (research focus: social cognition, the journey of ‘passed down/inherited’ embodied knowledge, and parent-child relationships. City University of New York, Graduate Center)

M.S. Clinical Mental Health Counseling (Marquette University, 2017)

B.A. Psychology & Black Studies (DePaul University, 2014)

National Board of Certified Counselors: National Certified Counselor (NCC)

Reiki Practitioner: For Psychotherapists (2020)

Gottman Relationship Checkup, Approved Member

Trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy, Chicago Center for Emotionally Focused Therapy

camille lester a black therapist smiling at the camera in a brown and tan dress with braids. she is in her therapy office where she works with individuals and couples in NYC and Chicago
camille lester a black therapist smiling at the camera in a brown and tan dress with braids. she is in her therapy office where she works with individuals and couples in NYC and Chicago

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