Adam Kuykendall
Licensed Therapist, MA, LPC
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The biggest challenges offer the greatest rewards. Although you'll be doing important and difficult work in OCD therapy, you will not be alone. I offer a safe space with no judgment and no discrimination. First, I'll identify and isolate your unwanted behaviors, vulnerabilities, and triggers. Then I'll help you navigate those vulnerabilities and triggers through systematic, incremental exposure. I have noticed OCD traits in my own life. I have experience treating schizophrenia, autism, depression, generalized and social anxiety, and borderline personality disorder.
The biggest challenges offer the greatest rewards. Although you'll be doing important and difficult work in OCD therapy, you will not be alone. I offer a safe space with no judgment and no discrimination. First, I'll identify and isolate your unwanted behaviors, vulnerabilities, and triggers. Then I'll help you navigate those vulnerabilities and triggers through systematic, incremental exposure. I have noticed OCD traits in my own life. I have experience treating schizophrenia, autism, depression, generalized and social anxiety, and borderline personality disorder.
Location
Licensed in Illinois, Michigan, Tennessee
About
Clinical Expertise
OCD, Anxiety, Depression, Phobias, Skin picking, Hair pulling, Nail biting, Tics, Children and Adolescents
Cultural competencies
Christianity
Education
Antioch University-New England
Insurance
Plans accepted by Adam
Aetna, Ascension SmartHealth, Blue Care Network HMO, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Michigan, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Montana, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Oklahoma, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, Cigna, Curative, Forest County Potawatomi, Horizon BCBS, Imagine Health, Independence Blue Cross, Key Benefit Administrators, Oscar Health, Partners Direct Health, Priority Health, United Healthcare,
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Get to know Adam
My personal connection to OCD and mental health
My OCD and mental health journey started when I was a kid. I had a lot of social anxiety and as I grew older, it kind of morphed into OCD. I was very specific and ordered, and there were good numbers and bad numbers, and it changed all the time. I didn't understand why, but I wanted things to be even all the time. I didn't realize until I was much older what those things were.
How I create a safe, supportive environment in therapy
I consider myself fairly personable, so rapport building is really key, and then people tend to trust me. I also think it can be helpful to bring in humor about some things. Some of my Members have told me that my humor helps them feel calm and trust me, and trust the process a little bit more.
What I want to help you see in yourself
Your tenacity. You're scrappier and more powerful than you realize. OCD might be telling you that you can't do this, and here you are doing it. There's more to you than you know. There's more to you than you understand.
My message to you if you're struggling right now
I think struggling is a good sign. You're not going to push up against a wall unless there's a wall there, right? If you're struggling, that means you're trying to do something, and motivation is key. I think a lot of people, when they struggle, have that sense of hopelessness or helplessness, and the focus is narrowed to thinking, "I can't." But the fact that you're struggling means that there's something inside of you that's against this. That disproves that notion that you "can't." Getting into therapy brings that out, and you can really surprise yourself.
Why our members love working with Adam
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I would highly recommend working with Adam. I have gained so much progress and confidence in such a short time. His understanding and navigation throughout this therapy has been of such great help.
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