We're Nurturing Relationships
And creating genuine connections. With you, your family, and our Evanston community.
Through warmth, genuineness, and compassion, we help you gain a personal understanding of yourself and how you fit into the bigger, richer whole of your relationships and other parts of your life.
Our core values
What drives our practice
Systemic Change
We are all a part of systems – families, workplaces, communities, and culture. We explore how these systems affect well-being, and we help create healthier patterns within them. Lasting change happens when we work with the whole picture, not just isolated issues.
Integrative Thinking
Mental health is influenced by your emotional world, physical health, social environment, lived experiences, and systemic factors. We take all of that into account. Our whole-person perspective helps us understand your challenges more clearly and support you more effectively.
Integrative Therapy
There’s no single path to healing. That’s why we combine evidence-based psychotherapy with a range of tools like mindfulness, lifestyle shifts, and mind-body practices to create a plan that meets your unique needs. Your therapy is created with you, not for you.
Community Investment
We’re proud to be part of the Evanston community, and we’re committed to growing our offerings with it. Every time we expand by hiring new clinicians, offering workshops, or increasing accessibility, it’s done with the intention of meeting local client needs.
Meet our team of therapists at Nurturing Relationships
We invite you to get to know our therapists to find the right fit. If you’re unsure of who will best fit your personality and circumstances, we can help you find your match.
In person therapy • walk & talk therapy • virtual therapy
Meet Katelyn Easter, LMFT
About Katelyn
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I’m a down-to-earth, warm, yet direct therapist who strives to make you feel heard, seen, and validated for your experience. Together, we’ll explore what’s behind the patterns or behaviors that keep showing up in your life – because understanding why they’re happening is a key step toward preventing them from continuing or resurfacing.
Once there’s a foundation of empathy and insight, I’ll begin to gently challenge you to implement new skills and techniques to reach your goals. I’m here to support your growth, not just offer quick fixes. My goal is to help you create real, lasting change that extends far beyond our sessions.
Education and Credentials
- M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy from Northwestern University
- Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional
- American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy Approved Supervisor and Clinical Fellow
Services & availability
For the nurturing relationship team
Nurturing Relationships is growing!
If you're a marriage and family therapist or counselor looking to join a supportive community of clinicians, please reach out to Katelyn.
As part of our commitment to investing in our field, we also offer supervision from an American Association of Marriage and Family Therapist-approved supervisor to associate-level marriage and family therapists, counselors, and fully-licensed clinicians.
We Want Your Suggestions!
What would you like to see integrated at our practice?
How else can we help you?
In the meantime, we will provide connections with resources in the community to help you get what you need.
We are fully here and inclusively commited to you
No one can or should do this work alone. We’ll help you find the right resources to support you.