Kristen Melchiori

With a clinical focus on helping clients navigate complex external systems, Kristen Melchiori brings extensive experience across multiple levels of care, including foster care, therapeutic day schools, substance abuse residential programs, and community mental health. Based in Naperville, Illinois, she provides support to adults and seniors, specializing in crisis management and helping individuals through their most challenging life transitions. Kristen utilizes a trauma-informed approach designed to help patients find personal success and create new meaning in their lives. Her therapeutic style is characterized by warmth, empathy, and acceptance, with a strong emphasis on leveraging personal strengths to achieve patient-defined goals. In her practice, she incorporates evidence-based modalities such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and Mindfulness techniques. Kristen is dedicated to providing an encouraging and supportive environment for every individual she serves. Personal interests that occupy her time outside of clinical work include reading, walking her dogs, riding bikes, and enjoying the outdoors with her family.