Services offered:

• Individual Therapy

• Couples Therapy

• Gender Affirming Surgery Letters

Ages served:

• Ages 5+

Therapeutic approach:

• Psychodynamic, Person-Centered, Humanistic

• Play Therapy

• Trauma informed

• Culturally-informed

Karli Bigler, LPC, NCC, is a licensed child, adolescent, and adult psychotherapist specializing in mental health support across the lifespan. Karli has one foot in the world of adulthood, engaging in talk therapy through a humanistic and psychodynamic lens, with the other planted firmly in the wondrous land of childhood, traversing children’s biggest hurdles through the world of play therapy. Karli describes their therapeutic approach as being in the passenger seat of the car that you are driving, helping to support taking new routes, and noting road bumps along the way.

We know that we learn best when we are relaxed and engaged and experience a sense of balance between stress and safety. This optimal space can be obtained through play therapy sessions for children/adolescents and talk therapy built based on a therapeutic strong relationship for teens/adults. Karli is here to support you beginning wherever you are open to starting and has supported a wide range of individuals experiencing anxiety, traumatic healing, depression, identity development, relationship challenges, societal oppression/advocacy burnout, and more. 

Karli earned her masters degree in Clinical Counseling with a concentration in child and adolescent counseling from Northwestern University before she began her journey at Transcend. Karli currently is working towards their Association for Play Therapy (APT) license and completing a 100+ hour Child Centered Play Therapy Certificate with a Neurorelational Emphasis from the PlayStrong Institute, all with hope of furthering their skills to support the development of healthy, confident, and creative minds. Karli has helped to create Transcend’s Gender Affirming Surgery Letter program and engages both inside and outside of the therapy room in LGBTQ2IA+ education and advocacy work for those of all ages. Karli is currently part of Transcend’s monthly Pillars of Parenting educational series (beginning in October 2024), a Gender ASSET certified therapist that actively writes gender affirming surgery letters, and engages in parent educational sessions.