“Only when we are brave enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of our light.”
― Brené Brown
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AUTUMN DEKOSTER (Gonzalez; she/her)
LCPC, LMHC, CCMHC, ACS, CAADC
Accepting new clients and consultation inquiries.
Autumn is the founder of Pulse Counseling & Wellness Center, PLLC, a space shaped by her own experiences with trauma, recovery, and learning to live in alignment with her values. That lived experience underpins her belief that healing is relational, embodied, and possible at any stage of life, and that people do not have to choose between being a helper and being human.
Autumn is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois and a licensed mental health counselor in Iowa and Florida, with a Master of Science in Counseling Education from Western Illinois University. She is a Nationally Certified Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CCMHC), Approved Clinical Supervisor (ACS), Advanced Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CAADC), a certified Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapist, and Certified Level II Sound Healing Practitioner.
Her holistic style integrates mind, body, and spirit and is grounded in nervous‑system awareness, steadiness, and authenticity in both therapy and supervision. For clients, Autumn focuses on deep healing work with adults, honoring their stories while supporting sustainable change rather than quick fixes. For supervisees and consultees, she is committed to offering reflective, trauma-responsive supervision and consultation that supports clinicians and healers in providing grounded, ethical, and embodied care to the communities they serve.
She is especially interested in affirming, trauma‑responsive, nervous‑system‑informed care; integrating sound healing with evidence‑informed counseling; supporting justice‑involved individuals and specialty/problem‑solving court systems; strengthening supervision practices that sustain counselors in complex, high‑demand settings; and developing group counseling models that foster connection, healing, and growth.
She is currently a PhD student and counselor educator in training in counselor education and supervision, researching how counselors in specialty court programs experience and use clinical supervision.
Specialties & Interests
Ages 18+
Navigating complex trauma, PTSD, or chronic stress
Living with co‑occurring substance use and mental health concerns
Involved with specialty/problem‑solving courts or the justice system
Helping professionals and supervisors managing burnout, vicarious trauma, or compassion fatigue
Seeking deeper alignment between their inner experience and outer life
Treatment Orientations
Gestalt Therapy
EMDR Therapy
Biofeedback
Certified Level II Sound Healing Practitioner
Vibrational Sound Therapy Practitioner in training
Clinical Supervision Approach
Systems Approach to Supervision (SAS) Model
Gestalt Informed
Research Interests
Integration of sound healing into psychotherapy
Clinical supervision experiences and practices within specialty/problem‑solving courts
Counselor well-being, ethical practice, and resilience in high-demand clinical settings
Co‑occurring substance use and mental health among justice‑involved individuals
Group counseling models, development, and facilitation
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