Mental Health Therapy
Finding our way back to ourselves and each other
Request an appointment:
801-917-4022
kristen@embodiedtherapyut.com
Kristen Draskovic RDN, BSN, RN, LCSW
Mental Health Therapist who provides support for couples traveling through of the labyrinth of life and may feel lost or stuck, individuals confronting the challenges of attuned, nurtured eating and body image, and those navigating the transition into parenthood. She also works with individuals and couples who are seeking out ways to improve their overall mental health, relationship and well-being.
Kristen Draskovic is an LCSW who currently lives in Ogden, Utah. She started out her career by graduating with a BA in Nutrition and Social Work from Concordia College in Minnesota. She then moved to Colorado where she completed her Dietetic Internship and became a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and also obtained her Master’s in Social Work (MSW) from Colorado State University. During this time, she also met her husband and got married.
She later returned to school to become a Registered Nurse after completing her Bachelors of Science in Nursing (BSN) from the University of Pittsburgh. After spending her vocation with a variety of different people experiencing different challenges in different settings, she discovered the connection between mind, body, soul and each other are inseparable.
Relationships can be the most beautiful parts of our lives and they can also be the most challenging. When we are faced with moments of disconnection, betrayal, or conflict with our partner, our whole lives can feel unsettled. Sometimes these moments can lead us into an opportunity to become aware of our own needs, wants and desires as well as an opportunity to reflect to our partners what our hopes and dreams are for a different future. Having another person be able to help navigate through some turbulent times can create enough of a sense of calm to see a way out of what feels lost.
“We are wired to heal. Like the ability to survive, healing is written into our biology. As long as we are living, the capacity to heal is in us, waiting for the right conditions to come to the fore.”-Hillary McBride PhD
Kristen is also a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and loves working with the convergence of eating and our relationship to our bodies. We are influenced from all directions on how to feed ourselves and what we should think and feel toward our bodies. Kristen believes in an embodied approach to eating and body image guided by Intuitive Eating prinicples and Health at Every Size. She loves to work as a guide to support the practices of attuning to ourselves from the inside out as our biggest strength and resource. Kristen is encouraged by the use of Internal Family Systems as a pathway to meeting our true selves.
Kristen has 2 children and a dog and enjoys her time with her family and friends, outside, engaging in the joy of movement, reading, writing, and participating in any adventure, from trying a new recipe, exploring a new trail, getting lost in a good book, or traveling to have new experiences.
Kristen’s specialties are relationship issues, premarital and marital concerns, eating disorders, transition into motherhood and prenatal mental health issues, faith crisis/transition, career and school challenges, life transitions, depression, anxiety, trauma, addiction, difficulties with self-esteem, health concerns, spirituality, grief and loss, coping skills, exploring existential issues and life purpose and meaning, as well as other life concerns.
She currently accepts private pay clients and can create super-bills to submit to individual insurance providers.
Cost is $125/session
She is also accepting clients with the following insurance providers:
EMI Health
SelectHealth
U of U
Regence BCBS of Utah
DMBA
PEHP
Aetna