When the results came in, my first thought was not about the award itself. It was about the people behind it. Every client who sat with something hard and decided to ask for help. Every parent who called us because their child was struggling and they did not know what else to do. Every teacher, pediatrician, and school counselor who trusted us enough to send a family our way. This is their recognition as much as it is ours.
Creating Space Therapy has been named a 2025 Best of Batavia Award winner in the Mental Health Services category, and I want to take a moment to talk about what that actually means.
Five Years of Showing Up for This Community
I founded Creating Space Therapy in Batavia in 2020 with a very specific purpose. Not to be a general therapy practice that sees anyone for anything, but to be a place where people dealing with grief and trauma could find clinicians who actually knew how to treat it. That focus has never wavered.
Batavia is my home. My children grew up here. I have been a neighbor in this community long before I was a business owner in it, and that matters to how we do this work. In late 2025 we moved our main office one mile north to Geneva, but the families we serve in Batavia have always been and will always be part of who we are. We also serve clients in Naperville and offer online telehealth therapy throughout Illinois, so no matter where you are in the Fox Valley, we are reachable.
What Makes Creating Space Therapy Different
There is no shortage of therapists in the suburbs. What is harder to find is a practice where every single clinician has been specifically trained to treat grief and trauma, not just talk about it.
Grief is not sadness that goes away with enough time and support. Trauma is not something you can think your way through. Both require a therapist who understands what is happening beneath the surface, in the nervous system, in the body, in the parts of a person that talk therapy alone does not always reach. At Creating Space Therapy, our clinicians are trained grief counselors and certified trauma therapists who use approaches like EMDR because we believe our clients deserve care that is actually designed for what they are carrying.
We work with children as young as five, teenagers, adults, and older adults. Grief and trauma touch every age, and so do we.
This Award Belongs to Our Team
I am proud of the clinicians at Creating Space Therapy. They are skilled, they are compassionate, and they take this work seriously. Every family that walks through our doors or connects with us online is met with a level of care that I believe is genuinely hard to find. This recognition is a reflection of what they bring every single day, and I do not take that lightly.
To the Batavia Community
Thank you. Not just for this award, but for five years of trust. For referring your neighbors, your students, your patients to us. For being willing to talk more openly about mental health than communities once did. Batavia is a place that looks out for its own, and we are proud to have been part of that for the past five years and for many more to come.
If you or someone you love is looking for a grief counselor or trauma therapist in the Batavia, Geneva, or Naperville area, we would love to connect. A free 15-minute consultation is always the first step.
Visit us at creatingspacetherapy.com or call us at (630) 601-3460.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Kelly Huggins is the founder and CEO of Creating Space Therapy, a niche grief and trauma therapy practice recognized as the Best Mental Health Practice in Batavia in 2025. Kelly built Creating Space Therapy on the belief that people navigating grief and trauma deserve a practice devoted entirely to that work. She is a graduate of the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program and holds a Certificate in Nonprofit Business Executive Leadership from the Mendoza School of Business at Notre Dame. Her vision is for Creating Space Therapy to become the practice that schools refer families to, that hospitals send patients to after loss, and that other clinicians trust with their most complex cases.
ABOUT CREATING SPACE THERAPY
Creating Space Therapy is a niche grief and trauma therapy practice with offices in Geneva and Naperville and online telehealth available to Illinois residents statewide. Recognized as the Best Mental Health Practice Batavia in 2025, our team of licensed therapists specializes in grief counseling for children, teens and adults— bringing a trauma-informed lens to everything we do. We believe healing is possible for everyone, and we are committed to creating a space where clients feel truly seen, safe, and supported. To learn more or schedule a free 15-minute consultation call, visit creatingspacetherapy.com.
