Lindner Center of Hope’s Kristy Hardwick Makes Cincinnati Family Magazine’s 2025 Family Favorites List

Mason, OH, November 5, 2025 – Lindner Center of Hope, outpatient therapist, Kristy L. Hardwick, EdD, LPCC-S, was recently named to the Cincinnati Family Magazine 2025 Family Favorites list published in the November edition.  Dr. Hardwick was a runner up on the list as Favorite Mental Health Counselor in the Family Health category.

The list of favorites is reader-nominated and reader-voted, recognizing the best of the best in the categories.

At Lindner Center of Hope, Dr. Hardwick provides individual therapy to children, adolescents, and adults. Dr. Hardwick provides clinical supervision as needed to counseling interns and newly licensed counselors. She also serves as the Coordinator for the Trauma Consultation Committee.

Dr. Hardwick has approximately thirty years of experience in the field of mental health; having served in roles of mental health case manager, clinical counselor, and clinical supervisor; as well as clinical counseling faculty.

Dr. Hardwick has a passion for helping her patients and families find hope and healing amidst life’s challenges. With her diverse background and years of experience, she has learned one of the most important factors in facilitating healing and positive change is the therapeutic alliance. An accepting safe space and a collaborative relationship foster the environment for hope to emerge and healing to occur. Thus, she embraces a person-centered approach to help patients tailor the therapeutic process and utilize best evidence-based approaches to meet their needs and create lasting change.

Lindner Center of Hope in Mason, Ohio is a comprehensive mental health center providing exceptional mental health services and improving the health of our community.  We achieve this through expertise, innovation, research, education, advocacy, and putting people first. We start by meeting individuals wherever they are on their journey and relentlessly pursue excellence in all we do.

 

Lindner Center of Hope offers patient-centered, scientifically advanced care for individuals suffering with mental illness. A state-of-the-science, mental health center and charter member of the National Network of Depression Centers, the Center provides psychiatric hospitalization, residential services, and substance use disorders treatment for adults, outpatient services for all ages, and partial hospitalization for individuals age 12-years-old and older, and research. The Center is enhanced by its partnerships with the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center as their clinicians are ranked among the best providers locally, nationally and internationally. Patients and families who may benefit from Lindner Center services may call (513) 536-HOPE (4673) for an initial assessment. Learn more at LindnerCenterofHope.org