About Andrea
Andrea Engelkens is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois who helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and major life changes. She focuses on practical support for depression, family conflict, and the ways trauma shows up in day-to-day life. Andrea speaks English and draws on 16 years of clinical experience to guide conversations toward clearer choices and calmer routines.
She works from the position that each person knows their own story best.
Background and approach
Andrea listens for strengths and patterns that can be used to move forward. Sessions are collaborative and paced to match what a person can handle in real time. Expect straightforward talk about what is causing distress and small, doable steps to test new ways of coping.
She helps people sort through communication problems, control issues, and feelings of guilt or shame. Practical problem solving and steady emotional support are common parts of the work. Andrea also addresses concerns around abandonment, loneliness, life purpose, midlife shifts, and workplace stress.
She helps people navigate divorce or separation and sexual or women’s issues in a direct, respectful way. Post-traumatic stress and trauma-related symptoms are approached with care and attention to what the client needs. Getting started involves a short intake and scheduling that fits each person’s timing.
Andrea aims to create a clear plan so clients can see what to expect from their sessions and how progress might look over time.
How Andrea Uses Evidence-Based Techniques Online
Andrea draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional regulation. One common approach helps people identify and test unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, teaching skills to reduce anxiety and improve mood. Another approach centers on paced processing of difficult experiences so trauma-related reactions feel less overwhelming and daily functioning can improve.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Andrea talks with each person about goals, symptoms, and preferences, then adjusts methods over time. She encourages trying techniques in between sessions to see what fits and what helps most for day-to-day stress and relationship concerns.
Online sessions include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video lets people work face-to-face when that feels helpful. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat and text messaging support brief check-ins, focused problem-solving, or ongoing support between longer appointments. These options aim to make therapy flexible and easier to fit into real life.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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