About Irene
Irene Batista is a bilingual Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress and anxiety and supports those facing relationship tension, family conflict, and parenting strains. She speaks English and Spanish and draws on seven years of clinical experience.
Her style is respectful and down-to-earth. Conversations are shaped to match each person's needs and situation. Irene focuses on clear goals and practical steps that fit everyday life.
Background and approach
She uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a trusting space where clients are heard and understood. She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and offers tools to change unhelpful patterns. Work often centers on communication skills, coping techniques for anxiety, and strategies for handling life changes like separation or caregiving stress.
Sessions can include skill practice, problem-solving, and checking what works between meetings. Irene understands that starting therapy can feel hard. She aims to make the process straightforward: together they set goals, pick approaches that fit, and track progress over time.
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a listening space where the client's perspective guides the work. In practice this means the therapist reflects concerns, asks about what matters most, and helps people find their own solutions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and teaches concrete techniques to reduce anxiety and change unhelpful habits.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Irene will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and choose or combine methods that suit their needs. That collaboration helps make sure the plan feels useful and realistic for day-to-day life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is good for a full conversation with visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging are useful for short check-ins, practicing skills between sessions, or for people who prefer typing. These options help fit therapy into busy schedules and different routines.
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What this therapist works with
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- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
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- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English, Spanish
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