About Jean
Jean Hannigan is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois. She has 25 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and depression. Jean uses a straightforward, nonjudgmental style and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions.
She combines client-centered listening with emotion-focused ideas to help people name what matters most to them. Mindfulness practices are offered to reduce worry and ground attention in the present.
Background and approach
Narrative and solution-focused tools are used to reframe difficult stories and try small experiments that can shift daily routines. Jean’s background includes work in schools, social services, early intervention, and independent practice. That variety shaped her approach to common life stresses and to relationship wounds like narcissistic abuse.
She also has training in grief counseling and supports people facing end-of-life issues or serious illness. In early sessions she works with clients to define specific, realistic goals. Together they make a plan for manageable steps and ways to measure progress.
Sessions can include talking, practical problem solving, mindfulness exercises, and new ways to tell a personal story. Jean often focuses on skills people can use right away, such as brief breathing practices, clearer communication techniques, and structured problem solving. The aim is steady improvement so daily life feels more manageable and purposeful.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s goals. Online sessions let Jean offer attentive listening and help clients name what matters most, then choose steps to move forward. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people recognize and work through strong feelings tied to relationships. In remote sessions Jean guides clients to notice emotions, name patterns, and practice new responses that can change how they relate to others. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce rumination and anxiety; these practices can be coached over video or reinforced with short written exercises.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jean collaborates with each person to try methods that match their needs and preferences. Together they review how techniques are working and adjust the plan as goals evolve.
Online therapy offers flexibility across formats. Video calls provide face-to-face interaction for deeper conversations and skill coaching. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, written reflections, or quick skill reminders between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while continuing steady progress.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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