About Jenelle
Jenelle Hoyt is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois. She focuses on helping people manage stress and anxiety and guiding them through common life struggles. Her approach is straightforward and practical so parents and busy adults can use skills quickly.
With six years of clinical experience, she helps people tackle issues like depression, relationship strain, grief, and work pressures. She also supports those coping with trauma, addiction concerns, attention differences, and parenting stress.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to create clear, reachable goals that match each person's values and daily life. Jenelle blends a few proven approaches to meet clients where they are. She uses cognitive-behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and acceptance-based ideas to clarify values and tolerate hard feelings.
She also draws from attachment-focused work to address patterns in close relationships and client-centered listening to keep the work grounded in what matters to the person. In sessions she listens first, then helps people notice what is getting in the way and build small, practical steps forward.
She names and processes strong emotions and helps people reframe their stories so they can make different choices. Progress is measured against the goals set together, and plans are adjusted as life changes. People looking for flexible, skills-oriented support for anxiety, coping with change, or relationship challenges will find a clear, steady style.
Jenelle aims to make therapy useful and manageable alongside a busy life.
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and take committed steps toward them, even when uncomfortable feelings are present. It can help with anxiety, stress, and decision-making by shifting attention toward what matters most. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and homework. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress management. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at patterns in close relationships and how early experiences shape current reactions; it can be helpful for relationship concerns, trust issues, and ways of managing strong emotions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jenelle will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their situation, goals, and preferences. She listens to what is working and what is not, and she adjusts the plan so sessions remain relevant and focused on real-life change.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls are useful for a full conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in fits a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging can support short updates, coping skills practice, or when someone prefers writing their thoughts. These options make it easier to use therapy alongside family, work, or school commitments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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