About Jon
Jon Bormann is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois who focuses on anxiety and stress-related concerns. He writes plainly and listens closely to what matters most to each person. Jon aims to help people notice their strengths and use them to manage hard moments.
He works with people facing anxiety, panic, depression, grief, and trauma or abuse. He also supports those dealing with sleep and eating difficulties, relationship and intimacy matters, parenting stress, and life changes like divorce or career shifts.
Background and approach
His background includes work with mood disorders, ADHD, and issues that come with aging, chronic illness, or caregiving. Jon favors practical, evidence-informed techniques that help people reduce symptoms and build day-to-day coping skills. Sessions typically focus on clear goals, small experiments, and skills that can be practiced between meetings.
He keeps explanations direct and offers steps people can take right away. With seven years as an LCPC in Illinois, Jon brings steady clinical experience and a straightforward approach. He encourages people to see themselves as the expert in their own life while providing guidance and tools to move forward.
His language is simple and his pace adapts to each person. People choose him when they want help with anxiety, grief, trauma, or managing life transitions. He emphasizes collaboration, respect, and practical strategies so progress feels achievable even when problems seem large.
Evidence-informed approaches and flexible online care
Jon uses straightforward, evidence-based techniques that target symptoms and build practical skills. One common approach focuses on teaching coping skills and behavioral experiments to reduce anxiety and panic symptoms; it helps people test what works in everyday situations. Another approach emphasizes managing mood and grief with problem-focused steps and routines that improve sleep, eating, and daily functioning. These methods aim to make immediate, manageable changes rather than rely on long lectures.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify priorities, try different strategies, and adjust based on what helps most. Clients and the therapist set goals together and check progress regularly to make sure the work stays useful and relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow fuller conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be lower-bandwidth and easier during a break at work. Live chat or text-based messaging can suit brief check-ins, shorter updates, or times when writing feels more comfortable. These options make it easier to keep momentum and access care from varied locations.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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