About Lindsey
Lindsey Khan is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois with 22 years of experience. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or depression and guides them toward clearer goals and steadier routines. She often works with people facing workplace struggles, life transitions, or issues tied to attention differences and impulsivity.
Lindsey also addresses concerns around self-esteem, addictions, anger, and questions about life purpose. She makes space for clients from LGBT communities and those exploring identity-related stress.
Background and approach
Her style is compassionate and collaborative. Sessions focus on practical steps - trying new coping skills, testing small changes, and talking through what is getting in the way. Lindsey listens for what matters to each person and adjusts the pace to fit their needs.
Over the years she has blended approaches that teach skills and build emotional awareness. That mix helps clients manage intense feelings, handle social anxiety, and reduce avoidance. Lindsey aims to help people notice progress and keep moving toward the life they want.
Clients can expect straightforward guidance alongside empathic support. Lindsey emphasizes building tools people can use between sessions. The work is focused, respectful, and aimed at practical change.
How Lindsey's approaches work online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what truly matters to them and take small steps toward those values. It is often used for anxiety, avoidance, and finding clearer direction in life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns by testing beliefs and trying new actions. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and social worries. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches concrete skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and reducing impulsive behavior, which can help with anger, self-harm urges, and impulsivity.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Lindsey will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and then try methods that match those aims. That collaboration means therapy can shift as needs change and different tools can be tried to see what helps most.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls let people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions can fit into a busy day and need less bandwidth. Live chat and messaging work for brief check-ins, skill coaching, or when someone prefers typed communication. These options make it easier to fit therapy into daily life and keep continuity between sessions.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Control issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Impulsivity
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 22 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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