About Lydia
Lydia Schatzel is a licensed clinical social worker with over 12 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and trauma. She works in Illinois and draws on practical tools to help people feel more capable in day-to-day life. Lydia aims for warm, respectful rapport so clients can tackle difficult problems together.
Her sessions focus on building coping skills and clear goals. Lydia uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thoughts and swap in more useful ones.
Background and approach
She also brings mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. Motivational interviewing is part of her approach when people want to change habits or address addictions. That style helps people find their own reasons for change and build motivation that lasts.
Lydia adapts conversation and plans to each person’s needs and pace. She has background as a crisis worker and care coordinator, so she’s used to supporting people through urgent stress and complex situations. Lydia has worked with clients facing trauma, substance use concerns, grief, relationship struggles, and a range of mood and behavioral challenges.
People who choose Lydia often want practical skills, a steady presence, and a collaborative plan. She aims to be an empathetic guide who helps clients try tools, check what works, and adjust as life changes.
How Lydia’s approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building trust. In online sessions that means Lydia centers the conversation on what matters most to the person and adjusts pace and goals to fit their needs.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online CBT often includes brief exercises, thought records, and practice between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve mood.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to calm the body and mind. These techniques can be used during a quick video check-in or as short daily audio exercises sent between sessions.
Deciding which approach to use is a team effort. Lydia works with each person to try methods, see what helps, and reshape the plan based on goals and preferences. That collaborative process continues across formats and over time.
Online formats offer flexibility and practical benefits. Video calls let people work face-to-face when a longer session is helpful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, coach-style support, or quick skill practice between sessions. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and sustain momentum as life changes.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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