About Ramona
Ramona Hickey is an Illinois-based licensed clinical professional counselor with seven years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and the ups and downs that follow big life changes. Ramona brings warmth and a steady presence to sessions.
She works in plain, practical ways. Sessions include talking through difficult feelings, identifying unhelpful thought patterns, and trying small behaviors that support change. Ramona often blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness practices to make tools you can use every day.
Background and approach
Ramona respects clients' spiritual beliefs and will include faith-based reflection when a person asks for that support. She emphasizes collaboration, helping people set goals that match their values and what matters most to them. The process is paced to fit each person's comfort and readiness.
Expect a focus on real-life problems such as sleep and eating struggles, work stress, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and challenges tied to identity and family history. She also addresses issues like addiction, anger, and compassion fatigue with practical strategies. Ramona describes therapy as a step-by-step process.
She helps people gain clarity, build confidence, and take concrete steps forward. Her style balances encouragement with gentle challenge so change can be lasting.
Therapeutic approaches and how they translate online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then choose actions that align with their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions because it focuses on small, value-driven steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at connections between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is often used for anxiety, sleep and eating issues, and low mood by practicing new ways of thinking and acting.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and increase emotional steadiness. These exercises are helpful for stress, anger, and compassion fatigue by building moments of calm and clearer focus.
Choosing the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will discuss what feels most useful, try techniques together, and adjust methods based on the client's goals and preferences. Clients are encouraged to give feedback about what helps so sessions can pivot as needed.
Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues for deeper work. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit people who want brief, frequent support, or who prefer writing to speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy around work, family, and daily life while using the approaches above.
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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