About Shea
Shea Kamp is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois with five years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, relationship strains, or the aftermath of trauma. Her approach is straightforward and respectful.
She encourages small steps forward and recognizes how hard it can feel to ask for help. Shea talks with each person to learn what matters most to them. She uses practical tools from approaches like Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to build coping skills.
Background and approach
Sessions are shaped around specific goals such as managing anger, improving self-esteem, or navigating life transitions. She also supports people facing parenting challenges, addiction concerns, or workplace stress. Shea aims to create a calm, attentive space where people can talk through painful experiences without judgment.
She often teaches simple breathing and grounding practices drawn from mindfulness. She also works with strategies for emotion regulation and clearer decision making that come from DBT and motivational interviewing. People who choose Shea will find a mix of skill teaching and plain spoken conversation.
She helps clients turn small changes into steady progress. Her work is collaborative and tailored to each person’s needs and pace. Shea provides services in English and practices from Illinois.
She recognizes that taking the first step can be difficult and aims to make initial appointments straightforward and manageable.
Approach and online care that fit your life
Shea uses methods like Dialectical Behavior Therapy and mindfulness to help people manage strong emotions and reduce stress. DBT offers practical skills for emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and clearer communication which can be useful for anxiety, anger, and relationship strain. Mindfulness therapy focuses on present-moment awareness and simple breathing or grounding exercises to ease rumination and worry.Motivational interviewing is also part of Shea's toolbox and is a collaborative way to talk about change. It helps people clarify goals and find personal reasons to take steps forward when motivation feels low. Shea works with clients to decide which approaches fit their goals and adjusts plans as progress is made.
Online sessions make these approaches easier to access. Video calls let Shea coach skills in real time and practice grounding or breathing together. Phone sessions can be a shorter check-in or a good option when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging allow for quick reflections, brief coaching between sessions, and ongoing reminders about skills. These options support flexible scheduling and steady momentum while working toward your goals.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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