About Adele
Adele Duba-Nagel is an Illinois licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 12 years of experience helping people facing addictions, relationship strain, family conflict, and major life changes. She also supports those struggling with self-esteem, codependency, communication problems, and issues like guilt, shame, or loneliness. Adele speaks English and works with clients across Illinois by video, phone, chat, or text messaging.
Adele uses a person-centered way of working. Sessions are collaborative and based on each person's goals.
How Adele works
She pays attention to a client's history, beliefs, health, and daily environment to understand what matters most to them. In sessions she looks for strengths clients already have. She helps people notice how past family patterns or dependent behaviors affect their choices now.
Adele guides practical steps for stopping smoking or vaping, addressing substance use, and improving communication with others. She focuses on clear, manageable goals rather than labeling people by their problems. Conversations can cover grief and loss, forgiveness, jealousy, or finding life purpose.
The aim is to build confidence and coping skills that fit a person's real life. Therapy can be steady work over time or short-term focused work for a specific concern. Adele encourages clients to take the pace that feels right and to use sessions as a place to try new ways of handling difficult situations.
What Adele works with
The areas below are the ones Adele selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Many clients benefit from practical, evidence-based techniques that target behavior and relationships. One common approach focuses on identifying patterns that keep people stuck and teaching small, concrete skills to change those patterns and reduce harmful behaviors like substance use or smoking. Another helpful method explores family of origin issues and attachment patterns to improve communication and reduce codependent reactions in relationships.Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will work with each person to choose methods that match their goals, values, and daily life. That means trying things, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan as needed so therapy stays relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility limits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when tone and nonverbal cues matter. Phone sessions can be useful when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text-based messaging make it easier to fit therapy into a lunch break or to send reflections between sessions. Licensed professionals can combine these formats to match the pace and style that work best for the client.
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