About Antoinette
Dr. Antoinette Cardenas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing in Illinois with ten years of professional experience. She focuses on helping people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, low self-esteem, and major life changes.
Her approach centers on practical steps and real conversations that feel manageable. Cardenas believes each person knows their own story best and brings strengths into therapy. She uses that knowledge as a starting point and helps people build on what already works for them.
How Antoinette works
Sessions are direct and supportive, with an emphasis on small, doable changes rather than big, sudden overhauls. Her work often involves identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting. That can help when worry or low mood gets in the way of daily life.
She also helps people process loss and grief at a pace that feels right for them. Practical tools and clear goals are part of most sessions. Clients can expect actionable strategies they can try between meetings, plus space to talk through setbacks.
The emphasis is on steady progress rather than perfect outcomes. Taking the first step can feel hard, and Dr. Cardenas aims to make the process straightforward.
She supports people as they find the next right move for their lives and builds plans that fit their routines.
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How CBT and online options work together
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It involves spotting unhelpful thought patterns, testing them with practical experiments, and building new behaviors that reduce anxiety and low mood. This approach can help with stress, depression, and problems that come from persistent worry.In an online setting, CBT adapts well to short skill-focused sessions and homework assignments. Exercises and thought records can be reviewed together during video calls or discussed in messaging. This makes it easier to try new strategies between sessions and bring results back for review.
Finding the right approach is a joint process. The therapist will work with each person to decide whether CBT or another technique best fits their goals and preferences. That choice can evolve over time based on what helps most.
Online therapy formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for a full session that feels like an in-person meeting. Phone calls can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a quieter audio check-in is preferred. Live chat and text messaging provide shorter, flexible ways to touch base or handle quick coaching and homework review. Together these options make scheduling easier and let people keep therapy going despite busy lives.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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