About Corey
Corey Cunningham is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) who supports people dealing with anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, ADHD, and relationship or family concerns. Corey also helps with career questions, coping with life changes, and issues connected to identity such as LGBT matters, autism, and non-monogamous relationships. Corey uses a gentle, person-focused style.
Sessions start by centering what matters to the client that week - a photo, song, meme, or short story.
How Corey works
That gives an easy route into what feels important right now. Corey pays attention to how the body holds stress and may offer simple movement and body-awareness practices in session. The approach is strength-based and practical.
Corey highlights the resilience someone already shows and works to turn that into reliable coping tools. Therapy can include talking, somatic practices, and trauma-focused strategies when past events continue to cause distress. Clients can expect direct, down-to-earth conversation and guided experiments to try between sessions.
Corey aims to make sessions feel clear and manageable rather than overwhelming. The tone is warm and nonjudgmental while staying focused on achievable changes. Corey has five years of experience as a clinician in Illinois and holds the LCPC credential.
Sessions are conducted in English and available through several online formats to fit different needs and schedules.
Corey lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Corey works with
The areas below are the ones Corey selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Life purpose
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Stress, Anxiety
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Blending talk, body-awareness, and trauma work online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and following the client's lead. It helps people who need a supportive, nonjudgmental space to make sense of their feelings and choices. Somatic Therapy pays attention to the body's signals and uses gentle movement, breath, and awareness exercises to reduce physical tension linked to stress and trauma. Trauma-Focused Therapy addresses the effects of past traumatic events with strategies designed to reduce how much those memories disrupt daily life.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Corey collaborates with each person to pick techniques that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. That might mean starting with client-centered conversation, adding somatic practices, and later applying trauma-focused methods as trust grows.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face work and guided body-awareness practices, phone sessions can fit a short break at work, and live chat or text-based messaging supports quick check-ins or step-by-step exercises between sessions. These options make it easier to work on anxiety, depression, trauma-related symptoms, identity questions, and daily stress without major travel or scheduling disruption.
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A practical next step
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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