About Ilona
Ilona Schwartzberg helps adults and older adults who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or big life changes. She offers a warm, collaborative approach and focuses on practical steps people can use day to day. Ilona is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, with 31 years of experience.
She brings long experience from hospital and dialysis settings, where she combined talk therapy with concrete supports. That background means she pays attention to both emotional needs and real-life challenges like medical routines and daily activities.
How Ilona works
Sessions aim to be straightforward and useful rather than abstract. Her approach blends Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered methods, and mindfulness. Ilona emphasizes simple routines that support mood - movement, breathing, and social activities are part of the plan.
She encourages habits such as walking, stretching, or calming music to reinforce progress. In therapy she listens, asks practical questions, and helps people build coping skills. Conversations cover coping with chronic illness, grief, relationship stress, self-esteem, and finding purpose.
Her coaching style focuses on small, sustainable changes and celebrating the wins along the way. Sessions can include problem-solving, skill-building, and planning for everyday life. Ilona aims to be a steady partner who challenges kindly and supports each step toward goals.
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What Ilona works with
The areas below are the ones Ilona selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
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Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 31 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Evidence-informed approaches for online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then take actions that match their values. It can be useful for anxiety, stress, and finding direction during life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns; it often helps with anxiety, low mood, and stressful situations.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Ilona treats therapy as a collaboration and will help clients decide which methods fit best based on needs, goals, and personal preferences. Plans are adjusted as progress is made so techniques match the pace of change.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to use different formats for different kinds of support.
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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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