About Inga
Inga Kriltchev helps people managing relationship struggles, family conflict, trauma and abuse, low self esteem, and life changes. She is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with a decade of clinical experience. Inga aims to keep sessions straightforward and focused on practical steps.
Inga frames her work like life coaching while using evidence-based therapeutic techniques. She sets clear goals with each person and adapts methods to match what feels most useful.
How Inga works
Sessions include talking through problems, building skills, and planning small steps that make daily life easier. Her background includes work across diverse settings, which shaped an ability to support people facing complicated situations. That experience informs how she responds to trauma, relationship breakdowns, and struggles with confidence.
She emphasizes strengths and practical problem solving. Inga pays attention to communication patterns and helps people practice new ways of speaking and listening. She also addresses issues like forgiveness, loneliness, life purpose, and workplace stress in concrete terms.
The focus is on what can change now. People who choose her can expect a direct, compassionate style. Inga invites clients to identify goals and then works collaboratively toward them.
She recognizes that starting therapy takes courage and aims to make each session useful and manageable.
What Inga works with
The areas below are the ones Inga selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Evidence-based approaches in online care
Inga uses a goal-focused, evidence-based approach that looks like practical skill building and problem solving. One common technique helps people identify specific behaviors and thoughts that get in the way, then teaches small experiments to try different responses. That method is useful for managing low self esteem, workplace stress, and communication problems.Another approach centers on processing and coping with traumatic experiences in a paced way. She helps people tell their story at a manageable pace, build grounding skills, and develop routines that reduce reactivity. This approach supports recovery from trauma and abuse and helps with handling strong emotions.
Choosing the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will ask about your goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together you will pick techniques and adjust them as you learn what works for you.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when visual cues matter. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a short break. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, quick coping tools, and ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit care into a busy life.
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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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