About Kristen
Kristen Kasperek is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in Illinois. She brings 14 years of experience to her work and focuses on helping people navigate common life struggles like anxiety, stress, depression, relationship problems, and career concerns. Kristen writes and talks plainly in sessions to make the first steps easier for someone who feels stuck.
She uses practical strategies to address symptoms and day-to-day challenges.
How Kristen works
Kristen often draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, breaking down unhelpful thoughts and testing them against real life. Sessions may include skill-building for sleep, eating habits, panic management, and coping with grief or trauma-related symptoms. Career and self-discovery are a major part of her background.
Kristen has supported people through career exploration, resume and cover letter development, interview preparation, and job negotiation. She also helps with questions about self-esteem, body image, codependency, and intimacy-related concerns. Her experience includes work with mood disorders, obsessive and compulsive concerns, panic, personality-related patterns, and post-traumatic stress.
Kristen aims to create a relaxed, non-threatening professional relationship and to make the first step feel manageable. Together with each person she builds individualized strategies that fit everyday life. Kristen holds a master’s degree in Community Counseling with a focus on mental illness and career counseling.
She provides services in English and practices across several online formats to fit different needs and schedules.
Kristen lists one way of working on the entry:
What Kristen works with
The areas below are the ones Kristen selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCPC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 14 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
CBT and practical approaches for online care
Kristen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify patterns of thinking that worsen mood and behavior. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts, testing them against reality, and building new habits that reduce anxiety, panic, compulsions, and low mood. It is often used for depression, anxiety, panic attacks, obsessions and compulsions, and mood-related problems.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Kristen works with each person to choose or adapt methods that match their goals, symptoms, and day-to-day life. She will check in regularly and adjust strategies so the work feels useful and realistic.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video is useful for deeper conversations and teaching skills, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or for shorter check-ins, and chat or messaging can support quick reflections or ongoing prompts between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around school, work, or caregiving responsibilities.
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