About Lily
Lily Shinn is a licensed clinical social worker with 25 years of experience practicing in Illinois. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, and the ripple effects of major life changes. Lily aims to make the first step feel less daunting and meets people where they are in the moment.
She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space for people to talk about what matters most to them. Conversations focus on everyday problems and practical ways to manage them.
How Lily works
Sessions are collaborative and paced to fit each persons readiness for change. Lily supports people coping with compassion fatigue, relationship concerns, intimacy-related issues, parenting questions, anger, career pressures, and depression. She also addresses concerns tied to ADHD and family-of-origin patterns that influence daily life.
Her practice includes attention to aging and geriatric issues, chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, and end-of-life challenges. Her approach emphasizes clear communication and straightforward coping strategies. Lily works alongside clients to build skills for managing symptoms and navigating transitions.
She helps people develop routines and tools that make emotional demands easier to handle. People who prefer a steady, practical style tend to fit well with her work. Lily encourages honest conversation and gradual progress rather than quick fixes.
She helps clients set realistic goals and track small gains over time.
What Lily works with
The areas below are the ones Lily selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 25 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
Memberships and registers are shown as supplied; they are not licences, and this directory does not verify them.
Online support options
Approaches that guide online work and how they help
Many clients benefit from evidence-based techniques that focus on changing patterns of thought and behavior. Cognitive-style approaches help identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more balanced thinking, which can reduce anxiety and depressive symptoms. Behavioral strategies break problems into small actionable steps and build routines that make daily life more manageable.Problem-focused therapy looks at current stresses and works on concrete coping tools. This includes learning relaxation methods, time-management skills, and ways to handle difficult conversations. These approaches are useful for grief, relationship strain, caregiving stress, and coping during major life changes.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what felt helpful in the past. Together they will try methods that fit the persons pace and adjust as needed based on what works.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be better when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Text and chat are helpful for ongoing support, quick updates, or when daily check-ins fit a busy schedule. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or treatment routines.
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