About Lydia
Lydia Schatzel is a licensed clinical social worker with 12 years of experience. She focuses on building a strong rapport so people feel understood and ready to make changes. Lydia treats everyone with respect and compassion and adapts her work to each person’s needs.
She blends practical techniques with reflective conversation. Lydia uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people change unhelpful thinking and behavior. She also draws on mindfulness to teach skills for staying calm in stressful moments.
How Lydia works
Her background includes crisis work and care coordination in Illinois. That experience shaped how she supports people during difficult transitions and intense moments. She has helped people facing stress, anxiety, trauma, mood conditions, addiction, grief, and relationship struggles.
Lydia also addresses issues like adoption and foster care, attachment concerns, body image, cancer-related distress, and dissociation. She offers coaching around coping skills and recovery-focused conversations for people who want concrete next steps. In sessions she aims to provide tools and coping skills you can use right away.
Expect a mix of short-term problem-solving and deeper exploration when that fits. Lydia works collaboratively to tailor a plan that matches each person’s goals and pace.
Lydia lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Lydia works with
The areas below are the ones Lydia selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| 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 and online care that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on the person’s goals and experience, with the therapist following your lead and offering support rather than directing every step. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical strategies to change patterns that cause distress. Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce stress and improve focus, which can help with anxiety, mood problems, and sleep issues.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Lydia will talk with you about your needs, goals, and preferences and help choose techniques that feel useful. Sessions often blend methods so you get both immediate tools and time to reflect on deeper patterns in a collaborative way.
Online therapy offers several ways to connect: video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when video is not ideal, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, or travel and let people pick the format that helps them engage and keep progress moving forward.
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