About Patti
Patti Hampsten uses a client-centered approach to help people feel heard and understood. She is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who presents a calm, down-to-earth style. Patti aims to help people move from where they are to where they want to be without judgment.
Patti begins work by listening carefully and validating feelings. She often uses motivational interviewing to build readiness for change. From there she adapts the plan, bringing in evidence-based tools like cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy as needed.
How Patti works
Her background includes clinical work in community mental health and roles supporting problem-solving courts, including drug court, mental health court, and veterans court. That work helped her develop experience with addictions, crisis-related concerns, and practical skill building. Patti helps people managing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, and relationship challenges.
She also supports concerns around eating and body image, substance use, parenting strain, caregiver stress, and compassion fatigue. Her approach emphasizes practical coping skills and gradual change. Sessions are conversational and focused on concrete steps.
Patti aims to leave people with at least one useful tool after each visit. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and works at a pace that fits each person's goals and comfort level.
Patti lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Patti works with
The areas below are the ones Patti selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How client-centered and skills-based approaches work online
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping people feel understood. Online sessions let Patti begin by building that same trusting connection, so people can speak openly and choose goals that matter to them.Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches concrete skills to change unhelpful patterns. Online CBT sessions can include practice exercises and step-by-step coping strategies for anxiety, depression, panic, or eating-related concerns.
Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches emotion regulation, distress tolerance, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness skills. Those skills translate well to remote work, where short skills coaching or follow-up text reminders can help people practice between sessions.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Patti will collaborate with each person to choose techniques that fit their needs, goals, and preferences, mixing client-centered listening with motivational interviewing and structured skills training when helpful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video supports a full conversation and visual cues, phone can be a simpler check-in, live chat suits brief exchanges, and text messaging helps with quick notes or between-session check-ins. These options make scheduling more flexible and help therapy fit into busy lives.
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