About William
Dr. William Keating is a licensed Illinois psychologist with 35 years of professional experience. He helps people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
He also supports work on relationship and intimacy concerns and self-esteem issues. He aims to make sessions straightforward and plainspoken. He creates a calm space where people can talk about difficult feelings without judgment.
He encourages small, practical steps that fit into everyday life. In sessions he draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify unhelpful thoughts and test different behaviors.
How William works
He also uses the Gottman Method for relationship work to improve communication and rebuild trust when partners choose to focus on connection. Dr. Keating treats a wide range of concerns from trauma and abuse to ADHD and chronic health-related stress.
He also addresses topics such as abandonment, attachment, codependency, caregiver strain, and body image in ways that aim to be realistic and doable. People coming to him usually get clear suggestions and simple tools to practice between sessions. He balances practical coaching with time to talk through feelings.
The goal is steady progress people can notice in daily life.
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What William works with
The areas below are the ones William selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | IL Psychologist |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 35 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Dr. Keating uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice patterns of thinking that make stress and anxiety worse. CBT focuses on simple experiments and skills you can practice between sessions to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. The Gottman Method is used when relationship issues are the focus; it emphasizes better communication, steady repair after conflicts, and building predictable habits that improve connection.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. He talks with each person about goals, symptoms, and what they prefer, then suggests ways to try the methods that fit best. Plan and pace are adjusted as progress is made so the work feels manageable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and shared worksheets, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, chat or text messaging work well for quick check-ins or brief coaching between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules and keep continuity when life is busy.
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