Gina Dickison, LCPC

Gina Dickison is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 22 years of experience. She focuses on everyday struggles like stress, anxiety, and low self-esteem, and helps people manage relationship tension, grief, and life transitions. Her approach suits people who want clear goals and practical steps. She writes that she checks messages often and tries to work around scheduling needs.

Gina uses straightforward, goal-oriented work that mixes talk with skill practice. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to help people change unhelpful thinking and build coping skills. She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and attachment-based ideas for people dealing with painful relationships or long-standing patterns.

Her background includes workplace settings, employee assistance, and career coaching. That experience informs work on communication, conflict at work, and balancing job demands with home life. She also has experience supporting people with addictions, trauma, grief, parenting and adoption-related concerns.

Sessions focus on setting clear, achievable goals and making a practical action plan. Gina describes her style as warm and compassionate while keeping sessions directive and results oriented. She supports people who want to translate what they talk about into real change.

People who reach out can expect a collaborative process that combines skill teaching with problem-solving. Gina aims to help clients move toward their hopes and daily functioning through steady, focused work.

How Gina’s approaches guide online care

Gina often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions aligned with their values, which can reduce avoidance and increase meaningful activity. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to identify thinking patterns that feed anxiety or low mood and to practice new ways of responding. Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills are used for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and strengthening interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. Gina will talk with clients about goals, life context, and what feels most useful. That collaboration shapes whether the focus is on values and commitment, changing thought patterns, or learning emotion-regulation skills.

Confirm which session formats are currently offered before booking. Many people find online sessions help fit therapy into a busy life by allowing shorter travel time, easier scheduling around work or caregiving, and options for quieter check-ins when needed. Online work also makes it straightforward to practice skills in daily life and bring real examples into sessions.