Kristen Kasperek, LCPC, LPC

Kristen Kasperek is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Illinois. She has 14 years of experience and focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. Kristen also supports clients facing career decisions, grief, trauma and abuse, and everyday habits like sleeping and eating patterns.

Her style is relaxed and down-to-earth. She aims to make the first step feel less daunting and builds a non-threatening working relationship. Sessions focus on practical strategies and clearer next steps rather than jargon. Kristen uses tools that help people notice thought patterns and day-to-day habits that get in the way of feeling better.

Kristen draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact. She pairs that with career-focused work when people need help choosing a path, writing resumes, or preparing for interviews. Many people come for help with self-esteem, attachment and abandonment worries, codependency, and navigating intimacy and infidelity concerns.

She has experience supporting those living with mood disorders, panic and obsessive symptoms, PTSD, and other trauma-related issues. Kristen also helps people with caregiver stress, body image concerns, hoarding, and seasonal mood shifts. Her background includes work in rehabilitation settings and community counseling focused on mental illness.

Kristen welcomes conversations about goals and practical steps. She helps people set small, manageable tasks between sessions and track progress. If someone wants to explore career choices alongside mental health work, she combines both in a focused plan.

How CBT and practical work transfer to online care

Kristen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy as a core approach, which helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and change everyday routines and behaviors that keep problems going. CBT often includes short exercises between sessions and clear steps to test new ways of thinking and acting, which translate well to online conversations.

She also blends career-focused counseling into therapy, helping clients with career exploration, resume and cover letter development, interview preparation, and job negotiation. This work is practical and goal-oriented, and it pairs with CBT techniques to support decision-making and confidence building.

Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about symptoms, goals, and daily life to choose methods that fit. Together they set priorities and try strategies for a few sessions, then adjust based on what helps most.

Confirm session formats before booking so you know which options are available. Online therapy can make it easier to schedule sessions around work or school, cut travel time, and maintain momentum with short check-ins or focused weekly meetings. It can support consistent practice of skills and make coaching around job tasks more convenient without promising any specific format.