Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
How Gina works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 22
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Gina
Gina Dickison is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 22 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anger, anxiety, depression, and life changes. Her approach aims to be practical and straightforward so clients can make useful changes quickly.
Gina uses clear, goal-focused work in sessions. She helps clients set realistic steps and practices they can use between meetings. Many people come for help with relationships, grief, parenting challenges, addiction concerns, and work-related stress.
Background and approach
She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to teach skills for managing intense feelings and changing unhelpful patterns. Attachment-Based and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas also shape how she supports connections and values-driven choices. Gina has worked in workplace settings addressing communication, conflict, and career coaching.
She also has experience with adoption and foster care issues, trauma and abuse, grieving, and caregiver stress. Her counseling style is warm and compassionate while remaining focused on practical steps. Sessions may include talking through problems, practicing coping skills, and building an action plan.
She often checks messages and coordinates scheduling to fit clients' needs. Her goal is to partner with people so they can move toward the life they want.
What Gina works with
Everything Gina lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Gina's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Gina lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Gina’s approaches shape online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values and take small steps toward what matters. It combines acceptance of difficult feelings with committed action, which can be useful when coping with grief, anxiety, or life transitions.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. CBT is practical and skill based, often teaching tools for mood, anger, and stress management.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy brings strategies for emotion regulation and distress tolerance. DBT techniques can be helpful for managing intense reactions and improving communication under stress.
Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Gina works collaboratively to match techniques to a client's needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying methods, checking what helps, and adjusting the plan over time.
Online sessions can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and interactive skill work. Phone sessions suit quick check-ins or times when video won’t work. Live chat and text let clients touch base between meetings or share updates when a shorter interaction is needed. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and different daily routines.
Questions people ask about Gina
What concerns does Gina help with?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, relationship and family issues, grief, self-esteem, eating concerns, parenting challenges, career stress, and coping with life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and compassionate with a practical, directive focus. Sessions emphasize goal setting, actionable steps, and skills practice between meetings.
How much experience does she have?
Gina has 22 years of clinical experience working in a range of settings, including workplace programs and services addressing communication and conflict.
What credentials and location apply to this therapist?
She is an IL LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois.
What languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Which session formats are available?
Available formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Gina?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling a session according to the therapist's availability.