Kaneesha Craig, LCPC
Compassionate counselor using practical, collaborative methods
Book with KaneeshaWorks with
- Anger
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
How Kaneesha works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 15
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Kaneesha
Kaneesha Craig is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois. She brings 15 years of experience and a warm, person-centered style to sessions, helping people address everyday struggles and more complex concerns. Her work focuses on issues such as anger, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and stress.
She also supports people facing relationship and family difficulties, parenting strain, career pressure, and life transitions. Kaneesha adapts her approach depending on what each person needs.
Background and approach
Kaneesha blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques. That means she listens first and then helps people notice patterns in thinking and behavior. Together they try practical changes that can reduce symptoms and improve day-to-day functioning.
She has worked in hospitals and community agencies, so she knows a range of settings and challenges. That background helps her tailor sessions for people coming from different situations and levels of disruption. Her sessions are collaborative.
She aims to help people take more control over behaviors they find troubling and build straightforward skills for coping. She also uses motivational interviewing and solution-focused ideas when someone wants concrete steps and short-term goals. Kaneesha offers services in English and works with clients both in Illinois and internationally.
She focuses on clear, practical work and meeting people where they are in their lives.
What Kaneesha works with
Everything Kaneesha lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Kaneesha's practice.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Women's issues
Approaches Kaneesha lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-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 Kaneesha’s Approaches Fit Online Therapy
Client-Centered Therapy is about listening and building a trusting partnership. Kaneesha focuses on understanding each person’s experience, validating feelings, and helping them name goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. Both approaches can help with anger, anxiety, depression, and stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Kaneesha will talk with the client about their needs and preferences and try methods that match their goals. She adapts over time so sessions stay focused on what is helpful and doable for the individual.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for in-depth conversations and learning skills that benefit from visual cues. Phone sessions can fit a break at work or when bandwidth is lower. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, quicker problem-solving, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to continue work when traveling or living outside the therapist’s immediate region.
Questions people ask about Kaneesha
What kinds of problems does Kaneesha help with?
She helps people with anger, anxiety, depression, stress, grief, addictions, relationship and family concerns, parenting strain, career issues, and other life changes.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is warm and person-centered. She listens closely, treats people with respect, and works collaboratively on practical steps for change.
How much experience does she have?
She has 15 years of experience working in both hospital and community agency settings with a wide range of client needs.
What credentials and location are on record?
She holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential listed as LCPC and practices from Illinois.
In which languages are sessions offered?
Sessions are offered in English and she is available to work with international clients.
What session formats are used?
Sessions may be conducted by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does cost and billing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Kaneesha?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.