Works with
How Ramona works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Ramona
Ramona Hickey is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with seven years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, anger, depression, and life transitions. Ramona brings a compassionate, respectful presence to sessions and includes spiritual reflection when clients want that element.
Her work emphasizes clear, practical steps. She helps clients notice unhelpful thoughts and habits, try new ways of responding, and set goals that match their values.
Background and approach
Ramona uses approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy alongside client-centered techniques and mindfulness practices. Clients can expect a collaborative process that balances support with gentle challenge. Sessions typically involve talking through current struggles, learning skills for emotional regulation, and practicing small changes between meetings.
She also addresses concerns such as grief, addictions, body image, parenting stress, intimacy-related issues, and compassion fatigue. Ramona pays attention to patterns rooted in family of origin, attachment, abandonment, and control issues. She offers coaching-style work around career and life direction as well as practical help for sleep and eating difficulties.
Immigration-related stress and issues around fatherhood and forgiveness are also within her focus. Her style is steady and straightforward. She aims to make therapy feel manageable for people who are tired, overwhelmed, or wary of starting the process.
The goal is clearer thinking, more flexible responses, and daily routines that support wellbeing.
What Ramona works with
Everything Ramona lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Ramona's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches Ramona lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values even when feelings are uncomfortable. ACT is often used for anxiety, depression, and problems with motivation or meaning. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing out new ways of thinking and behaving to reduce distress. It is helpful for anxiety, anger, sleep problems, and mood concerns. Client-centered therapy centers the person's experience and pace, offering a nonjudgmental space where the therapist follows the client's lead and reflects what they are feeling.Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about current needs, goals, and preferences and together decide which methods to try first. That collaborative process can include mixing approaches as goals evolve and new challenges appear.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and teaching of skills, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low, live chat supports quick check-ins, and text messaging is useful for brief coaching and ongoing encouragement between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule and to keep momentum between appointments.
Questions people ask about Ramona
What kinds of concerns does Ramona address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, anger, addictions, and related issues like body image, intimacy struggles, and parenting stress.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, combining talk, skills practice, and value-based goal setting to help people make steady changes.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of professional experience as a practicing counselor.
What are her credentials and where does she work?
She holds an IL LCPC credential and provides services from Illinois.
Which languages are offered for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
What formats are available for sessions?
She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does cost and scheduling work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription that can be canceled at any time; to begin, complete the short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.