Licensed clinical social worker recordIllinois
Credentials check
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in Illinois
- LCSW, licence 149024509
- NPI
- 1124404454
- Experience
- 12 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Illinois
These details come from information Colleen supplied to BetterHelp. A licence can be checked with the social work board of the state that issued it, and an NPI with the national registry.
AAbout
- Addictions
- Trauma
- Depression
About Colleen
Colleen Llacsa is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Illinois with 12 years of clinical experience. She works with people dealing with depression, addiction, trauma, eating disorders, and major life transitions.
She helps with a wide range of concerns beyond those core areas. That includes social anxiety and phobias, panic attacks, mood disorders, workplace stress, and challenges common to young adults. Colleen also supports people coping with chronic illness, cancer, and the emotional fallout of divorce or separation.
Sessions focus on concrete skills and strategies. Colleen helps clients build coping tools for difficult feelings and painful memories. She works with clients to reduce symptoms that interfere with work, relationships, or day-to-day functioning.
Her style is collaborative and practical. Conversations look at immediate problems and steps a person can take between sessions. She helps people recognize patterns and try small behavior changes that can make daily life easier.
Colleen also addresses the impact of major events such as natural or human-caused disasters and experiences of domestic violence. She supports people through postpartum depression and other times when mood changes make routines harder.
People who choose Colleen tend to want straightforward, skills-based help for clear problems. To start, she asks about current challenges and what the client hopes to change. That helps shape a plan that fits daily life and real-world stresses.
BHow sessions work
How evidence-based approaches are used in online sessions
Colleen practices with evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change. Cognitive behavioral strategies look at how thoughts influence feelings and behavior and introduce manageable experiments and skills to break unhelpful patterns. Exposure-based approaches help people facing social anxiety or panic by gradually increasing contact with feared situations while learning coping strategies.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Colleen will review what you want to address and try methods that match those goals. She adjusts techniques based on how a person responds, working together to pick what feels most useful.
Confirm current session formats before booking. The main practical benefit of working online is fitting therapy into a busy life - sessions can be scheduled around work, medical appointments, or caregiving. Online sessions can make it easier to check in during short breaks, avoid travel time, and maintain progress when events or health issues make in-person visits difficult.
CAreas of focus
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Primary focus
Additional focus areas
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
DQuestions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with addictions, trauma and abuse, eating issues, depression, and coping with life changes, plus related concerns like social anxiety and workplace problems.
What is her therapeutic style?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, focusing on skills and steps people can use between sessions to manage symptoms and daily stressors.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 12 years of experience providing mental health support and practical coping strategies.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Illinois.
What languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She accepts international clients; confirm any local rules that may apply where you live.
How are sessions paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, call 911, or call or text 988. More crisis numbers