Eileen O'Neil, LCSW

Eileen O'Neil is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Illinois with eight years of clinical experience. She focuses on anxiety, stress, depression, parenting and relationship concerns, and supports people working through grief, trauma, life changes, and career pressures. Eileen often works with parents and new mothers who are juggling caregiving and other demands. Sessions are conversational and practical, aimed at everyday problems and next steps.

She uses Client-Centered Therapy to listen for each person’s priorities and strengths. She also draws on Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) when trauma memories are getting in the way of daily life. Motivational Interviewing and Solution-Focused techniques are used to set small, achievable goals and move toward them one step at a time.

Eileen pays attention to family patterns and attachment issues, including blended family dynamics and caregiver stress. She helps people untangle how past relationships affect current ones and works on communication and boundary skills. Practical coping strategies and clear feedback are part of sessions.

Her work also addresses mood and panic symptoms, body image, guilt and shame, and the stresses of aging or caregiving. She uses narrative approaches to help people reframe stories they tell about themselves. Sessions may include skill practice, problem-solving, and planning for real-life situations.

People meet Eileen for straightforward support rather than jargon. She aims to be direct, useful, and grounded in everyday life while helping clients figure out what to try next.

How her approaches are used in online sessions