Ramona Hickey, LCPC

Ramona Hickey is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with seven years of practice. She focuses on common stressors such as anxiety, depression, anger, and life transitions. Ramona also addresses issues around relationships, parenting, addiction, and identity. Sessions are offered in English and grounded in both clinical methods and, when clients ask, spiritual reflection.

Ramona prefers clear, practical work in therapy. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to look at thought patterns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps clients connect actions to their values. She also draws on Client-Centered and Emotionally-Focused ideas to attend to feelings and relationships.

In a typical meeting she looks for small, usable changes. That might mean spotting a pattern that fuels anger, trying a new response, or practicing a brief mindfulness exercise. She describes therapy as a collaborative process that unfolds over time rather than a quick fix.

Ramona is open to discussing spiritual beliefs when clients want that included. She says this can be woven into goal-setting and values work without replacing clinical techniques. Her approach balances practical skills with reflection on what matters to each person.

Clients who connect with her tend to want straightforward tools for everyday problems. She helps people set realistic goals, test new ways of responding, and track progress across sessions. The work emphasizes steady change and building habits that reduce reactivity and increase clarity.

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