Gina Dickison

Gina Dickison is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with more than 22 years of experience. She offers a direct, warm approach and aims to help people move past anxiety, stress, grief, relationship strain, and issues around addiction and self‑esteem. Gina encourages practical steps so clients can reach the goals that matter to them.

She uses a solution‑focused style that blends client‑centered listening with structured techniques. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy inform many of her strategies for managing moods and improving day‑to‑day coping. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Attachment‑based ideas when the situation calls for them.

Gina has worked in workplace settings on communication, conflict, and career coaching. She also has experience with adoption and parenting concerns, bereavement, and responding to trauma and abuse. Her background includes work with addictions and employee assistance programs, which shaped her practical problem‑solving focus.

In sessions she partners with people to set clear goals and build an action plan. Her style is compassionate but directive, with a focus on tools you can use between appointments. She checks messages regularly and aims to coordinate sessions around schedules.

Gina practices in Illinois and holds an IL LCPC credential. Sessions are conducted in English. If you want to explore whether her approach fits your needs, use the Start Therapy process to begin the matching steps.

How Gina Uses Different Therapies Online

Gina uses Trauma‑Focused Therapy to address the effects of traumatic events by helping people process memories and reduce the ways those memories affect daily life. This approach can help with ongoing fear, flashbacks, or intense reactions tied to past harm.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which emphasizes making room for difficult thoughts while taking steps toward a meaningful life. ACT is useful when someone wants to pursue values and goals despite anxiety or low mood. Attachment‑Based Therapy appears in her work to help people understand patterns in close relationships and build more secure ways of connecting.

Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. Gina will talk with each person about their goals, history, and what feels most helpful, and then shape a plan that combines approaches as needed. Clients and the therapist review progress and adjust strategies together.

If you are considering online options, confirm available session formats before booking since formats are not specified here. Online work can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, allow shorter check‑in meetings when helpful, and reduce travel time so therapy fits around work or parenting demands. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, behavioral practices, and trauma‑focused techniques to remote sessions when appropriate.