LeeAnn Van Vreede

LeeAnn Van Vreede is an LPC with 20 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and addiction. She supports those facing relationship strain, parenting challenges, work stress, and big life changes. Her practice also addresses trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, and mood concerns like bipolar disorder and seasonal affective disorder.

Clients describe sessions as practical and down-to-earth. She listens first, then helps people set clear goals. Sessions emphasize coping skills people can use between visits. Mindfulness and cognitive strategies are often woven into conversations to reduce overwhelm.

LeeAnn uses Trauma-Focused Therapy alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral approaches. That means attention to past hurts while also teaching tools for today. Motivational interviewing can help when someone is working through addiction or wanting to make a life change.

Her work aims to strengthen resilience and build daily routines that support emotional health. She addresses family-of-origin issues, codependency, caregiver stress, and the emotional fallout of disasters. Practical solutions for guilt, shame, jealousy, and anger are part of the plan when needed.

LeeAnn practices in Wisconsin and works in English. She focuses on helping individuals find clearer thinking, steadier moods, and better ways to cope. To start, people are invited to describe their main concern and what they hope to change.

How trauma‑informed care and skills work online

Trauma-Focused Therapy focuses on understanding and gently processing past harms while also building safety and coping skills for today. It can help people who feel stuck because of earlier painful events and want tools to reduce reactivity and distress.

Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes an empathic, non-judgmental relationship where the person leads the pace and topics of work. This approach helps people feel heard and understood while they decide what change looks like.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical techniques to notice thinking patterns and try small behavioral experiments. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and mood management because it gives clear actions to practice between sessions.

Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful in early sessions. That conversation guides whether more trauma-focused work, skills training, or supportive listening makes sense.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking. Online care can make fitting therapy into a busy week easier and reduce travel time. It also allows shorter check-ins when schedules are tight and offers options for people who prefer not to be on camera. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises, mindfulness practices, and motivational techniques to work over distance so progress continues between meetings.