Kristen Kasperek, LCPC, LPC

Kristen Kasperek is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, LCPC, and a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Illinois. She brings 14 years of experience and a practical, down-to-earth style. Kristen focuses on helping people find clearer direction when stress, anxiety, grief, or relationship strain make daily life harder.

Her approach is calm and straightforward. She aims to build a relaxed, non-threatening relationship so clients feel comfortable taking the first step. Sessions focus on simple, actionable strategies that can be used between appointments.

Kristen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. She works with mood concerns like depression, seasonal affective changes, panic and anxiety, and obsessive or compulsive behaviors. She also helps people who struggle with self-esteem, body image, intimacy issues, and the lingering effects of trauma or abuse.

She provides career-related support as well, helping people explore interests, rethink job fit, and prepare for the job search with practical tools like resume and interview preparation. Kristen supports parents and caregivers facing stress, and she addresses relationship problems such as infidelity, attachment worries, and codependency.

Therapy with Kristen centers on setting realistic goals and practicing small changes. She helps clients build skills to manage symptoms, improve relationships, and pursue work that fits who they are. The emphasis is on things that make a real difference in day-to-day life.

CBT and practical therapy online

Kristen uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which helps people notice patterns of thought that increase anxiety or low mood and learn small, testable ways to change them. CBT is often applied to worry, panic, obsessive thoughts, depression, and problems with sleep or eating.

Her work also emphasizes career-focused counseling for people wanting to explore interests, improve job fit, and develop concrete job search skills like resume writing and interview preparation. These sessions focus on clear steps you can practice between meetings to move toward career goals.

Choosing the right approach is a shared process. Kristen will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different techniques, then adjust the work together to find what helps most.

Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into busy lives. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can be easier during a short break, live chat supports brief check-ins, and text messaging works for ongoing, flexible contact. These options let people work on thoughts, behaviors, and practical skills from wherever scheduling and daily life work best, while keeping a steady therapeutic plan.