Jeanne Tilseth , LCPC

Jeanne Tilseth is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who centers her work on the person's experience. She practices in Illinois and brings 15 years of clinical experience to sessions. Jeanne helps people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, low self-esteem, and depression, with attention to women's issues when relevant.

Jeanne favors a straightforward, person-focused way of working. She uses client-centered methods to listen and build trust first. Then she draws on cognitive behavioral strategies and dialectical behavior ideas to address thinking patterns, emotions, and coping skills.

Her background includes substantial work with trauma and addiction concerns. That history informs how she approaches symptoms like panic, dissociation, and post-traumatic stress. Jeanne also supports people dealing with family of origin issues, guilt and shame, and recovery from sexual assault and abuse.

Sessions often focus on practical skills and small steps. Jeanne helps people identify unhelpful thoughts, practice emotion regulation, and try out new behaviors between sessions. She also incorporates EMDR and emotionally-focused approaches when processing trauma or relationship-related emotions.

People can expect direct communication and a focus on whole-person wellbeing. Jeanne pays attention to emotional, mental, social, and spiritual dimensions when that matters to the client. Her goal is to help people regain steadiness, clarify purpose, and build sustainable coping strategies.

How Jeanne’s approaches translate to online therapy

Jeanne commonly uses client-centered work and cognitive behavioral therapy in sessions. Client-centered work means the therapist listens closely, reflects what the person says, and helps them find their own direction; it works well for building safety and clarity. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on noticing and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which helps with anxiety, panic, and depression.

She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy ideas to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Those DBT-informed skills are useful for people managing strong emotions, self-harm urges, or intense mood swings. Together these approaches are practical and skill-oriented, and they adapt well to remote formats.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, try techniques, and adjust methods based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together whether to emphasize skills training, trauma processing, or emotion-focused work.

Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. Video sessions allow face-to-face dialogue for skill practice and EMDR-informed processing. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or fit into a busy day. Live chat and text are useful for brief check-ins, homework support, or when a shorter exchange is needed between full sessions.