About Chandra
Chandra Dockery is an Illinois-licensed clinician with 25 years of experience who brings a strength-based, collaborative attitude to therapeutic work.
Background and approach
She holds an LCPC credential (IL LCPC 180006574) and focuses on helping people navigate a wide range of concerns including depression, bipolar mood challenges, anxiety and stress, addictions, trauma and grief, relationship and intimacy questions, and issues with self-esteem.
Her background also encompasses practical challenges like sleep and eating problems, parenting stress, career transitions, and coping with life changes. Chandra uses an approach that honors each person as the expert on their own life while offering clinical tools to support change.
She draws from client-centered methods to build empathy and understanding, uses cognitive behavioral strategies to address unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and incorporates solution-focused and psychodynamic perspectives where helpful. This mix allows her to tailor work to individual needs and goals.
She offers services in English and practices in Illinois, and her experience can support people facing both emotional and practical difficulties as they pursue healthier functioning and clearer direction.
Practical therapy approaches for online care
Chandra commonly uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy as part of her online offering. Client-centered therapy focuses on empathy, active listening, and helping clients draw on their own strengths to clarify values and goals; it is useful for building self-understanding and confidence. Cognitive behavioral therapy offers structured techniques to identify and shift unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, which can help with anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and anger management.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with clients to explore which methods feel most useful and adjusts strategies over time to match goals, preferences, and progress. That collaborative stance helps clients feel involved in planning their care and focused on practical steps forward.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care during busy periods and to access therapeutic support from home or while traveling within the same country. The variety of formats supports both in-depth conversations and shorter check-ins depending on client needs.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Hoarding
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English