About Douglas
Douglas DeRhodes is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) with 14 years of experience who focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. He emphasizes a strengths-based, collaborative style that draws on each person's resources and goals to support meaningful change.
Background and approach
His work addresses a wide range of concerns including addictions, intimacy and family issues, sleeping difficulties, parenting, anger, self-esteem, career challenges, bipolar disorder, and ADHD, as well as related areas such as attachment, abandonment, and blended family dynamics.
He combines evidence-informed approaches to tailor treatment to individual needs, integrating methods that promote mindful living, emotional regulation, and practical coping skills. Douglas values creating a trusting relationship grounded in acceptance and empathy while encouraging self-compassion and realistic goal setting.
Appointments are offered with flexibility to accommodate different schedules, and he aims to make therapy accessible and manageable for those seeking support in Illinois. Douglas holds an Illinois LCSW credential (IL LCSW 149.013400) and conducts sessions in English.
He does not accept international clients and works through session formats that include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How these approaches translate to online therapy
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) emphasizes noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then taking action guided by personal values; online ACT can help with anxiety, depression, grief, and coping with life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning; it is useful for stress, sleep problems, mood concerns, and some aspects of addiction. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches skills for emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness, which can aid those struggling with intense emotions and relationship-related challenges.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process and will be determined collaboratively. The therapist will work with each client to explore goals, preferences, and symptom patterns, then adapt techniques from these evidence-informed methods to fit the individual's needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered by licensed professionals via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility and accessibility. These options make it easier to attend regularly around work or family commitments and to continue progress without geographic constraints, while allowing the therapist to use interactive tools and real-world practice between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 14 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English