About Jenelle
Jenelle Hoyt is an LCPC who uses evidence-informed methods to help people navigate overwhelming emotions and persistent patterns.
Background and approach
With six years of practice as a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois, she focuses on helping clients develop practical strategies to manage stress, anxiety, depression, substance concerns, relationship struggles, self-esteem and career dilemmas. She also addresses complex issues such as trauma and abuse, grief, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and a range of personality and attachment challenges.
Her style blends acceptance and action - encouraging clients to notice what matters while building skills for emotional regulation and clearer communication. Sessions emphasize identifying unhelpful thinking, processing strong emotions, and creating concrete goals that align with a client’s values and life direction.
She draws on therapies like cognitive behavioral work, attachment-based perspectives, dialectical skills, and client-centered care to tailor an approach that fits each person’s needs. Jenelle frames therapy as both supportive and challenging, offering a respectful space where strengths are acknowledged and new coping tools are practiced.
Her aim is to help clients reframe difficult experiences, reduce distress, and move toward healthier routines and relationships.
Therapeutic approaches applied in online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages clients to clarify personal values and take committed steps toward them while learning to accept difficult internal experiences. It is useful for stress, anxiety, and life transitions where building meaningful direction matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and developing practical skills to change behaviors and mood, which can help with depression, anxiety, and coping strategies.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will explore a client’s goals, preferences, and day-to-day challenges, then adapt methods from evidence-informed models to fit what feels most useful. This partnership allows adjustments over time so the work stays aligned with progress and changing needs.
Online sessions are offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase accessibility and convenience. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, maintain continuity across life changes, and access support from wherever a client is located within Illinois. Licensed professionals can use these formats to deliver skill teaching, emotional processing, and values-based planning in ways that suit different learning styles and practical constraints.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- 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
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English