About Jonna
Jonna Phelps brings a client-centered approach grounded in two decades of clinical practice to help people navigate anxiety, depression, grief, and life transitions. She blends active listening with practical skill-building so clients can identify strengths, develop coping strategies, and strengthen communication.
Background and approach
Her work emphasizes validation and a collaborative process that focuses on measurable improvements in daily functioning and emotional regulation. With 20 years of experience and an Illinois LCPC credential, Jonna uses evidence-based methods such as cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness practices, emotionally-focused interventions, and motivational strategies tailored to each person’s needs.
Her areas of focus include stress management, self-esteem, ADHD, mood disorders including bipolar conditions, relationship and family concerns, parenting challenges, and compassion fatigue. Additional interests include aging and geriatric issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and isolation or life-purpose questions.
Jonna emphasizes helping clients face difficult questions with gradual, achievable steps and clear goals. She supports building practical tools for coping and communication so people can move toward a more satisfying and balanced life.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Client-centered therapy prioritizes the person’s experience by creating a respectful, nonjudgmental environment where the therapist listens closely and helps clients clarify values and goals; this approach supports challenges like anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through practical exercises and skill-building, which is useful for mood disorders, OCD symptoms, and stress-related concerns. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people explore and reshape emotional responses and interpersonal patterns to improve connection and emotional regulation, often helping with relationship and communication problems.Finding the right approach is often part of the therapeutic journey, and the therapist works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. This process may combine elements from different models over time so clients get the most effective mix of strategies for their situation.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for scheduling and accessing care from different locations. These formats make it easier to maintain momentum between sessions and to practice skills in real life, while also allowing therapists to adapt interventions so they work well in remote formats. Licensed professionals can use these options to provide consistent, goal-focused treatment that fits a client’s daily routine.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English