About Lily
Lily Shinn brings 25 years of clinical experience as an LCSW licensed in Illinois. She focuses on helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and life transitions, and supports those working on self-esteem, motivation, and confidence.
Background and approach
Her background also includes addressing trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, parenting and family dynamics, career and anger issues, depression, and ADHD, along with a range of related challenges such as caregiver stress, chronic illness, and end-of-life concerns. Her practice emphasizes a warm, nonjudgmental atmosphere where clients can speak openly about difficult feelings and sensitive topics.
Lily aims to collaborate with each person to identify goals and develop practical coping strategies tailored to their situation. She recognizes how taking the first step into therapy requires courage and frames the work as a process guided by respect and steady support.
Located in Illinois and working in English, Lily offers flexible session formats including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time, and prospective clients can begin by completing a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling according to her availability.
Evidence-Based Approaches and Online Care
Lily uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on practical change and emotional understanding. One common approach emphasizes building coping skills for stress and anxiety, teaching strategies to manage overwhelming feelings and improve daily functioning. Another approach focuses on grief and loss work, helping people process complicated emotions and find ways to adapt after significant life changes. These methods are oriented toward real-world tools and gradual shifts in thinking and behavior.
Choosing the right approach is part of the collaborative work. Lily partners with clients to explore which techniques fit their needs, goals, and preferences, and she adjusts the plan as progress unfolds so therapy remains aligned with what matters most to the client.
Online therapy with Lily is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These options make it easier to access ongoing support from licensed professionals without needing to travel, and they allow sessions to fit into busy lives while keeping focus on consistent, goal-oriented therapeutic work.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English