About Myrna
Myrna Pledger brings 21 years of counseling experience and a background as a community counselor to her work in Illinois.
Background and approach
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and has spent much of her career working with individuals and families facing a wide range of concerns, from depression and anxiety to trauma, grief, addictions, and relationship difficulties. Early work with children in school settings shaped her view that individual struggles often reflect broader family systems and learned patterns.
Myrna emphasizes a compassionate, truth-based, and educational approach that blends cognitive and experiential methods to help people move toward healthier functioning. She notes particular experience with survivors of narcissistic abuse and with issues such as codependency, commitment concerns, personality-related difficulties, and end-of-life concerns.
Her practice integrates faith for clients who find that perspective meaningful while tailoring dialog and treatment plans to each person’s needs. Myrna frames therapy as a collaborative process aimed at empowerment, practical coping, and growth for those ready to take steps toward change.
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping clients clarify values, accept difficult internal experiences, and take committed action toward meaningful life goals; it is often used for anxiety, depression, stress, and coping with life changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) examines the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and offers practical strategies to reduce symptoms of anxiety, depression, and unhelpful patterns. Attachment-Based Therapy explores relational patterns rooted in early connections and can help with intimacy-related issues, codependency, and family dynamics.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person to identify which methods best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adapts techniques over time based on progress and client feedback.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for different lifestyles and time constraints. These formats make it easier to access licensed professionals from Illinois without commuting, and they support ongoing work on skills, coping strategies, and relational insights in ways that fit daily routines.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Avoidant personality
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English