About Patti
Patti Hampsten is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois who centers her work on building a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship. She begins therapy with a client-centered stance that emphasizes validation and acceptance, then adds motivational interviewing and evidence-based skills when helpful.
Background and approach
Her style aims to create a comfortable, inviting space where clients can explore feelings and practice new coping strategies. With three years of documented experience in her current professional role, Patti draws on a mix of approaches including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, solution-focused methods, and mindfulness-based techniques to tailor care to each person’s goals.
She brings particular attention to challenges such as stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship concerns, eating and body-image issues, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting stress, and professional or caregiving burnout. Patti also addresses areas like codependency, communication problems, divorce and separation, drug and alcohol addiction, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and panic disorder.
She accepts clients in English and is available to work with international clients. Sessions are offered through a subscription model with flexible scheduling and multiple online formats to fit different needs.
Online Therapy Grounded in Skills and Collaboration
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on building empathy, acceptance, and understanding so a person feels heard and comfortable exploring change; it is useful for emotional processing and forming a strong therapeutic alliance. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify unhelpful thoughts and patterns and teaches practical strategies to manage anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness skills that are valuable for managing intense emotions and improving communication.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to evaluate needs, preferences, and goals, and then adapt methods over time so therapy matches what the client wants to achieve. This cooperative process supports skill-building and steady progress rather than a one-size-fits-all plan.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexible options for participation. These formats allow licensed professionals to offer regular contact and tailored interventions while fitting therapy into differing schedules and life demands, making it easier to maintain consistency and practice new skills between sessions.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 3 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English