About Queena
Queena Howard brings more than two decades of professional counseling experience to people seeking relief from depression, anxiety, stress, grief, and substance use. She works with adults to address mood disorders, relationship and family concerns, addiction, and a wide range of life transitions.
Background and approach
Her practice emphasizes helping clients make measurable progress in months by blending practical strategies with deeper exploration of underlying patterns. Queena draws on a mix of evidence-informed methods including cognitive behavioral techniques to reshape unhelpful thinking, motivational interviewing to strengthen commitment to change, and mindfulness practices to increase present-moment awareness and emotional regulation.
She combines these with psychodynamic insights when helpful, creating an approach that is flexible and tailored to each person’s needs. Queena holds an Illinois LCPC credential and offers sessions through video, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
Prospective clients in Illinois can begin by completing a brief matching questionnaire and scheduling according to her availability.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Queena frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors, a practical approach often applied to anxiety, depression, and many mood-related concerns. She also incorporates Mindfulness Therapy to build present-moment awareness and emotional regulation skills, which can be helpful for stress, grief, and managing impulses.
Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist and client work together to clarify goals, test approaches, and adjust techniques as progress unfolds so treatment fits the client’s needs, values, and preferences.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility for people with busy schedules or mobility constraints. These formats allow continuity of care across locations within Illinois and make it easier to access regular appointments, combine brief check-ins with longer sessions, and select the communication style that best supports daily life and therapeutic goals.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English