About Viviane
Viviane Ngwa offers supportive, goal-oriented therapy for people facing stress, anxiety, relationship challenges, trauma and abuse, and career concerns. With eight years of clinical experience and an LCSW, she focuses on helping clients explore their values, clarify goals, and build practical skills to manage difficult thoughts and emotions.
Background and approach
Viviane aims to create a welcoming space where clients can speak openly about their experiences and work toward meaningful change. Her work integrates evidence-informed methods such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, and other approaches tailored to each person's needs.
Viviane also addresses related issues including abandonment, adoption and foster care matters, blended family concerns, commitment and communication problems, immigration-related stress, and questions about life purpose. Licensed in Illinois and accepting clients who are located outside the United States, she combines clinical knowledge with a collaborative, client-centered stance to help people move forward at their own pace.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Viviane commonly draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT helps people clarify what matters most to them and take committed action even when difficult thoughts or feelings are present, which can be useful for stress, anxiety, and questions about life purpose. CBT focuses on identifying and modifying unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms and build coping skills, often applied to anxiety, mood, and relationship challenges.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic journey and Viviane treats it as a collaborative process. She will discuss these methods with each client, consider individual goals and preferences, and together determine which strategies or combination of strategies fit best for the work ahead.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing sessions to fit into busy schedules and differing comfort levels. These options make ongoing support more accessible for people who need adaptable appointment formats while still working with licensed professionals and therapists focused on skill development and meaningful change.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Dependent personality
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Nevada, Illinois
- Languages
- English