About Anne
Anne Kaeding is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with eight years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by grief, low mood, stress, anxiety, or struggles with self-esteem. She also supports those navigating parenting challenges and adults concerned about attention and impulsivity, including ADHD-related issues.
Anne keeps conversations straightforward and respectful. She listens first, then works with each person to build a plan that fits their life.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to produce concrete steps people can try between meetings, not just talk. Her approach adapts to what each person needs. Anne combines practical strategies with steady support to help people manage strong emotions and day-to-day challenges.
She pays attention to family of origin patterns, attachment concerns, and how past losses affect current relationships. People who want help with motivation, coping skills, or clearer communication may find her style useful. She also addresses complex mood concerns, anger, eating issues, and caregiver stress.
Anne collaborates on short- and long-term goals, and adjusts pacing to match each person’s readiness. Her work is client-centered and aim-oriented. Anne encourages small, manageable changes that add up over time.
If someone is looking for a thoughtful counselor in Illinois who uses practical techniques and steady encouragement, she may be a good match.
Approaches that meet you where you are
Anne uses evidence-based techniques that focus on real-life change. One common approach emphasizes practical coping skills to manage anxiety, stress, and mood swings; it teaches concrete strategies for calming, organizing thoughts, and handling immediate triggers. Another approach targets grief and attachment issues by helping people name their losses, understand how those losses affect current relationships, and find small ways to rebuild daily routines and meaning.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will start by listening to concerns and goals, then recommend options and adjust methods over time. Together they check what’s working and change the plan when needed so sessions stay relevant to each person’s life.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging helps people keep a running conversation or get brief support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules and different lifestyles.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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