About Jane

Jane Rhea is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with eleven years of experience. She focuses on practical strategies to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and career or life transitions. Jane writes and talks plainly, and aims to make sessions feel direct and useful for everyday challenges.

Jane brings a client-centered style to sessions. She listens for each person’s priorities and works with them to set short-term goals.

Background and approach

That can mean focusing on coping skills for anxiety, building routines to manage attention differences, or finding steps toward meaningful work. Mindfulness and motivational interviewing show up in her practice. Mindfulness helps people notice how thoughts and sensations affect behavior.

Motivational interviewing supports finding personal reasons and motivation to change habits or try new approaches. She also uses narrative and solution-focused methods. Narrative work helps someone reframe the stories they tell about themselves.

Solution-focused tools zero in on small, doable changes that make life feel better fast. Jane has a background in disability studies and social work and brings that perspective into sessions. She understands structural barriers and the ways identities can shape stress and access to resources.

Her approach emphasizes strengths and practical steps rather than labels. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Jane aims to help people leave with at least one concrete action to try between meetings.

She accepts English-speaking clients and works with people across Illinois and beyond.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following what matters most to each person. The therapist helps clients name their priorities and co-create goals so sessions stay relevant to daily life and career concerns.

Mindfulness therapy teaches simple awareness skills to notice thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations without judgment. This can reduce reactivity and help with anxiety, stress, chronic pain, and attention differences by building short, repeatable practices.

Motivational interviewing supports finding personal reasons to change and overcoming resistance. It’s useful when someone wants to try new routines, manage attention or mood symptoms, or make career-related moves by strengthening internal motivation.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will discuss options and help select methods that match a client’s needs, goals, and preferences. That decision is collaborative and may shift as progress is made.

Online formats offer practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face when visual cues help. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier during a busy day. Live chat or text-based messaging support shorter check-ins, ongoing coaching, and quick problem-solving between longer meetings.

These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or medical routines while using methods that focus on concrete steps and skill building.

Questions people ask

What concerns does Jane address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, trauma and abuse, bipolar concerns, self-esteem, career questions, and compassion fatigue. Additional areas include chronic illness, autism, isolation, and social anxiety.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her practice is client-centered and goal-focused, using mindfulness, motivational interviewing, narrative work, and solution-focused techniques to produce practical steps clients can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Jane has eleven years of professional experience working in social work and disability-related settings and brings that background to her counseling and coaching.
What credentials and region are listed?
She holds an LCSW and practices from Illinois. The credential is listed as IL LCSW.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English. She also accepts international clients for online formats.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on client preference.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What is the first step to begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.

What this therapist works with

Experience
11 years
Licensed
Illinois
Languages
English

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