About Jenelle
Jenelle Hoyt is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois. She has six years of experience as a clinician and focuses on practical ways to help people manage everyday struggles. Jenelle listens, asks clear questions, and helps clients set realistic goals they can try between sessions.
She often works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, relationship strain, parenting pressure, grief, and substance concerns. She also supports those coping with trauma, anger, self-esteem problems, career crossroads, and burnout.
Background and approach
Jenelle pays attention to how past attachments and life events shape current patterns. Jenelle blends several approaches to fit each person's needs. She draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and take small actions that match their values.
She uses Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas to build trust and understand relationship patterns. Sessions are focused and down-to-earth. Jenelle helps people create short-term steps and longer-term plans.
She checks progress and adjusts strategies when needed so the plan stays relevant to real life. People working with Jenelle can expect a direct but warm style. She offers practical tools, coaching on coping skills, and space to process difficult emotions.
Her goal is to help clients find clearer ways to manage challenges and move toward a more manageable day-to-day life.
Online approaches that focus on action and relationships
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify their values, notice unhelpful thoughts, and take small steps toward a life that matters to them. ACT is often used for anxiety, stress, and motivation struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy breaks down patterns of thought and behavior into practical steps to test and change them, which can help with depression, anxiety, and coping skills.Choosing the right method is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to identify goals, try approaches, and adjust the plan based on what feels most helpful. That shared process helps match techniques to real-life needs and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and comfort levels. Video works well for deeper conversations and visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for short check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reminders and brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, school, or caregiving days while keeping the focus on practical progress and consistent support.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Experience
- 6 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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