About Ramona
Ramona Hickey is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with seven years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, and the everyday strains of parenting and work. Her style is warm and direct, mixing practical tools with a caring, values-based outlook.
Ramona draws on therapies that help people change unhelpful thinking and build new habits. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to spot and shift patterns that cause pain.
Background and approach
She also incorporates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help clients act in ways that match their values. Sessions are collaborative and goal-focused. Ramona listens for what matters to each person and helps set small, doable steps toward change.
She brings attention to emotions and relationships while offering concrete skills for coping and problem solving. Faith can be part of the work when a client wants it. Ramona notes her Christian perspective and will integrate spiritual reflection alongside clinical approaches if that fits a client's goals and preferences.
Her additional focus includes issues such as grief, self-esteem, intimacy questions, addiction struggles, body image, attachment and family of origin patterns. She aims to help people gain clarity, build confidence, and move toward a life that reflects their priorities and values.
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Ramona uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT offers clear exercises and homework that translate well to video or text, which helps clients practice new skills between sessions.She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action. ACT supports people who feel stuck by teaching mindful noticing and small steps toward what matters most, a fit for issues like anxiety, depression, and ADHD-related challenges.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Ramona works with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences, adjusting the plan over time as needs change. She encourages active input so therapy stays useful and relevant.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for deeper work and interactive exercises. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t convenient. Live chat and messaging allow brief check-ins, coaching-style support, or notes between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into work, family life, and busy schedules while keeping momentum between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Immigration issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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