Catherine Valentine, LCPC

Catherine Valentine is an IL Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with 25 years of clinical experience. She helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, low self-esteem, depression, and life changes. Her practice also addresses relationship and family concerns, addictions, trauma and abuse, and issues that affect intimacy and sleep.

She works with adults who are navigating difficult transitions and interpersonal strain. Catherine approaches sessions as a collaborative process. She treats clients as the experts in their own lives and focuses on building on existing strengths. Sessions are straightforward and practical, aimed at clearer thinking and better coping skills.

Catherine uses a mix of methods to match each person's situation. She draws from cognitive behavioral ideas to notice and change unhelpful thoughts. Mindfulness and acceptance strategies are used to reduce reactivity and increase focus on chosen values. When helpful, skills from dialectical behavior approaches are added to manage intense emotions.

Her background includes work across a range of concerns such as parenting stress, blended family issues, caregiver strain, chronic illness, and grief after loss. Over her career she has supported people with ADHD, bipolar symptoms, anger, and communication problems. Catherine also addresses the emotional fallout from divorce, domestic violence, and family of origin conflicts.

People who meet with Catherine can expect clear goals and practical steps. Early sessions typically map current struggles and what a person wants to change. Later sessions introduce specific skills and ways to test small changes between meetings. She asks clients to be active in applying tools in everyday life.