Ramona Hickey, LCPC

Ramona Hickey is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois with seven years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, addiction-related concerns, and struggles with self-worth. Ramona also supports those facing grief, parenting challenges, career transitions, and issues around intimacy and body image.

Her work blends practical talking and learning skills. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to notice and change unhelpful thoughts. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and client-centered methods to help clients act on their values and feel heard.

Sessions are carried out with calm guidance and clear goals. Ramona helps people break problems into small steps and practice new responses between meetings. She encourages mindful habits to reduce reactivity and improve day-to-day functioning.

Ramona pays attention to how early relationships and attachment patterns shape current behavior. She addresses topics like abandonment, codependency, communication problems, and family of origin issues with steady curiosity and concrete tools. Her style is warm, direct, and focused on practical change.

People who come to Ramona can expect a collaborative plan that reflects their values. She helps clarify what matters most, set realistic goals, and track progress. The aim is steady improvement rather than quick fixes, with coaching and support along the way.

CBT and Acceptance work for online therapy

Ramona commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify thoughts that keep problems alive and practice new ways of thinking and acting. CBT is helpful for anxiety, depression, sleep troubles, and day-to-day stress by breaking issues into manageable steps.

She also uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to support people in clarifying what matters most and taking committed action toward those values. Client-centered techniques emphasize listening and reflecting so clients feel understood while they decide next steps.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Ramona will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has helped or not helped before. Together they tailor an approach and adjust methods as progress is tracked.

Online therapy lets people connect in several ways: video calls for face-to-face discussion, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between meetings. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, manage quick coaching moments, and keep momentum between sessions.