Gina Dickison, LCPC

Gina Dickison is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with more than 22 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strains, and life transitions. Gina uses a straightforward, compassionate style to help clients identify practical next steps.

Gina draws on several evidence-based approaches to shape sessions. She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) techniques to teach coping skills and manage intense emotions. Attachment-Based and Client-Centered ideas guide conversations about relationships and self-worth.

Her background includes long-term work in workplace settings, addressing communication, conflict, and career coaching. That experience informs a pragmatic approach to balancing work and life demands. She also has experience related to addictions, trauma and abuse, bereavement, adoption and parenting concerns.

In sessions she tends to be warm and direct. Gina partners with people to set clear goals and build step-by-step action plans. She often combines skill teaching with short-term problem solving to help clients make steady progress.

Gina practices in Illinois and works with adults on a wide range of concerns, including compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, body image, codependency, and coping after separation or loss. To begin, people complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability.

How Gina’s approaches translate to online work

Gina often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors; CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, and stress. She also draws on Attachment-Based Therapy ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns, which can help with relationship worries and self-esteem. Client-Centered Therapy informs her overall manner by emphasizing a respectful, nonjudgmental stance and letting the client’s goals set the agenda.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Gina will talk with each person about their goals and preferences and adjust methods as needed. Together they set goals and develop a plan that fits the person’s life and pace.

Confirm the therapist's current session options before booking, since formats are not specified in the biography. In general, online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, shorten travel time, and allow check-ins during a lunch break or between commitments. Different approaches can be used effectively online to teach coping skills, practice new behaviors, and track progress over time.