Jonna Phelps, LCPC

Jonna Phelps is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who focuses on helping adults navigate anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. She brings 20 years of experience and emphasizes practical coping skills and clearer communication. Her work often addresses challenges such as stress, grief, low self-esteem, and midlife transitions.

Phelps encourages people to notice their strengths and use them to make changes that improve daily life. Sessions are aimed at learning tools for managing intense emotions and building better ways to talk about needs. She often helps people sort through career uncertainty, caregiver strain, chronic health challenges, and feelings of isolation.

Her approach blends client-centered listening with techniques that focus on thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Mindfulness practices and motivational questions are used when helpful to build new habits and increase awareness. Emotion-focused work is used to address relational patterns and communication problems.

Clients can expect a calm, direct style that focuses on solving current problems while validating difficult feelings. The emphasis is on small, practical steps rather than vague advice. Goals get set together and adjusted as progress happens.

Phelps trained at Roosevelt University in Chicago, earning a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology, and received her Illinois LCPC in 2001. She also completed a Certified Care Manager credential with the National Academy of Care Managers, which informs her work with caregiver and aging issues.

Therapeutic approaches and online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and responding to each person's experience. The therapist reflects concerns, helps clarify goals, and supports people as they find their own solutions; this approach works well for building trust and improving self-understanding.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. It uses practical exercises to change unhelpful thinking and to develop skills for managing anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy addresses patterns in how people process and express emotions. It can be useful for improving communication, resolving long-standing emotional blocks, and working through relationship-related distress.

Finding the right approach is part of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can shift over time as progress is made or new concerns arise.

If you are considering online work, confirm the current session options before booking. This practice emphasizes fitting therapy into everyday life, such as arranging sessions around work breaks, choosing formats that use less bandwidth when needed, or planning shorter check-ins for busy days. Talk with the therapist about what will best fit your routine and needs before scheduling.