Gina Dickison, LCPC

Illinois · 22 years in practice

Gina Dickison is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or life transitions.

License and registration

LCPC, Illinois: 180003169 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1801408935 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 22
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Gina

Gina Dickison is a licensed counselor who focuses on helping people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or life transitions. She writes short-term plans with clients and uses clear, practical steps to address worries and improve day-to-day functioning. Gina has more than two decades of counseling experience and works with adults on issues like relationships, self-esteem, depression, addictions, and parenting concerns.

Gina uses straightforward methods drawn from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach skills for coping and emotional regulation.

Background and approach

She also incorporates attachment-based ideas when relationship patterns and past loss affect current functioning. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is part of her work with trauma and grief when that approach fits a person’s needs. Her style is warm and direct.

Sessions focus on setting small goals, practicing skills, and tracking progress between meetings. She also integrates coaching-style conversations for career concerns and workplace stress. Gina holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential (LCPC) and brings 22 years of experience across clinical and workplace settings.

That background informs how she helps people navigate communication problems, caregiving stress, adoption and foster care issues, and recovery from domestic violence or other abusive experiences. She offers sessions in English and provides several online formats to match different schedules.

Gina encourages people to start with a brief matching questionnaire so together they can choose an approach and a plan that fit the person’s goals.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Gina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Relationship issues
Grief
Self esteem
Depression
Addictions
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Eating disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Career difficulties
Coping with life changes
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Adoption and foster care
Attachment issues
Body image
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Divorce and separation
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Impulsivity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Mood disorders
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Post-traumatic stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Gina names

Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.

Online support

Online approaches that focus on skills and relationships

Gina commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy 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 when relationship patterns, loss, or adoption and foster care history affect current connections; this helps people recognize how early bonds shape present reactions and communication. When skill building is needed, Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques are used to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Gina works together with each person to set goals, try an approach, and adjust methods based on how well they meet the person’s needs and preferences. The plan can include short-term skill-focused work, trauma-focused options such as EMDR when appropriate, or coaching around career and workplace issues.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which give flexibility for different lifestyles. Video works well for deeper therapeutic work that benefits from face-to-face conversation, phone can fit shorter check-ins or times with limited bandwidth, and messaging or chat can support ongoing skill practice between sessions. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or other commitments.

We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.

Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does she address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and family concerns, addictions, body image, and career or work stress.

How would you describe her therapeutic approach?

Her work is warm and direct, using goal-setting and practical skills from CBT and DBT alongside attachment-based ideas to address relationship patterns.

What is her professional background?

Gina has 22 years of counseling experience and has worked in clinical and workplace settings, including employee assistance and career coaching roles.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds an Illinois LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and practices in Illinois.

Are sessions available in other languages or internationally?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What formats are used for sessions?

She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different schedules and needs.

How is cost handled for sessions?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

What steps are needed to begin working with her?

Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.

Is this your profile?

Ask us to correct details or take the page down.