About Edilberto
Edilberto (Bert) Bibat helps people deal with addiction, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship struggles. He also supports those facing parenting stress, anger, trauma, career challenges, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and problems with communication or codependency. Bert brings three decades of counseling experience to each session and practices in Illinois as an LCPC.
Bert focuses on understanding what is happening in a person’s life right now. He listens first and asks practical questions to clarify goals.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to be straightforward and respectful, with room to talk about feelings, behaviors, and the decisions that follow. His work draws on client-centered methods that prioritize the person's own experience. He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and to try out different behaviors.
Internal Family Systems ideas are used when it helps to notice different parts of a person and how they relate to each other. Bert aims for a warm, down-to-earth style. He invites people to speak honestly and to test small changes between sessions.
Progress is tracked in simple steps so clients can see what is different over time. Over his 30 years of practice Bert has supported people through major life changes and longstanding patterns alike. He welcomes conversations about goals and how therapy might fit into everyday life.
To begin, visitors can follow the site’s Start Therapy flow and complete the short questionnaire to match and schedule a session.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person's experience. Online sessions use that same open listening so clients can talk about feelings and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors and tests new actions between sessions; it adapts well to video or phone work because homework and practical exercises can be reviewed together. Internal Family Systems helps identify different parts or self-states and how they interact; this can be explored in conversation and with simple exercises during a session.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist works with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That choice can be revisited as work continues so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is useful for longer conversations and interactive exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow quick updates, brief coaching, or ongoing support between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when travel or schedule changes happen.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Self esteem
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English