About Ekaterina
Ekaterina Charland helps people manage stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, depression, and challenges related to LGBT issues. She also supports people who are coping with life changes and looking for more motivation or confidence. Ekaterina holds an Illinois LCPC, which is a clinical counselor credential, and has five years of professional experience.
Her approach is straightforward and person-centered. Sessions focus on opening up about what feels hard and finding clear, achievable steps to change.
Background and approach
She aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be said out loud and made sense of together. Ekaterina pays attention to how everyday routines and relationships affect mood and functioning. She helps people build small habits that reduce overwhelm and increase confidence.
When seasonal mood shifts, social anxiety, or feelings of isolation show up, she works with practical strategies to cope and to re-engage with life. She has additional experience addressing autism and Asperger syndrome, communication problems, gender dysphoria, intellectual disability, self-harm, sexuality concerns, and women’s issues. Those areas are woven into straightforward, goal-focused conversations rather than technical labels.
Sessions generally look like focused talk, collaborative problem solving, and planning simple steps to try between meetings. Ekaterina encourages gradual progress and helps people notice what’s working so they can keep building on it.
Practical approaches for online care
Ekaterina uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that are focused on everyday changes. One common approach helps people identify unhelpful thinking patterns and replace them with more balanced thoughts; this is useful for anxiety, low mood, and social fear. Another approach emphasizes building small, repeated habits to improve mood and motivation; it helps when stress, seasonal shifts, or feeling stuck make daily life harder.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will listen to your goals and preferences, try methods that fit your situation, and adjust over time. Together you decide which techniques feel most useful, and progress is reviewed as you go.
Online sessions can happen by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat lets you check in quickly, and messaging supports short updates or ongoing reflection. These options offer flexibility so therapy can match your routine and needs.
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What this counselor works with
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Also listed
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Gender dysphoria
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English