About Inga
Inga Kriltchev helps people facing relationship strain, family conflict, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, and major life changes. She presents a calm, goal-focused approach and encourages small steps that add up to real change. Kriltchev is a licensed clinical professional counselor - LCPC - practicing in Illinois.
She frames her work like life coaching while using clinical methods chosen to fit each person's needs. She emphasizes practical goals and steady progress rather than one-size-fits-all solutions.
Background and approach
Her background includes long-term work with people involved in foster care, and with older adults and people with disabilities. That experience shaped a patient, problem-solving style and a focus on communication, forgiveness, and rebuilding motivation. Sessions are collaborative.
She treats the person sitting across from her as the expert on their life and builds on existing strengths. Conversations focus on realistic steps to improve relationships, increase self-love, and reduce loneliness. Kriltchev draws on a mix of evidence-based therapeutic techniques and coaching strategies to match what each client needs.
She aims to keep work straightforward and actionable, helping clients move toward clearer purpose and better day-to-day functioning.
Approaches that translate well to online care
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques can be adapted for remote work. One common approach focuses on setting clear, short-term goals and planning steps to reach them; this helps with relationship issues, motivation, and coping with life changes. Another approach uses skills practice for improving communication and rebuilding self-esteem through repeated, manageable exercises that can be done between sessions. A trauma-informed method emphasizes pacing and safety, allowing a person to process difficult experiences at their own speed while building coping skills.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each client to decide which techniques fit their situation and goals. This means checking in, adjusting methods as progress is made, and combining coaching-style planning with clinical strategies when useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video works well for deeper conversation and visual cues, phone calls can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and chat or text help with brief check-ins or ongoing support. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep momentum between appointments.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
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- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English