About Jean
Jean Hannigan is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 25 years of experience. She focuses on helping adults and teens manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, self-esteem, and parenting challenges. Jean listens without judgment and works alongside people to set clear, doable goals.
Jean draws on straightforward methods that fit each person. She uses client-centered techniques to follow the person's lead and build on strengths. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people map and shift patterns in close relationships.
Background and approach
Mindfulness practices teach simple skills to calm the body and refocus attention. Her background includes work in schools, social services, Early Intervention with the State of Illinois, and independent practice. That variety shaped a practical style that mixes insight, skill-building, and problem solving.
She also holds certificates in grief counseling and narcissistic abuse recovery. In early sessions Jean helps clients clarify what matters most and creates a step-by-step plan. Sessions tend to focus on small, manageable changes that add up over time.
She pays attention to family of origin patterns, communication problems, and life transitions like divorce or illness. Jean also supports concerns related to adoption and foster care, aging and geriatric issues, cancer, hospice and end-of-life, gender dysphoria, sexuality, and smoking or vaping cessation. Her work can include narrative techniques to reframe difficult stories and solution-focused steps to move forward.
People who choose Jean can expect a practical, compassionate partner. She works in English and with international clients, and offers a mix of in-person and online session formats to fit different schedules.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening closely and following the client's goals. In online sessions this means time is spent reflecting what matters most and shaping an agenda the client controls. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people notice and change patterns in close relationships by naming feelings and practicing new responses. It can be used in video sessions to work through interactions and rehearse different ways of connecting. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing skills to reduce stress and improve focus, and those exercises fit easily into phone or video sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the process. Jean will work collaboratively to choose or combine methods based on the client's needs, goals, and preferences. That conversation can happen in an initial session and be adjusted over time as progress becomes clearer.
Online formats offer practical benefits. Video calls are good for face-to-face conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions require less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a workday. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, homework support, or when typing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options make it easier to keep continuity of care and to schedule sessions that fit busy lives.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Grief
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Cancer
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Gender dysphoria
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English