About Shobana
Shobana Shanmugavelayutham is a licensed counselor in Illinois with five years of clinical experience. She centers her work on practical steps that help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and challenges related to trauma and loss. Shobana encourages people to recognize their own strengths and to take gradual steps toward change.
She uses a mix of straightforward, evidence-informed methods. Sessions focus on skills you can use between meetings, like managing difficult emotions, changing unhelpful thinking patterns, and building healthier relationships.
Background and approach
She aims to make sessions feel collaborative and respectful of each person's pace. Shobana also addresses concerns around addiction, anger, self-esteem, and life transitions. She can help people navigating immigration issues or facing end-of-life and hospice-related concerns.
Her multicultural focus means she pays attention to how culture and background shape each person's experience. Therapy sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. The client sets priorities and Shobana helps shape steps to reach them.
You can expect clear explanations, practical exercises, and space to process difficult feelings. She works with adults who want to manage symptoms of ADHD, build coping skills, or recover from past harm. Sessions aim to increase daily functioning and emotional understanding rather than promise quick fixes.
Shobana supports people while they sort through goals, setbacks, and progress.
How Shobana’s Approaches Work Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and commit to actions that matter to them. It is useful for anxiety, low mood, and getting unstuck when life feels overwhelming. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior and teaches practical tools to change patterns that cause distress. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, and anger management.Choosing the right approach is part of therapy. Shobana will work with each person to decide which methods fit their needs and goals. That decision is collaborative and may change as someone makes progress or encounters new challenges.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging let someone send updates between sessions or check in when writing feels easier. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy day and to keep consistent momentum toward goals.
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- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English