- Stress and anxiety
- CBT and mindfulness
- Trauma and grief
About Lydia
Lydia Schatzel is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 12 years of experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, mood disorders, trauma and abuse, addiction, ADHD, grief, and life transitions. Lydia also supports people dealing with relationship and intimacy-related concerns and struggles with eating, sleeping, anger, and self-esteem.
She emphasizes a straightforward, respectful rapport so conversations can focus on practical change. Sessions commonly blend Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Mindfulness to help people learn coping skills. Lydia uses psychodynamic ideas when helpful to understand patterns that repeat over time.
In sessions she listens for what matters most and then offers concrete tools – thought-focused exercises, behavior steps, and brief mindfulness practices. She also works on motivation and harm-reduction when addictions or risky behaviors are present. This approach aims to reduce immediate distress and build skills for day-to-day life.
Lydia’s background includes crisis work and care coordination, which informs how she handles urgent concerns and complex needs. She has experience with abandonment, adoption and foster care issues, attachment concerns, autism and Asperger syndrome, blended family dynamics, cancer-related challenges, and co-morbidity of mental health conditions.
People looking for help with communication, codependency, commitment worries, dissociation, or the fallout of divorce and separation may find her practical focus useful. Lydia accepts English-speaking international clients and sees people located in Illinois.
How her approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the client. It helps people feel heard and clarifies personal goals so sessions can move toward practical steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and then tests small behavior or thinking changes to reduce symptoms and improve daily functioning. Mindfulness Therapy teaches short attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus, which can help with anxiety, sleep, and emotional regulation.Choosing the right approach is often part of the early work. Lydia collaborates with clients to identify goals, tries methods that fit those goals, and adjusts techniques as needs change. That process is shared and practical rather than fixed, so people can see what helps and what does not.
The biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and remove travel time. It also supports using worksheets, thought records, and brief mindfulness practices between sessions to reinforce what is learned in therapy.
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Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
12+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating and sleeping problems, anger, and coping with life changes.
How would she approach feeling stuck or directionless?
She blends Client-Centered Therapy, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, and Mindfulness to clarify next steps and teach coping skills. Sessions focus on practical tools and motivation rather than abstract theory.
What is her experience working in the field?
She has 12 years of clinical experience including roles as a crisis worker, care coordinator, and therapist. That background shapes how she handles complex or urgent concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) practicing with a base in Illinois.
Does she conduct sessions in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are offered?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats are not specified in the biography.
How are costs handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are in danger, use the crisis numbers.