Ednina Welters , LCPC

Ednina Welters is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with more than a decade of clinical experience supporting adolescents, adults, and couples through a wide range of concerns. In addition to her LCPC credential, she has training as a Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor and as a Professional School Counselor - credentials that reflect experience with substance use issues and work within educational settings.

Her practice has focused on anxiety, depression, relationship and family challenges, substance use, trauma and abuse, PTSD, and issues affecting identity and intimacy. She has also worked with clients facing career and academic pressures, grief, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and a variety of life transitions. Ednina has experience with members of the LGBTQ community and with people from diverse cultural backgrounds, and she aims to create an atmosphere that is accepting and respectful.

Ednina uses a person-centered foundation that emphasizes clients' own capacity for growth, combined with evidence-informed techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and other approaches. Her work guides clients in identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, evaluating beliefs and choices, and setting realistic, achievable goals. Therapy is approached as a collaborative process in which the client and therapist work together to develop practical tools for change and more satisfying ways of living.

She brings a warm, interactive style to sessions and helps clients explore new perspectives, build skills for coping, and move toward their goals at a pace that fits their needs.

Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care

Ednina integrates client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and elements of acceptance and commitment therapy into her online practice. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship and supports the client as the expert on their own life - this approach is helpful for building trust, self-awareness, and personal growth. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and changing thoughts and behaviors that contribute to distress, offering practical strategies for anxiety, depression, and stress-related problems. Acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) helps clients clarify personal values and develop psychological flexibility, which can be useful when facing chronic stress, difficult emotions, or life transitions.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Ednina works with each person to understand their goals, preferences, and needs, and she adapts methods so the treatment plan fits the client rather than forcing a rigid model. This collaborative stance helps determine which techniques will be most effective for each situation.

Online therapy with licensed professionals offers practical benefits - sessions by video call or phone enable face-to-face conversation from home, while live chat and text-based messaging provide additional flexibility for ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to access consistent care around work, family, and other commitments, while allowing therapists to tailor pacing and communication to each client's life.