- Client-centered style
- Focus on practical steps
- Experience with trauma
About Raelene
Raelene Faught is a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois with 14 years of experience. She frames therapy as a way to help people heal from past hurts and move toward healthier choices and relationships. Her work often focuses on practical steps that lead to change rather than abstract theory. Raelene wants clients to feel understood and involved in decisions about their care.
Raelene has worked with concerns such as anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, and stress. She also addresses parenting challenges, grief, intimacy issues, and recovery from trauma and abuse. Additional areas she concentrates on include attachment issues, abandonment, and adoption and foster care topics.
Her approach centers on treating each person as the expert on their own life. She combines client-centered listening with cognitive behavioral strategies and attachment-aware thinking. Sessions emphasize clear goals, small steps, and skills people can use between meetings.
Raelene also uses motivational and solution-focused techniques to help people find momentum and practical options. Conversations often explore what is getting in the way now and what one next step might be. The aim is steady, manageable progress rather than quick fixes.
People who prefer collaborative, straightforward therapy tend to do well with her style. She explains options plainly and helps clients weigh choices. Raelene wishes readers well as they consider seeking support and encourages thoughtful selection of a therapist.
How therapeutic approaches guide online work
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early bonds affect current relationships. It helps people notice patterns in close connections and try new ways of relating that feel safer and more satisfying.Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy and respect for the client's perspective. The therapist follows the client's lead, reflects what they say, and helps them discover their own solutions to problems.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills to test unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors that reduce worry or improve mood.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. Decisions about which tools to use are made collaboratively and adjusted as progress is reviewed.
Confirm the available session formats before booking, since the biography did not list them. Online therapy can make scheduling easier and fit sessions into busy lives. It can shorten travel time, allow quicker check-ins during a break, and make it simpler to continue work when life circumstances change. Licensed professionals can adapt these therapeutic approaches to remote sessions while helping clients practice skills between meetings.
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Experience
14+ years
Credentials
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does Raelene address?
She works with a wide range of issues including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, grief, parenting challenges, trauma and relationship or intimacy-related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is collaborative and straightforward. She listens first, then helps set clear goals and practical steps using client-centered and cognitive behavioral strategies.
What is her professional background?
Raelene has 14 years of clinical experience helping people recover from hurts and make healthier choices in relationships and daily life.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She holds the LCPC credential, licensed in Illinois, and practices from that state.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Please confirm current session options before booking, as formats were not specified in the provided biography.
How does pricing and payment work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.