Ednina Welters, LCPC

Licensed in Illinois · 11 years in practice

Ednina Welters is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who uses a client-centered style to help people manage worry, depression, relationship strain, and addictive behaviors.

License and registration

LCPC, Illinois: 180.007504 · expires March 2027
NPI: 1841736592 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 11
Languages: English

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About Ednina

Ednina Welters is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who uses a client-centered style to help people manage worry, depression, relationship strain, and addictive behaviors. She combines practical strategies with a warm, respectful approach that aims to make change feel doable. Ednina draws on proven methods to help people notice unhelpful patterns and take small steps toward different outcomes.

With 11 years of experience, she has worked across a wide range of concerns including anxiety, stress, grief, trauma and abuse, bipolar symptoms, and ADHD.

Background and approach

She also helps people navigate career decisions, intimacy issues, and the ripple effects of chronic health struggles. Her background includes work with diverse cultural communities and varied life circumstances. In sessions she tends to be collaborative and straightforward.

Conversations focus on clear goals, small experiments, and learning tools that can be used between meetings. She listens for patterns in thinking, feeling, and behavior and offers concrete alternatives to try. Ednina’s approach blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, cognitive behavioral techniques, dialectical skills, and client-centered support.

She also uses relationship-focused tools when couples or relationship issues are part of the concern. Her work balances acceptance of what’s true now with practical steps toward change. People who want a respectful, goal-oriented therapist often appreciate her direct but compassionate style.

She encourages questions, uses plain language, and helps clients map simple actions they can take right away.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Ednina lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Addictions
Anger management
Self esteem
Depression
Relationship issues
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Grief
Intimacy-related issues
Career difficulties
Bipolar disorder
Coping with life changes
ADHD
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Antisocial personality
Attachment issues
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Avoidant personality
Body image
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Co-morbidity
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Dependent personality
Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
Domestic violence
Drug and alcohol addiction
Eating and food-related issues
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
Gender dysphoria
Guilt and shame
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Intellectual disability
Isolation / loneliness
Life purpose
Men's issues
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Narcissism
Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
Panic disorder and panic attacks
Paranoia
Phobias
Postpartum depression
Post-traumatic stress
Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-harm
Smoking / vaping cessation
Social anxiety and phobia
Trichotillomania
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Ednina names

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Online support

How therapeutic approaches translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice painful thoughts and feelings without fighting them and then take actions that matter to them. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and life transitions where values-guided action is important. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with small behavioral experiments. CBT is often used for anxiety, depression, coping skills, and many day-to-day problems. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) teaches practical emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills that help with intense emotions and relationship conflicts.

Finding the right approach is often part of the early work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods and adjust the plan so it fits the person’s needs and life circumstances.

Online sessions can use video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and moods. Video calls let people use visual cues for emotional topics. Phone sessions can be a simpler option with lower bandwidth needs. Live chat and text messaging are useful for brief check-ins, skill practice, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These formats aim to make it easier to get therapy into a busy life.

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Questions people ask

What types of problems does she address?

She works with concerns such as anxiety, depression, stress, addictions, anger, self-esteem, relationship and family issues, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related problems, career questions, bipolar symptoms, coping with life changes, and ADHD.

What is her therapy style like?

Her style is client-centered and collaborative, using acceptance-based and cognitive-behavioral techniques to set goals and practice new skills between sessions.

How much experience does she have?

She has 11 years of professional experience working with a broad range of concerns and populations across diverse cultural backgrounds.

Where is she licensed and based?

She holds an Illinois LCPC license and practices with that licensure in Illinois.

Which languages are supported for sessions?

Sessions are offered in English.

Can international clients work with her?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are available?

Sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.

How are fees and getting started handled?

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