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Gina Spielman, LCSW

  • Experience27 years
  • LocationIllinois
  • Focus areasRelationship, Grief, and Career
  • Therapy approachesInternal Family Systems and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
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About Gina

Gina Spielman is an Illinois licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) who brings 27 years of clinical experience to her practice.

Background and approach

She centers therapy on an internal systems perspective alongside client-centered and cognitive approaches, using tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and existential thinking to help people explore values, meaning, and practical coping skills. Her work addresses depression, anxiety, grief, trauma and abuse, and challenges across relationships and life transitions.

Clients encounter a supportive, adaptable approach that emphasizes understanding inner parts, improving communication, and building resilience. Gina has particular experience with career and workplace concerns, midlife and caregiving stress, chronic illness and pain, and complex family dynamics including blended family and attachment issues.

She also works with concerns such as parenting, sleep difficulties, anger, self-esteem, and compassion fatigue. Gina offers faith-informed options when requested and tailors sessions to each person’s needs and goals.

She aims to help clients increase self-understanding, develop effective strategies for coping with change, and move toward meaningful, sustainable growth.

Integrating therapeutic approaches for online healing

Gina uses Internal Family Systems to help people recognize and relate to the different parts of themselves, inviting a compassionate, curious stance toward inner conflicts and self-protective patterns. This approach can be useful for addressing trauma responses, self-criticism, and recurring emotional patterns that affect relationships and daily functioning.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to clarify values and build flexible coping strategies, emphasizing mindful awareness and committed action to move toward meaningful goals. Client-centered techniques are woven in to create an accepting, person-focused space where the client’s perspective guides the pace and priorities of work.

Choosing the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and Gina collaborates with each client to identify which methods best fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She adapts techniques over time as challenges evolve and as clients notice what helps them make progress.

Online formats include video sessions, phone appointments, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering practical flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or geographic constraints. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care and to access therapy from varied settings while working with a licensed professional who tailors treatment to individual needs.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of concerns does Gina work with?
Gina addresses a broad range of issues including depression, anxiety, grief, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, career and workplace stress, parenting and family concerns, sleep problems, and compassion fatigue.
What is Gina's therapeutic style and orientation?
Her style is adaptive and client-centered, drawing on Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, CBT, existential, and mindfulness-informed techniques to fit each person's needs.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Gina has 27 years of clinical experience supporting people through life transitions, chronic illness and caregiver stress, relationship issues, and emotional healing after trauma.
Where is Gina licensed to practice?
She is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois with the credential IL LCSW 149007857 and conducts her practice from that licensure jurisdiction.
Which languages are used in sessions and does she accept international clients?
Sessions are conducted in English, and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available for online work?
Gina offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different scheduling and communication preferences.
How are fees and subscriptions handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How does someone begin working with Gina?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions according to therapist availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Relationship issuesGriefCareer difficultiesDepressionCoping with life changes

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyFamily conflictsTrauma and abuseSleeping disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCoachingCompassion fatigue

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAging and geriatric issuesAttachment issuesBlended family issuesCancerCaregiver issues and stressChronic pain, illness, and disabilityCodependencyCommitment issuesCommunication problemsControl issuesCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDivorce and separationEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameHoardingImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisMoney and financial issuesMood disordersPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Existential TherapyJungian TherapyMindfulness TherapyMotivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused TherapyInternal Family Systems

Experience

27+ years

Licensed

Illinois

Languages

English