Anna Evans, LCPC, LPC

Anna Evans is a licensed counselor practicing in Illinois and Wisconsin with 24 years of professional experience. She holds LCPC and LPC credentials - LCPC indicating Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor and LPC indicating Licensed Professional Counselor - and brings long-standing clinical training to work with people navigating complex life challenges.

She helps clients cope with depression and anxiety, grief and loss, chronic insomnia, substance use, chronic illness and disability, caregiver stress, and major life transitions such as relationship loss. Her background includes certificate training in grief work, insomnia treatment, and cognitive behavioral therapy, which inform a practical, evidence-informed approach to common struggles.

Anna also has experience supporting first responders and other mental health providers, and she values the unique perspectives those roles bring to therapy. She frames engagement in counseling as a courageous step and focuses on collaborative goal-setting, helping clients move toward their life goals with steady, compassionate support.

Therapeutic Approaches for Online Counseling

Anna Evans integrates client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and trauma-focused methods into her online practice. Client-centered therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental relationship in which the client leads the pace and topics of work while the therapist provides empathic support - this approach helps with self-exploration, life transitions, and emotional processing. Cognitive behavioral therapy focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through concrete strategies and skill-building, which can be useful for anxiety, depression, and sleep difficulties. Trauma-focused therapy attends directly to the effects of traumatic events, using tailored techniques to reduce distress and improve daily functioning for those affected by past or ongoing trauma.

Finding the right approach is part of the work itself. Anna collaborates with each person to identify which modalities best match their needs, goals, and preferences, and adjusts the plan as progress unfolds with input from licensed professionals and therapists when appropriate.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging - making it easier to fit counseling into a busy or changing schedule. These options increase access for people managing caregiving responsibilities, shift work, mobility limits, or living far from in-person services, while allowing consistent therapeutic support over time.