Gina Spielman, LCSW

Illinois · 27 years in practice

Gina Spielman is a licensed clinical social worker with 27 years of experience.

License and registration

LCSW, Illinois: 149007857 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1790859577 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 27
Languages: English

Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.

About Gina

Gina Spielman is a licensed clinical social worker with 27 years of experience. She uses a thoughtful, person-focused approach to help people facing grief, relationship strain, anxiety, depression, and big life changes. She often draws on Jungian ideas about meaning and symbols to help people understand patterns in their life.

Gina also uses acceptance and commitment strategies and cognitive behavioral tools when those fit a person’s needs. Sessions are practical and conversational, with an eye toward clearer choices and small, steady changes.

Background and approach

Clients come for many reasons, including career shifts, parenting stress, sleep problems, chronic illness, and the aftermath of loss or trauma. Gina pays attention to how patterns in relationships and early attachments shape current feelings and behavior. She also supports people dealing with anger, codependency, emptiness, and compassion fatigue.

Her style is warm and direct. She listens for what matters to each person and helps them name priorities. Together they set manageable goals and try out new ways of coping between sessions.

Gina works with people in Illinois and conducts sessions in English. She offers a blend of short-term coaching and longer-term therapy depending on what each person needs. Practical tools, steady support, and attention to meaning are central to her work.

Focus areas and approaches

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

Relationship issues
Grief
Career difficulties
Depression
Coping with life changes
Stress, Anxiety
Family conflicts
Trauma and abuse
Sleeping disorders
Parenting issues
Anger management
Self esteem
Coaching
Compassion fatigue
Abandonment
Aging and geriatric issues
Attachment issues
Blended family issues
Cancer
Caregiver issues and stress
Chronic pain, illness, and disability
Codependency
Commitment issues
Communication problems
Control issues
Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
Dependent personality
Divorce and separation
Emptiness
Family of origin issues
Family problems
First responder issues
Forgiveness
Guilt and shame
Hoarding
Impulsivity
Infidelity
Isolation / loneliness
Jealousy
Life purpose
Midlife crisis
Money and financial issues
Mood disorders
Post-traumatic stress
Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
Self-love
Social anxiety and phobia
Women's issues
Workplace issues
Young adult issues

Approaches Gina names

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Online support

Therapeutic approaches and how they work online

Gina uses Jungian Therapy to help people notice recurring life themes and inner symbols that affect choices and relationships. That approach can help when someone wants to make sense of long-held patterns, identity questions, or midlife concerns.

She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying values and taking committed action even when uncomfortable feelings show up. ACT is useful for anxiety, depression, and coping with major life changes. Gina pairs that with Client-Centered techniques that prioritize listening, reflection, and working at the client’s pace.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Gina aims to learn each person’s goals and preferences, and then suggests methods that fit their situation. She will check in about what works and adjust the plan together over time.

Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video is helpful for deeper conversations and visual cues. Phone calls work well when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text can be useful for brief check-ins, quick coaching, or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These options help people fit therapy into busy lives and keep continuity during transitions.

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Questions people ask

What concerns does she help with?

Gina works with a wide range of issues including relationship problems, grief, career transitions, depression, anxiety, trauma and abuse, stress, parenting strain, sleep problems, anger, and low self esteem.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style is client-centered and adaptive, combining Jungian perspectives with acceptance and commitment and cognitive behavioral techniques to match a person’s goals.

How much experience does she have?

She has 27 years of clinical experience working with adults through life changes, grief, workplace issues, and emotional healing after significant events.

Where is she licensed and located?

Gina is an LCSW licensed in Illinois and practices with that credential in the state.

Which languages are supported?

Sessions are offered in English.

What session formats are available?

She meets by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.

How are fees handled?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

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