Thérèse Fletcher

Thérèse Fletcher, LCSW, centers her work on client-centered care with practical tools to manage strong emotions. She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and mindfulness to help people facing anger, anxiety, depression, and stress. Her style is collaborative and direct. She helps people set clear goals and build skills they can use outside sessions.

Fletcher has 13 years of experience in medical and social services, much of it serving highly vulnerable urban communities. She has also supervised and trained other social workers, and brings that background into her everyday practice. Her clinical focus includes relationship strain, grief, self-esteem, life transitions, addictions, trauma and abuse, and parenting concerns.

Sessions emphasize strength-based work and practical coping strategies. She offers both short-term solution-focused plans and longer-term emotional processing depending on what a person needs. The aim is to resolve immediate problems while also building skills for lasting change.

People who feel overwhelmed, unfulfilled, or stuck are invited to explore attainable next steps. Fletcher describes therapy as a partnership where she meets people where they are and supports them in setting appropriate goals. She also offers accountability and guidance through the growth process.

Her additional areas of focus include adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, cancer and hospice related concerns, codependency, family of origin issues, forgiveness work, and women’s issues. Fletcher practices in Illinois and works in English.

Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life

Thérèse uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a respectful, nonjudgmental space where people lead the pace and goals of work. This approach focuses on understanding each person's perspective and building confidence through support and empathy.

She also uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact. CBT helps with anger, anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching concrete skills to change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process and happens together. She will listen to your concerns, try methods that match your goals, and adjust plans over time so the work fits your needs and preferences.

For practical matters, please confirm the platform and session formats before booking since specific formats are not listed in the biography. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life - for example by saving travel time, allowing check-ins during a lunch break, or letting someone choose audio rather than video when that works better. Licensed professionals often use these options to keep therapy manageable while focusing on clear goals and real-life skills.