Valentina Gasparro

Valentina Gasparro is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, grief, and relationship concerns. She practices in Illinois and brings 25 years of experience to conversations about mood, addiction, sleep, parenting strains, and life transitions. She speaks English and Italian and accepts international clients.

Her style is practical and conversational. Sessions focus on learning tools that can be used between meetings, such as mindfulness, emotion regulation, and problem-solving. She uses several approaches to meet a person's needs and adjusts methods to match where someone is in their life.

Valentina draws on methods that support noticing feelings, making values-based choices, and improving emotional connections. She also works with trauma-related concerns and grief, using strategies to help people find steadiness after difficult events. Expect a mix of skill-building and reflective work tailored to each situation.

Clients often explore patterns in relationships, parenting challenges, and the impact of stress or burnout. She includes coaching elements for career questions and offers attention to issues like guilt, shame, and life purpose. Her goal is to help people move toward clearer priorities and healthier day-to-day choices.

Her background includes extensive clinical practice and a master’s degree in clinical psychology. Valentina aims to create a collaborative space where people can learn new ways to respond to intense feelings and rebuild routines that support better functioning.

Approaches that translate to online work

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on noticing thoughts and feelings without getting overwhelmed, then clarifying personal values and taking small actions toward them. It is useful for anxiety, depression, and situations where people want more direction in life.

Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape emotions and reactions. It helps people improve emotional connection, manage jealousy or intimacy concerns, and understand repeated relationship habits.

Finding the right approach is part of the therapy process. The therapist will work collaboratively to choose methods that match a person's goals, preferences, and lifestyle. That means trying practical skills, adapting strategies, and checking in about what helps most as work progresses.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules, reduce travel time, and allow for flexible check-ins around work or caregiving. If you need specific session options, please confirm available formats before booking so you know what will be offered. Many people find that learning skills like mindfulness and emotion regulation moves forward well in remote sessions when the approach and schedule fit their life.