Herbert Stricklin, LCPC

Herbert Stricklin is an Illinois licensed counselor (LCPC) with decades of experience. He focuses on helping people who are stressed, anxious, dealing with relationship or intimacy concerns, or facing depression. His direct style aims to make the first step feel manageable and clear. He listens with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. Sessions are shaped around each person's needs so conversations and plans match real life. Herbert draws on practical methods to help people cope with life changes, anger, addictions, trauma, mood swings, and issues such as jealousy or control. Over 35 years in practice has given him experience with a wide range of struggles, including fatherhood issues, divorce and separation, sexuality, and midlife transitions. He works to identify patterns that keep problems repeating and to build small, practical changes that add up. His work often blends focused skills training with a narrative style of talking through the stories people tell about themselves. That combination is meant to clarify what matters and to create steps a person can try between sessions. Herbert encourages realistic goals and steady progress. He supports people who want clearer relationships, better mood regulation, or relief from persistent worry. To begin, he asks a few straightforward questions to match goals with an initial plan.

How Herbert’s approaches translate to online work

Herbert uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and the Gottman Method alongside Narrative Therapy principles. CBT focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing small behavior changes that reduce anxiety, low mood, and stress. The Gottman Method offers practical tools for improving communication and managing conflict in relationships. Narrative Therapy helps people unpack the stories they tell about themselves so they can try different, more helpful ways of living. Finding the right approach is part of the work. Herbert will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. He tailors conversations and homework so the plan feels realistic and doable. The practical benefits of online therapy can include easier scheduling and fitting sessions into a busy day, shorter check-ins when needed, or avoiding travel time. Because the biography does not list specific session formats, confirm the available options before booking. Herbert’s emphasis is on approaches that produce clear steps to try between meetings and on making therapy fit into everyday life rather than creating extra stress.