Carole Sandusky, LCPC
Illinois · 17 years in practice
Carole Sandusky is an Illinois-licensed counselor (LCPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and life changes.
License and registration
- LCPC, Illinois
- 180011952 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1811409154 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 17
- 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 Carole
Carole Sandusky is an Illinois-licensed counselor (LCPC) who helps people facing stress, anxiety, sleep problems, anger, low self-esteem, and life changes. She draws on 17 years of experience to guide practical steps that feel doable. Her approach aims to help people find more meaning and steadiness in daily life.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. She treats each person as the expert on their own story and works alongside them to build on existing strengths.
Background and approach
Sessions focus on what matters to the client and on small, sustainable shifts that reduce distress and increase confidence. Carole blends ideas from existential therapy with evidence-based tools to address thinking patterns, behavior, and relationships. That mix can help with mood, motivation, and coping after losses or trauma.
She also uses acceptance and commitment strategies and cognitive-behavioral techniques when they fit the person’s goals. In practice she listens for patterns around attachment, communication, and control, and then helps clients test new ways of responding. Work may involve setting clear steps, practicing new skills between sessions, or discussing values and meaning.
People often come for help with parenting stress, career decisions, ADHD, grief, or compassion fatigue. Carole offers a calm, respectful presence and practical guidance. She encourages steady progress rather than quick fixes.
If someone wants help sorting feelings and making real changes, she offers supportive, experience-based care.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Carole lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Carole names
- Existential Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online care
Existential therapy focuses on questions of meaning, choice, and responsibility and helps people facing life transitions, grief, or questions about identity. It involves open conversation about values and the kind of life someone wants to lead. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical skills for accepting difficult thoughts and feelings while committing to actions that match personal values; it is often useful for anxiety, stress, and motivation problems.Carole works collaboratively to find the best mix of approaches for each person. She invites clients to try methods and then adjusts based on goals, comfort, and how well techniques are working. Deciding on an approach is part of therapy rather than a one-time choice, and the therapist will discuss options and next steps together.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video is useful for in-depth conversation and practicing skills together, phone sessions can be a good low-bandwidth option, and messaging or live chat work well for brief check-ins or when someone wants daily support. These options offer flexibility so therapy can continue from different locations and around varied schedules.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does she address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, self-esteem, sleep issues, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting stress, career concerns, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and related challenges.
What is her therapeutic style?
She takes a collaborative, plainspoken approach that treats the client as the expert on their life and focuses on practical steps and personal values.
How much experience does she have?
She has 17 years of professional experience working with a range of emotional and behavioral concerns.
What credentials and location apply?
She holds an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential, listed as LCPC, and practices from Illinois.
In which languages can sessions be held?
Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts international clients.
Which session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Session cost varies with location and therapist availability; care is provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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