About Chloe
Chloe Smith-Ferguson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) based in Illinois who supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, grief, trauma, relationship strain, sleeping problems, and parenting concerns. She helps clients set practical goals and build skills to manage everyday challenges. Chloe focuses on concrete steps like reframing thoughts, strengthening coping strategies, and creating action plans that fit each person's life.
Her style is straightforward and collaborative. Chloe treats the person in the room as the expert on their life and offers guidance rather than one-size-fits-all answers.
Background and approach
Sessions tend to include clear tools and short-term strategies alongside time to talk through emotions and patterns. Chloe draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mindfulness, and motivational interviewing to shape sessions. She mixes skill-building work - for example, practical practices for anxiety or sleep - with attention to values and long-term goals.
The result is a blend of practical techniques and personal exploration. She brings eight years of clinical experience, including fellowship work with the Veterans Health Administration where she provided individual and group therapy. Chloe has experience supporting people with a wide range of concerns, from situational stress to persistent mood and thought disorders.
Her background informs a flexible approach that adapts to different needs. Chloe aims to make starting therapy less daunting. She welcomes questions and works at a pace that feels manageable, focusing on what matters most to each person and helping them take steps toward their goals.
Therapeutic approaches and how they fit online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people clarify their values and take small, meaningful steps toward them while learning to live with difficult thoughts or feelings. It can be useful for anxiety, depression, and motivation struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical techniques to change unhelpful patterns, which often helps with anxiety, sleep, and mood symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) emphasizes emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal skills and can be helpful for strong emotions, relationship difficulties, and chronic stress.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Chloe will collaborate with each person to decide which methods feel most useful based on goals and preferences. She mixes techniques as needed and checks in regularly to adjust the plan so it fits real life.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video allows face-to-face conversation and shared worksheets, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat is useful for brief check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options aim to make attending therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
Also listed
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Isolation / loneliness
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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