Alice Bigelow
Illinois LCPC focused on anxiety, trauma, and LGBT care
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About
Alice Bigelow is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor practicing in Illinois with 5 years of professional experience. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and questions related to LGBT identity. Her practice also addresses low self esteem, obsessive-compulsive difficulties, mood disorders, and related concerns such as emptiness, guilt and shame, self-harm, sexuality, and gender dysphoria. She holds an IL LCPC credential and focuses attention on symptoms that interfere with everyday functioning.
She frames counseling as a collaborative process and believes clients are the experts of their own stories. That perspective guides her work to identify strengths clients can use when confronting anxiety, social phobia, obsessive patterns, or the aftermath of traumatic experiences. She emphasizes practical steps alongside opportunities to reflect on identity and self-love.
Alice recognizes that starting therapy requires courage and aims to create a steady, cooperative space for exploration. She offers support for social anxiety and phobia, LGBT-related concerns, and specific conditions such as OCD while attending to broader mood and self-esteem issues.
She frames counseling as a collaborative process and believes clients are the experts of their own stories. That perspective guides her work to identify strengths clients can use when confronting anxiety, social phobia, obsessive patterns, or the aftermath of traumatic experiences. She emphasizes practical steps alongside opportunities to reflect on identity and self-love.
Alice recognizes that starting therapy requires courage and aims to create a steady, cooperative space for exploration. She offers support for social anxiety and phobia, LGBT-related concerns, and specific conditions such as OCD while attending to broader mood and self-esteem issues.
- Location:
- Illinois, United States
- Years Experience:
- 5
- Gender:
- Female
- Languages Spoken:
- English
- Therapist of Color:
- No
- Communication Options:
- Phone • Video • Live Chat • Messaging
Specialties
Primary area of focus:Stress, Anxiety, LGBT, Trauma and abuse, Self esteem, Depression
Credentials & Verification
- Credentials: IL LCPC 180016787
- NPI Number: 1619754322
- License: LCPC (Illinois)
Remote collaboration focused on strengths and symptom management
Alice Bigelow's profile does not list specific clinical approaches. Her stated orientation emphasizes treating clients as experts of their own stories and building on existing strengths. In online sessions she guides collaborative exploration to identify patterns that contribute to stress, anxiety, obsessive-compulsive symptoms, low self-esteem, and mood challenges.Work typically combines practical steps to manage overwhelming thoughts and behaviors with reflective conversation about identity, trauma, and feelings such as emptiness or shame. For people navigating gender dysphoria, sexuality, or LGBT-related stressors, she offers focused attention to those topics within the therapeutic dialogue.
Online appointments are available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. That variety allows clients to choose a mode that fits their comfort and schedule. Those seeking a cooperative, strengths-oriented approach to anxiety, OCD, depression, trauma, or identity questions may find this remote format a useful way to engage.
What is Alice Bigelow's clinical experience?
Alice has 5 years of professional experience working as a counselor. Her profile notes work with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, LGBT-related concerns, low self esteem, OCD, mood disorders, social anxiety and phobia, and related focus areas such as guilt, shame, self-harm, emptiness, sexuality, and gender dysphoria.
What credentials and licensure does she hold?
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC). License details listed are IL LCPC 180016787.
Which languages does she use in sessions?
Sessions are conducted in English.
Where is she located?
She is based in Illinois.
How can clients work with her remotely?
She offers remote sessions via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, allowing flexibility in how clients connect and communicate between appointments.
Does she accept international clients?
No. She is not accepting international clients.
What does it cost to work with her?
Costs vary by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started?
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