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Raelene Faught

Guided change grounded in practical strategies

LCPC Illinois

Experience
14 years in practice
Focus areas
Family, Trauma and abuse, Grief
Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Attachment-Based Therapy
Languages
English
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About Raelene

Raelene Faught is an Illinois-licensed counselor (LCPC) with 14 years of clinical experience who helps people recover from hurts and make more healthful choices in their relationships and daily lives.

Background and approach

She frames her work around clients' strengths and priorities, treating each person as the expert on their own experience while offering guidance to learn, heal, and change. Her practice includes support for anxiety, trauma, transitions, parenting challenges, grief, self-esteem concerns, mood conditions, and a range of relationship and life-stress issues.

Her style blends humanistic respect with evidence-informed strategies, including cognitive behavioral tools and trauma-informed perspectives. This mix allows her to address patterns of thinking and behavior while honoring clients' personal goals and the meanings they attach to their experiences.

Raelene also draws on motivational and solution-focused techniques when clients want targeted steps and practical progress. She offers services from Illinois and communicates in English, and she accepts international clients.

Prospective clients who are ready to begin can follow the matching process and schedule sessions according to her availability.

Approaches for Online Growth and Healing



Raelene commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and develop practical skills for managing anxiety, mood concerns, and stress. Attachment-Based Therapy is also part of her repertoire, focusing on how early and current relationship patterns influence emotional needs and helping people form more supported, effective connections.

Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. She works with clients to explore goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, adjusting methods over time so the plan aligns with each person’s values and circumstances.

Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. These formats make it possible to access therapeutic tools and consistent support without geographic limits, allowing licensed professionals to meet clients where they are and focus on progress that fits into everyday life.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with a broad set of concerns including anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and relationship issues, addiction, mood conditions such as depression and bipolar, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
How would you describe her therapeutic approach and style?
Her approach is client-centered and humanistic while integrating cognitive behavioral strategies, trauma-informed care, motivational interviewing, and solution-focused techniques to match each client's needs.
What is her background and experience level?
She holds 14 years of experience practicing as a licensed clinician and has supported clients through transitions, parenting challenges, trauma recovery, and stress-related concerns.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCPC licensed in Illinois with license number IL LCPC 180012010 and practices from that state.
Does she work with clients who live outside the United States?
Yes, she accepts international clients and offers services to people living outside the U.S.
Which session formats are available?
Clients may meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging according to their preference and availability.
How are costs and billing handled?
Pricing varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the first steps to begin working together?
Begin by selecting the Start Therapy button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and then scheduling sessions based on the therapist's availability.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Family conflictsTrauma and abuseGriefParenting issuesSelf esteem

Also works with

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsLGBTRelationship issuesIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersAnger managementCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderDepressionCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAdoption and foster careAttachment issuesBody imageCodependencyCommunication problemsCoping with natural or human-caused disasterDependent personalityDissociationDivorce and separationDomestic violenceFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsFirst responder issuesForgivenessGuilt and shameImpulsivityInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessLife purposeNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPolyamory / non-monogamous relationshipsPost-traumatic stressSelf-loveSexual assault and abuseSexualityWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Motivational InterviewingSolution-Focused TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

14+ years

Licensed

Illinois

Languages

English