Charlotte Kauffman , LCPC

Charlotte Kauffman is an Illinois-licensed counselor with 12 years of clinical experience who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and major life changes. As an LCPC (Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor), she combines practical strategies with compassionate support to help clients build motivation, self-esteem, and confidence while addressing the challenges that affect daily functioning and relationships.

She has experience offering career counseling and supporting individuals and families coping with mental illness, divorce, and other relationship disruptions. Charlotte draws on both professional training and personal experience - including caring for family members with mental illness, navigating divorce, and processing the loss of a child - to bring empathy and real-world perspective to her work with clients.

Charlotte creates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts and feelings can be explored honestly, and she is willing to incorporate spirituality into counseling when a client prefers that approach. Her practice focuses on helping people develop coping skills for stress and social anxiety, manage grief and trauma-related concerns, and strengthen self-love and resilience through life transitions. She offers support aimed at practical change and emotional healing, partnering with clients to set goals and track progress in ways that fit each person’s values and circumstances.

Evidence-Based Support for Stress, Grief, and Life Change

Charlotte uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on building practical coping skills and managing symptoms of stress and anxiety. These approaches help clients learn concrete strategies for reducing overwhelm, improving day-to-day functioning, and managing triggers related to social anxiety, addictions, or caregiver stress.

She also applies evidence-based methods tailored to grief and life transitions, guiding clients through processing loss, reorganizing daily life after major changes, and strengthening self-esteem and motivation. Those techniques emphasize pacing, emotional processing, and gradual steps toward renewed purpose and connection.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Charlotte works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most useful in therapy, and she adjusts techniques over time so that treatment aligns with the client’s needs and values.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to engage - video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging - making it easier to fit sessions into busy schedules or to continue care during transitions. Licensed professionals can use these formats to provide consistent, accessible support that accommodates different communication styles and life demands.