About Haley
Haley Zeien makes a clear, calm space for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, or big life changes. She introduces herself simply and listens first. Sessions focus on what matters now - mood, work pressures, self-esteem, and the next practical step forward.
Haley is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, commonly shown as LCSW, and she brings five years of clinical experience to her work in Illinois. She meets people where they are and helps them notice patterns that keep problems repeating.
Background and approach
Haley also pays attention to body image concerns, caregiving strain, and issues tied to military service and seasonal mood shifts. Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Conversations explore how daily habits, responsibilities, and relationships affect mood and functioning.
Together with each person she identifies small, manageable strategies to reduce stress and improve coping skills. Sessions often include practical tools for building self-love, improving communication, and clarifying career or life purpose decisions. Haley supports people through grief, transitions, and the frustration of feeling stuck.
She balances problem-solving with space to process emotions. Haley offers several ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text messaging. She accepts international clients and conducts work in English.
To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to availability.
Practical approaches you can use online
Haley draws from evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on real-life changes and coping skills. One common approach emphasizes identifying unhelpful thinking and testing new ways of thinking and acting to reduce anxiety and depression; this helps with recurring worries and low mood by teaching practical tools to try between sessions. Another approach centers on building routines and behavioral changes to lift mood and manage seasonal dips and stress, using small steps that fit daily life and work schedules.Finding the right approach is a team effort. Haley works with each person to choose techniques that match their goals, needs, and preferred pace. Together they try options, notice what helps, and adjust the plan so therapy stays useful and manageable.
Online sessions offer flexibility for busy lives. Video calls let people meet face-to-face from wherever they are; phone sessions are useful when bandwidth is limited or a camera isn’t preferred. Live chat and text messaging make brief check-ins and ongoing support easier between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on practical progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also works with
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English