About Lydia
Lydia Schatzel is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Illinois with 12 years of clinical experience. She focuses on building a respectful, positive rapport so people feel heard and can make real progress. Lydia combines practical tools with steady support to help clients manage stressful life moments.
She uses a mix of approaches that include client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic ideas. sessions are adapted to each person’s needs and goals rather than following a rigid plan.
Background and approach
Lydia aims to teach coping skills people can use day to day. Her background includes roles as a crisis worker and care coordinator, which inform a clear, calm style during difficult conversations. That history means she is familiar with substance misuse, trauma, abuse, and complex behavioral health concerns.
She draws on that experience when safety or urgent needs arise. Lydia helps people coping with anxiety, depression, bipolar challenges, ADHD, addictions, grief, and stress. She also addresses intimacy struggles, self-esteem, sleep and eating concerns, anger, and life transitions.
Additional focuses include adoption and foster care, attachment issues, and blended family concerns. Sessions are offered in English and Lydia accepts international clients. She frames therapy as a collaborative process and works to tailor strategies so they fit a person’s daily life.
Her style is pragmatic, empathetic, and focused on small, usable steps toward change.
How Lydia's Approaches Work Online
Client-centered therapy starts with the person. Lydia listens closely and follows the client’s lead to set goals and priorities. This approach helps when someone needs validation and a plan that fits their life.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical skills. It looks at thought patterns and behaviors and offers tools to change unhelpful cycles. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep and eating issues, and stress management.
Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices. These techniques can reduce reactivity, improve focus, and support emotional regulation during tough moments.
Finding the right mix of approaches is a joint process. Lydia works with each person to decide which methods match their goals, pace, and preferences. She adjusts methods over time so sessions stay relevant and useful.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people have a face-to-face conversation from wherever they are. Phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging suit brief updates, coaching moments, or clients who prefer typing. These options help people fit therapy into busy days and maintain steady progress.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English