About Vasiliki
Vasiliki Stratikopoulou is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing relationship strain, grief, depression, trauma, and addiction. She also supports those dealing with parenting stress, anger, and major life changes. Her first aim is to make sessions feel understandable and manageable for someone who is worried and unsure where to begin.
She keeps sessions direct and compassionate. Conversations focus on what is happening now and on small, practical steps to feel steadier.
Background and approach
Vasiliki listens for patterns that get in the way and offers ways to test new responses between sessions. Her work draws on evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide recovery from trauma and to ease mood concerns. She often helps people rebuild trust in relationships and find clearer communication strategies.
Vasiliki also supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiver stress, divorce, and the confusion that can come at midlife. Over seven years of practice in Illinois have shaped a flexible style that blends coaching and therapy. The aim is to help people strengthen coping skills and make choices that match their values.
She speaks English and Greek and can work with people across different locations. When someone is ready to begin, Vasiliki focuses on practical goals. Early sessions typically identify what matters most, set short-term steps, and agree on how to measure progress.
The work moves at a pace that fits each person’s life and responsibilities.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Vasiliki uses evidence-based techniques to guide therapy in clear, practical ways. One common approach focuses on processing trauma in a paced manner so memories and reactions become easier to manage; this helps with flashbacks, panic, and ongoing emotional distress. Another frequently used approach is skills-based work for mood and anxiety that teaches breathing, grounding, and thought strategies to reduce overwhelm and improve daily functioning. These methods are applied with attention to each person’s specific concerns and goals.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Vasiliki collaborates with each person to choose or adapt methods that fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan if something isn’t helping.
Online sessions offer practical flexibility. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits short check-ins, and text-based messaging is useful for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or busy schedules while still giving time for meaningful progress.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Vasiliki commonly address?
What is her therapeutic style like?
How much experience does she have?
What credentials and region are listed for this therapist?
Which languages can sessions be held in?
What session formats are available?
How are fees and payments handled?
How do I begin working with her?
Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English, Greek