Online Trauma and PTSD therapists in Charleston, Illinois IL
Find experienced online trauma and PTSD therapists in Charleston who provide testing, evidence-based treatment for trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder, and related challenges such as anxiety, depression, and stress. Compare detailed therapist profiles and connect with a provider that’s right for you.
PTSD/Trauma
Maria Jose Rendon
Psychologist, Ph.D.
I work with adults navigating trauma and PTSD, including the kind that doesn't always fit a single dramatic event, ongoing racialized stress, immigration-related trauma, or the accumulated weight of navigating institutions and environments not built with you in mind. My approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, trained through the Beck Institute, to help process what happened and rebuild a sense of safety and stability. Many of my clients are first-generation professionals or Latinx adults for whom trauma is layered with cultural and immigration history. I offer sessions in English or Spanish.
9 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Laura DeAngelo
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, LICSW
I am especially interested in working with clients who have a history of trauma. My training in both Accelerated Resolution Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy is very useful in treating symptoms of trauma.
10 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Kelli Tahaney
Psychologist, Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Ph.D.
I have a lot of experience working with individuals with trauma history, as it is often prevalent among individuals suffering from addiction. I've learned to help people process past trauma while also developing coping skills for the present, including replacing maladaptive coping mechanisms.
5 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL
PTSD/Trauma
Allyson Stephens
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, MSW, LCSW
Trauma, generational trauma, and PTSD can be hard issues to overcome. I am someone who has personally healed from past trauma. I can help you heal from your childhood trauma or a traumatic experience you just had. I use IFS, EMDR, Somatic Therapy, CBT, and DBT for this issue.
8 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Louis Miller III, Oak Brook Counseling and Wellness
Counselor/Therapist, Attaining CMHC degree, MBK Adler University Member
I provide trauma-informed care that prioritizes safety, pacing, and choice. I understand that everyone processes trauma differently and that my trauma-informed care will meet the client where they are in their own journey, dealing with the long-lasting effects of trauma or recent experiences. My work focuses on helping the client gain tools and skills to regulate their nervous system, have better management of distress stemming from triggers, and to help you process your trauma in a collaborative, supportive way.
1 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL
PTSD/Trauma
Dr Calvin Young
Counselor/Therapist, PhD, LCPC
We live in a traumatizing world, marooned on a planet that appears at times to be bent on getting rid of us. We acknowledge and apply an eclectic and integrative approach to analyze, understand the root causes and address the signs and symptoms of traumatic disorders
30 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Summer Stewart, PsyD
Pre-Licensed Professional, PsyD
Trauma can leave you feeling on edge, disconnected, or like you’re constantly reliving the past. Maybe certain memories, people, or places still trigger you in ways that feel out of your control. If you’re feeling stuck in survival mode, therapy offers a safe space to begin healing. We’ll move at your pace—unpacking the pain, calming your nervous system, and helping you feel safe in your body again. You are not what happened to you—and you don’t have to face it alone.
7 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Anne Zakaras
Counselor/Therapist, LCPC, ATR-BC, PMH-C
Trauma changes how we experience the world, often leaving the body in a state of constant hyper-vigilance, anxiety, or emotional numbness. Anne provides a deeply safe, predictable, and collaborative space to help you gently process past experiences and reclaim your sense of safety. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, she utilizes a trauma-informed, integrative approach to help individuals unpack the impact of relational trauma, adverse life events, and systemic stress without forcing them to re-live the pain.
Because trauma is often stored deep within the nervous system where words cannot easily reach, Anne’s approach goes beyond traditional talk therapy. She pairs evidence-based trauma practices with Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) and art therapy. These somatic and creative tools allow clients to safely externalize and process traumatic memories, somatic tension, and overwhelming emotions at their own pace. Whether you are healing from childhood trauma, navigating the heavy weight of grief and bereavement, coping with the trauma of a medical diagnosis, or processing birth and reproductive trauma, Anne is dedicated to helping you move from survival to genuine, deep-rooted healing.
8 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL
PTSD/Trauma
Cultivate Your Essence
Registered Psychotherapist, LPC, LCPC, MFT
Trauma can affect how we think, feel, relate to others, and experience the world around us. At Cultivate Your Essence, we provide trauma-informed care for individuals experiencing PTSD, complex trauma, childhood trauma, relationship trauma, and other adverse experiences. We help clients process their experiences, strengthen coping skills, and move toward healing and restoration.
8 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Gemstone Wellness, Inc.
Psychologist, PsyD, LCPC, LCSW, LPC
At Gemstone Wellness, trauma is understood not as something that simply “happened in the past,” but as something that continues to live in the body, the nervous system, and the way you move through the world. We approach trauma with the recognition that your responses—whether anxiety, numbness, hypervigilance, or shutdown—are not dysfunctions, but adaptive strategies your system developed to survive.
Our work is deeply trauma-informed and grounded in nervous system regulation. Rather than pushing you to revisit painful experiences before you’re ready, we prioritize safety, trust, and pacing. Therapy begins with building a relationship where you feel genuinely seen and supported, allowing your system to settle enough for deeper work to unfold. From there, we gently help you process what you’ve been carrying so it no longer holds the same intensity or control over your present life.
We integrate approaches such as Trauma Focused CBT and relational, insight-oriented therapy to support healing without re-traumatization. The goal is not to erase your past, but to help you relate to it differently—so memories can be held without overwhelming your body, and triggers no longer dictate your reactions.
Throughout this process, therapy remains collaborative and attuned. You are never rushed, pushed, or expected to move faster than your system allows. Over time, many clients begin to feel a shift: less reactivity, more presence, a greater sense of safety in their body, and a reconnection to themselves and others.
Trauma therapy at Gemstone Wellness is not about forcing change—it is about creating the conditions where healing can happen naturally, at a pace that honors what you’ve been through.
10 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL
PTSD/Trauma
Aaliyah Gilbert
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LSW
Experiences of trauma can have lasting effects on how you feel in your body, relationships, and daily life, often showing up as anxiety, hypervigilance, emotional numbness, or difficulty feeling safe. I support clients in gently processing traumatic experiences at a pace that feels safe and manageable, without pressure to relive or disclose more than you are ready for. In our work together, we focus on building emotional safety, strengthening coping skills, and understanding how past experiences may be impacting your present. My goal is to help you feel more grounded, connected, and empowered as you move toward healing and reclaiming a sense of stability and control in your life.
2 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Jason Herr
Psychologist, Psy.D.
I work with individuals who have experienced trauma and its lasting emotional, psychological, and physiological effects. With extensive clinical experience treating trauma across community mental health and private practice settings, I incorporate biological and neurological education to help clients understand how trauma impacts the brain, body, and nervous system. I also help clients learn how to regulate the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, building skills to reduce reactivity, increase grounding, and restore a sense of internal safety. Together, we process traumatic experiences at a safe pace while strengthening emotional regulation and resilience. My approach is compassionate, structured, and trauma-informed, supporting clients as they move toward healing and integration.
16 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Dr. David Brooks
Psychologist, PhD,ABPP,ABN,EMDR Certified Therapist
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy has been successfully used to heal trauma and PTSD for many years, beginning with the treatment of Vietnam Veterans in 1987. Dr. Brooks has been providing trauma relief using EMDR therapy since 1992.
37 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL
PTSD/Trauma
Denise Bike
Psychologist, PhD
You grew up learning to be exceptional: to stay attuned, to please, to perform. But no matter what you accomplish, it never feels like enough. An intensive with Dr. Bike can be a supportive resource on your path to reconnect with the truth of who you are, to learn to stop managing other people’s emotions and needs and to start nurturing your own.
13 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Beck Gardner
Pre-Licensed Professional, M.A.
Trauma can have surprising and destabilizing impacts on so many areas of one's life. Understandably so, because it can be scary and painful to talk about, it can often go unexplored, hiding the ways in which it's impacted a person. I work with folks to provide a space where we attempt to understand traumatic experiences they've been through and the various ways that trauma has impacted them.
3 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL
PTSD/Trauma
Karen Baumstark, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Ph.D., CMHIMP, CTACC
None of us can escape some level of trauma; inevitably, it will be a part of life. How much it affects us, however, depends on many factors including the nervous system we were born with, our outer resources, and how much relational support we receive to help us recover from the trauma. Many people do not have access to adequate resources to help them recover from trauma (and this is very subjective and personal, varying from person to person), and the trauma continues to affect them in (sometimes subtle, but still) impactful ways. If certain factors come together, PTSD may develop out of trauma. Often clients feel like they have failed because they can't completely "get over" their PTSD reactions. I have often reminded clients that PTSD is "the gift that keeps on giving". It can be very hard, perhaps impossible, to completely eradicate PTSD reactions, because the reaction is not just of the mind, it is of the whole body. My approach to helping clients with trauma and PTSD involves looking at it holistically and working to understand how the trauma changed you, your reaction across many facets of your life (thoughts, feelings, habits, behaviors, self-care or lack thereof, expectations, how you view the world), and then working on replacing what is harmful with what is helpful. The goal isn't to completely get rid of the PTSD symptoms (which is likely impossible) but rather to dramatically reduce its effect on you, so you can live your best life, and so an occasional symptom breaking through will not derail you.
36 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL
PTSD/Trauma
Rachel Miller
Marriage and Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Trauma doesn’t happen in isolation—it’s shaped by relationships, community, and larger social systems. I work with individuals to understand the personal and systemic impacts of trauma and PTSD, including historical, cultural, and structural oppression. Together, we focus on reclaiming safety, resilience, and agency while navigating the complex ways trauma shows up in the body, mind, and relationships.
9 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Anxiety Eliminated
Hypnotherapist, Certified Hypnotherapist and Health Coach, MBA
I have an excellent protocol for releasing trauma an PTSD. See video testimonial of psychologist I helped at www.AnxietyElimianted.com
14 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL
PTSD/Trauma
Amanda S. Vaught
Psychologist, PsyD
Trauma can haunt you for years and dictate how you should live your life. I focus on the impact of trauma which can result in PTSD, C-PTSD anxiety, depression, relationship problems, insecurity, and overthinking. I approach therapy from a trauma- informed lens with a light-hearted, genuine, and non-judgmental attitude. I provide a safe space for you to share that thing/event/story that is hard to talk about.
14 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL (Online Only)
PTSD/Trauma
Dr. Christopher Lowery, DHSc, CLCP
Clinical Health Practitioner, Board-Certified Life Care Planner
This component provide evidence based support for individuals recovering from trauma and PTSD, supporting emotional processing, coping strategies, resilience-building, and the development of safety and stability in daily life.
24 Years Experience
Online in Charleston, IL
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Charleston, Illinois Statistics
Trauma and PTSD therapists in Charleston, Illinois average 16 years of experience and charge around $203 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Trauma and PTSD (100%), Anxiety or Fears (87%), and Depression (73%).
Average years in practice
16 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$203
Gender ID
| 64% |
Female |
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| 29% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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| 3% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 56% |
In Person and Online |
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| 44% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 87% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 73% | Depression |
| 61% | Stress |
| 54% | Self Esteem |
| 50% | Loss or Grief |
| 46% | Social Anxiety |