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Ferrara Lund

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Ferrara Lund, LCSW

Illinois

LCSW - Anger and Relationship Concerns

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Key details

  • CredentialsLCSW
  • LicenseLCSW, Illinois / 149027079
  • NPI1649025628
  • Experience10 years
  • LanguagesEnglish
  • LocationIllinois

About

  • Anger management
  • Attachment issues
  • CBT and DBT methods

About Ferrara

Ferrara Lund is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with ten years of experience. She helps adults who are managing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, trauma and anger. Her approach aims to be straightforward and practical for people who want to change how they react and relate.

She uses talking, problem-solving, and evidence-informed tools to address difficult feelings. Sessions focus on learning skills to manage intense emotions, spotting unhelpful patterns, and repairing relationship strains. Ferrara also works with concerns like grief, addiction, body image, and parenting stress.

Her practice draws on attachment-based ideas to understand how early relationships shape current reactions. She also uses client-centered methods to keep the work focused on the person's goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps break down thoughts and actions that keep problems going.

For people with strong emotions or mood instability, she brings techniques from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach emotion regulation and coping strategies. Emotionally-Focused Therapy concepts guide work on closeness and communication in important relationships. EMDR is listed among approaches she uses for trauma processing.

Ferrara takes a collaborative stance in sessions. She talks with each person about what they want to change and builds practical ways to get there. Her work is aimed at steady, gradual shifts in how clients handle anger, stress, and relationship conflict.

How sessions work

How her approaches translate to online work

Ferrara uses Attachment-Based Therapy to explore how past relationship patterns shape present reactions. This approach helps people notice patterns in closeness, trust, and reactivity so they can try new ways of relating. Client-Centered Therapy keeps the work focused on the person's goals, using reflective listening and collaborative planning to guide each session. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) breaks problems into thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches clear tools to change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. Ferrara discusses goals and preferences with each person and adjusts methods as needed. She collaborates on which techniques to prioritize, combining skill-building, processing, and relational work based on what is most useful for the client.

Confirm the available session formats before booking, since the biography does not list specific options. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when schedules demand, or remove the need to travel to appointments. Therapists can use the approaches above in remote sessions to teach emotion regulation, practice new responses, and process difficult memories, all while keeping the focus on practical changes that fit everyday life.

Areas of focus

Areas of expertise

Also works with

AddictionsFamily conflictsGriefIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCoachingCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

AbandonmentAntisocial personalityAttachment issuesAvoidant personalityBlended family issuesBody imageCodependencyCommunication problemsDivorce and separationDomestic violenceForgivenessGuilt and shameMoney and financial issuesMood disordersNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPost-traumatic stressSeasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Self-loveSocial anxiety and phobiaWomen's issues

Therapeutic approaches

Attachment-Based TherapyClient-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)HypnotherapyMindfulness TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

10+ years

Listed in

Illinois

Languages

English

Questions

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she help with?

She works with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship strain, anger, grief, addiction, self-esteem and related concerns.

How would she approach anger or temper issues?

She uses practical skills training and talk-based work to identify triggers, change unhelpful thoughts, and learn emotion regulation strategies.

How much clinical experience does she have?

She has ten years of experience as a practicing clinician in mental health settings.

What credentials and where does she practice?

She is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and practices in Illinois.

Can I work with her if English is not my first language?

Sessions are offered in English.

Does she take international clients?

She does not accept international clients at this time.

What session formats are offered?

Please confirm current session formats before booking, as the biography does not list specific session types.

How much do sessions cost and how do they work?

Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

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Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.

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