Key details
- CredentialsLCSW
- LicenseLCSW, Illinois / 149007914
- NPI1194589499
- Experience25 years
- LanguagesEnglish
- LocationIllinois
About
- Stress and anxiety
- Grief and loss
- Practical coping skills
About Lily
Lily Shinn is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Illinois with 25 years of professional experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, coping with life changes, and anger among other concerns. Lily offers straightforward, practical support for adults trying to manage painful feelings and recurring reactions.
She works in a conversational, problem-focused way. Sessions are a place to talk about what is happening now and try out different ways of responding. Lily helps people notice patterns - for example how frustration builds into snapping at loved ones - and then practices calmer responses together.
Her background includes long-term clinical work with people facing loss, career strain, caregiver stress, and chronic illness. That experience informs how she helps with grief, compassion fatigue, and the practical strain of daily life. She also addresses relationship tensions, intimacy concerns, and parenting challenges in individual sessions.
Lily uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques to guide sessions toward concrete coping skills. Over many years she has blended those approaches to suit each person’s goals. Conversations often include short exercises, skill practice, and planning for real-world situations.
A typical first session is about mapping current difficulties and agreeing on small goals. Follow-up sessions focus on skills, noticing progress, and adjusting strategies as needed. To begin she asks prospective clients to complete a brief matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
How therapeutic approaches work online with Lily
Evidence-based therapeutic techniques are used to help people build new ways of responding. One commonly used approach focuses on teaching concrete coping skills and behavioral strategies. It helps with anger that shows up as snapping, workplace frustration, or ongoing resentment by giving step-by-step techniques to try in real situations.A second approach emphasizes processing grief and strong emotions in manageable pieces. This method helps people name painful feelings, reduce overwhelm, and take practical steps such as scheduling small tasks or planning for difficult conversations.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Lily will work with each person to test techniques, see what fits, and adjust plans based on goals and feedback. Over time the emphasis may shift from skills practice to emotion processing or vice versa, depending on progress.
Session format options are not specified in the therapist biography, so confirm current session formats before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, avoid travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Therapists can also adapt exercises for phone or video, or suggest brief homework between sessions to practice new responses in daily life.
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Experience
25+ years
Listed in
Illinois
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, grief, self-esteem, coping with life changes, anger, and related concerns such as caregiver stress and chronic illness.
What is her therapy style like?
Her approach is conversational and problem-focused, emphasizing practical skills and skill practice to change unhelpful patterns.
How much experience does she bring?
She has 25 years of professional work experience in clinical settings and private practice in Illinois.
What credential does she hold and where does she practice?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) licensed in Illinois and practices with that credential in the state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions arranged and what do they cost?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to start?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If anyone is unsafe, use the crisis numbers.