Shobana Shanmugavelayutham, LCPC

Shobana Shanmugavelayutham is an Illinois Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) with five years of experience. She helps people address stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, family-related concerns, anger, ADHD, and life transitions. Sessions are conducted in English and she accepts international clients.

Shobana frames therapy as a collaboration where the client is the expert on their own story. She focuses on strengths people already have and helps them use those strengths to handle immediate problems. She talks through clear, practical steps rather than long theoretical explanations.

Her background includes work with end-of-life and hospice concerns, immigration issues, and multicultural challenges. That experience informs how she approaches grief, cultural adjustment, and complex stressors. She brings several well-known methods into sessions, choosing tools that fit the person’s goals.

In practice Shobana uses approaches such as Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and attachment-informed work. That means sessions may include noticing patterns, trying new behaviors, and paying attention to what matters most to the person. Emotion-focused tools can help when feelings feel overwhelming.

People who come to her often want straightforward help with anger, daily stressors, or coping after loss. The process begins with a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a first session. Fees vary by location and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

If someone is considering starting, the first step is to select the See online therapy options button, complete the questionnaire, and arrange an initial meeting to see if the approach feels like a fit.

How Shobana blends therapy methods for online work