Shobana Shanmugavelayutham

Shobana Shanmugavelayutham is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois. She brings five years of clinical work to her sessions and focuses on practical support for everyday struggles. People come to her for help with stress, anxiety, grief, and motivation, and she centers the conversation on each person's strengths.

Shobana believes clients are the experts on their own lives. She uses that perspective to build realistic steps forward, not one-size-fits-all plans. Sessions are aimed at helping people notice what matters, try small changes, and build confidence over time.

Her approach draws from therapies that emphasize values, relationships, and skill-building. She will listen without judgment and collaborate on goals that feel doable. That can mean learning tools for anxiety, skills to cope with anger, or ways to manage on hard grief days.

She also offers focused support around addictions, ADHD, immigration stress, and multicultural concerns. Hospice and end-of-life counseling is listed among her areas of focus for people navigating loss and difficult transitions.

The tone in sessions is warm and straightforward. Shobana aims to make therapy manageable and relevant to daily life, helping people take steps toward clearer purpose and steadier emotional footing.

How therapy approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take actions that match those values. It is useful for anxiety, low motivation, and life changes because it focuses on small, value-driven steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on practical skills to notice and shift unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can reduce symptoms of anxiety and depression through repeated practice. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how past relationships shape current patterns and helps people form healthier ways of relating to others and to themselves.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and how they respond to different methods. Together they decide whether to emphasize values work, skills practice, or relationship patterns as therapy proceeds.

The original biography does not list specific session formats, so confirm the current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, reduce travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people meet with licensed professionals who understand grief, end-of-life concerns, multicultural issues, and immigration stress without changing their daily routine.