Lindsey Khan, LCSW

Illinois · 22 years in practice

Lindsey Khan is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and life transitions.

License and registration

LCSW, Illinois: 149018477 · expires November 2027
NPI: 1255058079 · national provider identifier
Years in practice: 22
Languages: English

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About Lindsey

Lindsey Khan is a licensed clinical social worker with 22 years of experience helping people manage stress, anxiety, and life transitions. She practices in Illinois and focuses on practical support for everyday struggles. Lindsey aims to create a calm, straightforward space where people can talk about what matters to them.

Her work centers on clear goals like improving self-esteem, managing depression, and coping with impulsivity and ADHD-related challenges. She also supports those dealing with addictions, anger, bipolar concerns, and issues related to sexual orientation and identity.

Background and approach

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented, with an emphasis on skills people can use between meetings. Lindsey uses several evidence-based approaches to fit each person’s needs. She draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy to look at how emotions shape relationships with self and others.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy add tools for managing intense feelings and staying aligned with personal values. Her style is collaborative and respectful.

Lindsey listens first, then offers strategies and homework that feel manageable. She pays attention to workplace stress, parenting pressures, and young adult transitions when those come up. People who prefer a direct, compassionate therapist often find this approach helpful.

Lindsey aims to help clients build skills, find clearer purpose, and handle daily life with more confidence.

Focus areas and approaches

Everything Lindsey lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.

Stress, Anxiety
Parenting issues
Self esteem
Depression
ADHD
Addictions
LGBT
Family conflicts
Anger management
Bipolar disorder
Autism and Asperger Syndrome
Codependency
Control issues
Impulsivity
Life purpose
Self-harm
Social anxiety and phobia
Young adult issues

Approaches Lindsey names

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Online support

How Lindsey's Approaches Translate to Online Therapy

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) focuses on understanding and reshaping emotion-driven patterns. In online sessions this can help people notice how feelings influence reactions and build new ways of responding to themselves and others. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people identify unhelpful thoughts and try out new behaviors. Online CBT often includes brief exercises, thought records, and practical homework that can be reviewed during video or messaging sessions. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) teaches people to notice difficult thoughts and feelings while staying guided by personal values. This approach is useful for managing anxiety, depression, and life-direction questions in short weekly check-ins or longer video conversations. Finding the best approach is part of the work together. Lindsey will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, preferences, and the issues they bring. That means adjusting techniques over time based on what helps most. Online sessions offer practical benefits. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation for deeper processing and skill practice. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, staying connected between meetings, and sharing short updates or homework. Together these options make scheduling more flexible and make therapy easier to fit into a busy life.

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Questions people ask

What kinds of concerns does Lindsey address?

She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, ADHD challenges, addictions, bipolar concerns, anger, and parenting pressures. Additional focuses include autism and Asperger syndrome, codependency, impulsivity, life purpose, self-harm, social anxiety, and young adult issues.

What is Lindsey's therapeutic style like?

Her style is compassionate and collaborative. Sessions are conversational, goal-oriented, and designed to give practical skills to use between visits.

How much experience does she have?

She has 22 years of experience working as a therapist in a variety of settings. That background informs a practical approach to common emotional and life challenges.

What credentials and location are listed?

She holds an LCSW credential and practices in Illinois as an Illinois LCSW.

Which languages and international options are available?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

Therapy is available by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and preferences.

How does cost and billing work?

Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.

How do I begin working with Lindsey?

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