Works with
How Phylicia works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Years in practice
- 5
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Phylicia
Phylicia Headley is a licensed clinical social worker in Illinois who helps people manage stress, anxiety, anger, and changes in life. She has five years of experience in community mental health and works with concerns such as depression, self-esteem, relationship and parenting challenges, grief, bipolar disorder, and ADHD. She also pays attention to multicultural concerns and LGBT-related issues.
Her style is warm and collaborative. Sessions aim to be respectful and nonjudgmental.
Background and approach
She focuses on practical steps you can try between meetings. Phylicia uses cognitive-behavioral, person-centered, and solution-focused techniques. That means conversations target unhelpful thoughts, build on your strengths, and map small, doable goals.
She adapts the approach to what each person needs rather than using one fixed method. In therapy she listens first, then helps set clear, short-term goals. Work might include learning new coping skills, practicing different responses to anger, or trying small behavior changes.
Progress is checked and plans are adjusted as needed. People who want straightforward, skills-based support often choose her. She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules.
If someone is ready to begin, the process starts with a short questionnaire and scheduling a session.
What Phylicia works with
Everything Phylicia lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Phylicia's practice.
Approaches and online options for practical change
Phylicia draws on cognitive-behavioral techniques to help identify and change thought and behavior patterns that feed anxiety, anger, or low mood. That often looks like breaking problems into small parts, testing out new responses, and practicing skills between sessions.She also uses person-centered approaches that focus on listening, empathy, and building a trusting working relationship. This helps people feel heard while they sort out priorities and decide what changes they want to try.
Solution-focused methods help set short-term, achievable goals and track progress. These tools are useful when someone wants concrete steps to manage stress, parenting challenges, or life transitions.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and how they respond to different strategies, then adjust the plan as work progresses.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls let conversations feel close to in-person work. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief check-ins, skill practice, and quicker follow-ups between longer sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and try techniques in real time.
Questions people ask about Phylicia
What concerns does she help with?
Common concerns include stress, anxiety, depression, anger, relationship strain, parenting challenges, grief, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and multicultural or LGBT-related issues.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She keeps sessions warm and collaborative, listening first and then working together to set practical, short-term goals and coping strategies.
How much experience does she have?
She has five years of experience working as a therapist in community mental health settings.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - practicing in Illinois.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people from other countries work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to match different needs and schedules.
How does payment and scheduling work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability and uses a subscription model that can be canceled at any time; to begin, select Start Therapy, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to availability.