- Years in practice
- 8
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- LGBT
About Aleksander
Aleksander Casas is an Illinois-licensed clinical professional counselor with eight years of experience helping people manage the weight of life stressors. He frames therapy as a space to look at what feels heavy and to learn clearer ways of coping. Aleksander speaks plain, direct language and focuses on practical steps people can use between sessions.
He often begins by listening to what matters most and by mapping how thoughts, habits, and relationships affect daily life.
Background and approach
Aleksander uses a mix of approaches to match each person’s needs, including tools that help change unhelpful thinking and skills for handling strong emotions. Sessions are collaborative and goal-oriented, with time set aside to practice new strategies. Parents will find Aleksander attentive to the unique pressures that come with caregiving and family roles.
He helps parents talk through parenting challenges, sleep and eating disruptions, and the strain of balancing work and home life. He also supports people dealing with grief, addiction, anxiety, mood shifts, or trauma. In the room he keeps things straightforward and steady.
Conversations focus on real situations and on what someone can do differently tomorrow. Aleksander encourages small, achievable steps so progress feels manageable rather than overwhelming. Therapy is available through online formats that allow people to fit sessions into busy schedules.
He works in English and accepts international clients, adapting sessions to each person's routine and goals.
What Aleksander works with
Everything Aleksander lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Aleksander helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Aleksander lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Jungian Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
- Systemic Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care that fit your life
Aleksander often draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). ACT helps people clarify their values and take action toward what matters despite difficult thoughts or feelings, making it useful for stress, anxiety, and life changes. CBT focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and building practical skills to change behaviors and moods, which can help with depression, anxiety, and some parenting-related difficulties.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Aleksander collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences, adjusting techniques over time based on what helps most. That means sessions can shift between skills training, values-based action, and reflective conversation as needed.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video sessions let people work face to face when schedules allow, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can be easier to fit into a break, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps keep momentum between meetings. These formats make it easier to keep therapy consistent around parenting, work, and travel commitments.
Questions people ask about Aleksander
What concerns does Aleksander help address?
Aleksander works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, intimacy issues, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and many related topics listed in his specialties.
What is his general style in therapy?
He keeps sessions practical and collaborative, focusing on steps people can try between meetings and on clear problem-solving rather than lengthy theory discussions.
How much clinical experience does he have?
Aleksander has eight years of experience working with adults around life stressors, mood, addiction, and relationship concerns.
What credential does he hold and where is he based?
He is an IL LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and he practices from Illinois.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and he accepts international clients.
In what formats are sessions available?
Work can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and communication preferences.
How does billing and cost work?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Start by clicking the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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