- Years in practice
- 21
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Queena
Queena Howard is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 21 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, parenting pressures, mood challenges, and substance concerns. Her style is calm and direct, aimed at practical change rather than long delays.
Queena blends straightforward talk with tools clients can use between sessions. She draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and mindfulness practices to reduce reactivity. Motivational interviewing helps people uncover the reasons they want change and move toward those goals.
Background and approach
Her work is grounded in respect for each person's history and culture. She pays attention to grief, trauma, complicated mood patterns like bipolar disorder, and the strain of caregiving or chronic illness. Sessions focus on manageable steps that improve daily life and relationships.
Queena offers several ways to connect, including video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She helps clients decide which format fits their routine and comfort level. Costs vary with location and use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
People who choose her typically want clear strategies and steady support. To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. Sessions are provided in English and Queena practices from Illinois as an IL LCPC.
What Queena works with
Everything Queena lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Queena helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Personality disorders
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Queena lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Queena’s approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offers reflective feedback, and helps people find their own solutions; this is useful for parenting strain and relationship concerns. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to spot and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, which can ease anxiety, depression, and sleep problems.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Queena will discuss goals and try methods that fit a person’s situation and preferences. That collaboration helps tailor sessions to parenting challenges, stress, or addiction-related goals without insisting on a single path.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation and working through exercises together. Phone sessions can fit a lunch break or reduce bandwidth needs. Live chat and messaging allow short check-ins, written reflections, or handling quick concerns between fuller sessions. These options make scheduling easier and let people keep continuity of care across changing routines.
Questions people ask about Queena
What concerns does Queena commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar mood issues, addictions, parenting challenges, grief, trauma, relationship and intimacy concerns, eating and sleeping problems, ADHD, and related areas.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is calm, practical, and collaborative. She uses client-centered conversation alongside skill-building methods to help people make steady changes.
What is her professional background?
Queena has 21 years of clinical experience offering care for mood disorders, substance concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and multicultural issues.
What credentials and location apply to her practice?
She holds an IL LCPC credential and provides services while based in Illinois.
In which languages can someone meet with her?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Which session formats are available?
Clients can choose video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on preference and needs.
How is payment handled and what does therapy cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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