- Years in practice
- 13
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Illinois, Florida, Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Skip
Skip Dettman is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, and parenting challenges. She offers a calm presence and practical support for everyday struggles. Her approach is straightforward and focused on what parents need now.
Dettman uses clear conversations and real tools to address mood, coping, and relationship worries. She helps clients untangle trauma, addictions, grief, and self-esteem problems so they can make manageable changes.
Background and approach
Sessions often focus on small steps that add up over time. She brings 13 years of clinical experience to sessions and works with a broad range of life issues. That experience includes working with people navigating family-of-origin problems, fatherhood concerns, blended family issues, and first responder stress.
She pays attention to how past experiences shape current reactions. Therapy with her is collaborative. She listens, reflects, and offers strategies drawn from several approaches so clients can find what fits.
The goal is clearer thinking, steadier moods, and more confidence in parenting and daily life. Dettman practices in Illinois and conducts sessions in English. She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - and uses a mix of conversational work and structured techniques.
If parenting strain or persistent worry is wearing someone down, she focuses on practical changes that make day-to-day life easier.
What Skip works with
Everything Skip lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Skip helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Jealousy
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Skip lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Hypnotherapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- 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.
Therapeutic approaches for online parenting support
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the client's experience. It emphasizes empathy, reflection, and helping people find their own solutions to parenting stress and relationship worries. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and behavior. It teaches practical skills to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build new habits, which can help with anxiety, depression, and parenting routines. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is used to process traumatic memories that keep causing distress. When trauma is affecting daily life or parenting, EMDR can be one approach to reduce the emotional intensity of those memories. Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods suit their goals, needs, and comfort level. That may mean combining listening-based care with skill-building or trauma-focused work. Online sessions offer flexibility for busy parents. Video calls let people meet face-to-face from different locations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a check-in fits a short break. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for quick updates, shorter check-ins, and ongoing support between sessions.Questions people ask about Skip
What concerns does Skip help with?
She addresses stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, trauma, grief, relationship strain, self-esteem, LGBT issues, and parenting concerns, among other areas.
What is her therapy style like?
Her style is collaborative and down-to-earth. Sessions combine listening with practical strategies from different therapeutic approaches.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 13 years of experience working with people on mood issues, trauma, family-of-origin concerns, and parenting-related stress.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LCSW - Licensed Clinical Social Worker - licensed in Illinois, and her practice is based in Illinois.
Which languages and international options are available?
Sessions are offered in English. She does not accept international clients at this time.
What session formats does she offer?
She works through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
The cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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