- Years in practice
- 12
- Credentials
- LCPC, LPC
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin, Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Thomas
Thomas Kaufman is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Illinois. He brings 12 years of clinical experience to conversations about parenting, relationships, stress, and other life challenges. Thomas writes in a straightforward way and aims to make sessions practical and focused on immediate concerns.
He favors collaborative work. Thomas listens first and then helps people set clear, doable goals. Sessions often focus on skills you can try between meetings - simple changes in thinking, communication, or daily routines that add up over time.
Background and approach
Thomas uses a mix of cognitive behavioral ideas and acceptance-based approaches alongside person-centered listening. He also draws on relationship-focused methods when couples or partner dynamics come up. This combination helps with anxiety, depression, trauma reactions, parenting strain, and issues around identity and intimacy.
Parents often seek him out for help with blended family tensions, fatherhood concerns, communication problems, and parenting stress. He also addresses workplace strain, grief, addiction-related difficulties, and attention-related challenges in adults. His style is direct but warm.
Thomas aims to help people notice patterns, make practical changes, and build routines that support better coping. People leave sessions with concrete next steps they can try between meetings. Thomas works with adults in Illinois and offers sessions in English.
He uses multiple remote formats to fit different schedules and needs.
What Thomas works with
Everything Thomas lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Thomas helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Thomas lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
How Thomas uses structured methods online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, and then commit to actions that match their values. This approach is useful for anxiety, parenting stress, and life transitions where avoidance keeps problems stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches specific skills to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with depression, anxiety, and coping strategies for daily parenting challenges. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's experience, offering open listening and support while the client decides the direction of change.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. That conversation helps shape whether more ACT, CBT, or person-centered work makes sense for a given issue.
Online sessions are offered by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video calls allow face-to-face conversations and skill practice, phone sessions can fit into a work break or be used when video bandwidth is low, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text messaging lets people send notes or reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy family and work schedules.
Questions people ask about Thomas
What kinds of problems does Thomas help with?
He works with stress, anxiety, relationship and parenting concerns, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, addictions, grief, and workplace issues among others.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
He takes a collaborative, straightforward approach that blends skill-building with reflective listening. Sessions emphasize practical steps to try between meetings.
What is his clinical background and experience?
Thomas has 12 years of professional experience as an LCPC and an LPC. He has worked with a range of adult concerns including relationship and parenting challenges.
Where does Thomas practice and what are his credentials?
He practices in Illinois and holds credentials as an LCPC and an LPC, with licensing noted in Illinois and Wisconsin in his background materials.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are offered?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different schedules and needs.
How are costs handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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