Sanjuana Meza, LCPC

Sanjuana Meza is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois with six years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people reduce stress and anxiety, manage grief, and build motivation and self-esteem. Her style is warm and respectful and she adapts conversations to each person's needs.

She uses practical, evidence-informed approaches to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and everyday habits. Sessions often involve identifying patterns that get in the way and practicing small, repeated skills that fit into day-to-day life. Sanjuana works with concerns such as depression, addiction, anger, and ADHD by breaking problems into manageable steps.

She also addresses relationship-related struggles that affect individuals, including communication problems, immigration issues, and the impact of prejudice or discrimination. Sanjuana supports people dealing with guilt, shame, infidelity, isolation, and issues around life purpose. Her approach is influenced by therapies that focus on values, emotion, and practical behavior change.

Sanjuana speaks English and Spanish, and she emphasizes cultural sensitivity when culture shapes a person's experience. She invites clients to shape their own goals and to test small changes between sessions. The work is collaborative and paced to each person's comfort.

Taking a first step can feel risky, and Sanjuana aims to make that step clearer and more manageable. She helps people build routines and thought habits that support everyday functioning and longer-term change.

Therapy approaches that fit into everyday life

Sanjuana commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in her work. ACT focuses on clarifying what matters most to a person and taking small actions that align with those values, which can help when someone feels stuck or overwhelmed. CBT looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions and teaches practical skills for changing unhelpful thinking and habits.

Finding the right approach is treated as a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals and try strategies together to see what helps. Adjustments are made over time so the work fits what the client needs and prefers.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm current session options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow check-ins that are shorter when needed. It can also let someone choose a quieter setting or avoid being on camera if that helps them focus. Licensed professionals commonly adapt ACT and CBT exercises for remote sessions so skills can be practiced between meetings and woven into daily routines.