Thought Tree Counseling, LLC
Christine DiGangi-Korbel, LCSW
Illinois & Florida CBT Therapist for Anxiety
How I Can Help
Therapy is most helpful when it feels clear, practical, and connected to your real life. Select “Learn More” on each tile to see how these tools can support your growth.
Structured CBT support for identifying, challenging, and replacing negative thought patterns.
TEAM-CBT is an evidence-based, structured approach that creates faster, measurable change. Each session includes tracking symptoms and progress to identify what is helping and adjust what is not.
This collaborative process reduces guesswork and helps us focus on strategies that move you forward.
Support for clearer conversations, healthy boundaries, conflict repair, and self-expression.
Communication skills help you express your needs more clearly, set healthy boundaries, and navigate difficult conversations with more confidence.
Together, we work on reducing avoidance, improving emotional honesty, and building tools that help relationships feel less overwhelming.
Gradual, supported work to face fears and reduce avoidance.
Exposure therapy helps you face fears in a safe, gradual, and supported way. Instead of letting anxiety decide what you avoid, we build a step-by-step plan.
Over time, your brain learns that feared situations can be handled, which can reduce anxiety and help you reclaim freedom in daily life.
Practical tools for anxiety, stress, grounding, and emotional regulation.
Coping skills give you practical strategies for managing stress, anxious spirals, intense emotions, and overwhelming moments.
These tools are tailored to your real life so you can feel more grounded, capable, and prepared when challenges show up.
These are some of the things we can work through together. If you are struggling with any of these, therapy can help you build practical tools, understand your patterns, and feel less alone in the process.
Learn to quiet a constantly racing mind, manage chronic worry, and release the physical tension of walking on eggshells.
We’ll measure your anxiety loop every session and convert future-focused worry into productive, actionable planning.
The Tool: The Daily Mood Log helps identify anxious thoughts, their cognitive distortions, and realistic alternatives.
Understand the physical symptoms of panic and acquire concrete, actionable tools to de-escalate fear.
We explore the physical surge of adrenaline in a safe, structured way so it loses its power over you.
The Tool: Experimental exposure and symptom prescription can help you learn that panic sensations are uncomfortable but not dangerous.
Overcome intense self-consciousness, fear of judgment, and the urge to avoid social interactions so you can connect confidently.
We examine fears of social rejection, identify unspoken rules, and gently test them in the real world.
The Tool: Behavioral exercises help build confidence and flexibility around social judgment.
Break free from exhausting repetitive loops of unwanted thoughts and compulsion cycles using evidence-based strategies.
We measure obsession triggers, establish motivation, and examine the cognitive distortions that fuel repetitive rituals.
The Tool: Response prevention helps you practice delaying compulsions and responding differently to OCD demands.
Gently process painful past experiences in a safe, structured space designed to help you reclaim your present.
We measure baseline distress, explore protective responses, and work at a pace that feels safe and collaborative.
The Tool: The Acceptance/Resistance Paradox honors how protective responses have helped you before introducing reframing strategies.
Identify and untangle deeply rooted negative thoughts and harsh inner critics that keep you feeling stuck or overwhelmed.
We track automatic negative thoughts and map how your inner critic can distort reality.
The Tool: The Daily Mood Log is a cognitive mapping tool for identifying distortions and drafting helpful reframes.
Break free from pressure to be flawless, challenge the harsh inner voice that leads to procrastination, and stop feeling like you are never doing enough.
We explore the costs and benefits of high standards while building a more sustainable, compassionate approach.
The Tool: A cost-benefit analysis helps weigh the advantages and disadvantages of perfectionistic beliefs.
Receive dedicated, relatable guidance for motivated teens navigating school pressure, social stress, and big life shifts.
A collaborative, high-empathy space where teens take control of their goals, understand academic pressure, and test their assumptions.
The Tool: “Check the Facts” helps teens pause, use real-world evidence, and question painful emotional conclusions.