Gina, co-founder of Victress, is a licensed clinical professional counselor who received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Eastern Illinois University and her Master’s of Arts in Community Counseling from CACREP-accredited Governors State University. Gina has experience in working with children, adolescents, adults, seniors, couples, and groups. She has worked with various populations pertaining to anxiety, depression, relationships, life transitions, parenting, bullying, grief, divorce, co-parenting and stress management.
Gina takes a compassionate and nurturing approach to counseling from a cognitive behavioral perspective. She works to empower clients to utilize positive thought processes and to establish adaptive belief systems to improve mental health and quality of life. Gina’s priority is to recognize that each individual enters counseling with a unique set of beliefs and life experiences thus embracing each person’s specific needs.