Vasiliki Stratikopoulou, LCSW
Licensed in Illinois · 7 years in practice
Vasiliki Stratikopoulou helps people facing relationship strain, grief, depression, trauma, and struggles with addiction.
License and registration
- LCSW, Illinois
- 149027865 · expires November 2027
- NPI
- 1992527956 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 7
- Languages
- English, Greek
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About Vasiliki
Vasiliki Stratikopoulou helps people facing relationship strain, grief, depression, trauma, and struggles with addiction. She also supports parents dealing with parenting stress, people coping with life changes, and those managing anger or communication problems. Vasiliki practices in Illinois and brings seven years of clinical experience to her work as a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW.
Her style is straightforward and compassionate. She focuses on clear goals and practical steps clients can use between sessions.
Background and approach
Conversations are meant to help people understand patterns, try new ways of handling problems, and build stronger day-to-day coping skills. Vasiliki pays attention to the life context around each person. She helps with issues like chronic illness and pain, caregiver stress, body image, and feelings of shame or abandonment.
She also supports people facing divorce, midlife shifts, or searching for life purpose. Therapy sessions include skill-building for mood regulation and tools to manage panic, impulsivity, and isolation. She offers support for relationship and communication problems and for healing from past abuse or trauma.
Work may include short-term coaching around specific goals. Conversations are offered in English and Greek when needed. Vasiliki uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques tailored to each person.
The aim is steady progress through usable skills and clearer thinking about difficult choices.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Vasiliki lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Online support
How evidence-based approaches fit into online therapy
Vasiliki commonly uses well-established therapeutic techniques that focus on present problems and practical skills. One approach emphasizes building coping strategies and mood management skills to reduce symptoms of depression and panic. This involves learning simple tools to notice triggers and respond differently in stressful moments. Another common focus is on processing trauma and difficult life events in small, manageable steps. Sessions work on understanding how past experiences affect current relationships and on trying new behaviors to rebuild safety and trust in daily life. Choosing a therapeutic approach is a team effort. Vasiliki will discuss different methods with each person and help decide what fits best given their goals, needs, and preferences. Plans are adjusted over time so the work stays relevant to what matters most. Online therapy offers practical options for busy lives. Video calls let people use visual cues and real-time interaction, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These formats make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into work, caregiving, or other routines.We will earn a commission if you sign up through our link, at no cost to you. It does not change what you pay or the order of the listings.
Questions people ask
What concerns does Vasiliki focus on?
She supports people with relationship problems, grief, depression, trauma and addiction, plus parenting and life change issues.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her approach is compassionate and goal-focused, with practical steps clients can use between sessions to manage emotions and behavior.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has seven years of experience working as a therapist with adults on a range of emotional and life challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker, LCSW, practicing in Illinois.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and Greek, and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
She meets with clients by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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