- Strengths focused
- Addiction support
- Values driven
About Luanne
Luanne Maniacek is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with four decades of experience supporting people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or burned out. She commonly helps with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting strain, and codependency. Her manner is warm and direct, offering steady support while encouraging real change.
She focuses on helping people build on what already works for them. Sessions look at strengths, day-to-day coping, and realistic steps toward goals. Luanne often helps clients clarify values, set boundaries, and reduce patterns that lead to frustration or resentment.
Her background includes long-term clinical work in Illinois and experience supervising graduate-level interns and counselors in community mental health settings. She has worked with a wide range of ages, cultural backgrounds, and belief systems, and has led crisis intervention teams.
Therapeutically she draws from several approaches to fit each person’s needs, including acceptance and commitment ideas, client-centered listening, cognitive techniques, motivational interviewing, and psychodynamic perspectives. She encourages either a disease model or harm reduction for substance concerns, choosing what fits the person best.
In sessions she listens closely and invites honest feedback about progress. She balances empathy with gentle challenge so clients can try different behaviors and notice what changes. To begin, readers are encouraged to use the site Start Therapy process to match and schedule a first appointment.
How Luanne’s Approaches Translate to Online Work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them and take small committed steps toward those values. It often suits people facing life transitions, persistent worry, or low motivation. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes listening and building a trusting relationship so clients can lead the pace of change; this approach helps when someone needs a space to process feelings and clarify choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and trying small behavior changes to reduce anxiety or low mood, which can be useful for stress, panic, or depressive symptoms.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Luanne will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences. She begins by learning the person's history, strengths, and current struggles, then adjusts strategies as progress is made.
If you are considering online therapy, confirm the session formats offered before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy routine, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also make it simpler to stay consistent during caregiving responsibilities or work demands. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT, client-centered listening, and CBT techniques to an online setting so therapy remains focused on practical next steps and real-life changes.
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Experience
40+ years
Credentials
Illinois
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Luanne commonly address?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, codependency, caregiver stress, and related mood concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is empathic and supportive while also offering challenge when useful. She focuses on strengths and practical steps toward change.
What is her clinical experience?
She brings 40 years of clinical experience, including supervising graduate-level interns and leading crisis intervention teams in community mental health settings.
What credentials and region are listed?
She is an LCSW in Illinois and practices in that state.
Which languages are supported and can she work internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Confirm current session options before booking so you know whether remote or in-person formats are offered.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
Profile details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. Credential and registration rules differ between the United States, the United Kingdom and Australia.