Dr. Ann Maureen McCaughan, LCPC
Illinois · 18 years in practice
Dr. Ann Maureen McCaughan is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 18 years of experience.
License and registration
- LCPC, Illinois
- 180009735 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1629211842 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 18
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Ann
Dr. Ann Maureen McCaughan is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 18 years of experience. She holds a PhD in Counseling and Counselor Education and combines academic knowledge with hands-on counseling work.
Dr. McCaughan aims to help people find more satisfaction and authenticity in their lives through practical, goal-focused conversations. She began working with young adults during college transitions and now supports people at many life stages.
Her style is gentle but direct.
Background and approach
She listens closely and helps clients spot habits and behaviors that get in the way of their goals. Dr. McCaughan often addresses stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and addiction concerns.
She also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting challenges, career questions, and concerns around identity and LGBT matters. Additional focus areas include attachment issues, adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, and coping after disasters. Her approach draws on Emotionally-Focused Therapy, attachment-based ideas, client-centered care, cognitive behavioral strategies, and existential perspectives.
Sessions emphasize the client’s own expertise and practical steps toward change. She integrates a person’s values into the work so goals feel meaningful and realistic. Dr.
McCaughan balances clinical practice with academic work as a professor of counseling. That ongoing teaching role keeps her current with counseling research and methods, which she brings into sessions to support clients’ progress.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Ann lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Ann names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Approaches that guide online sessions
Emotionally-Focused Therapy focuses on emotions and how they shape close connections. It helps people notice patterns in feelings and respond to them differently, which can be useful for relationship stress and intimacy concerns.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at early bonds and how they affect current behavior. It helps clients understand attachment patterns and build healthier ways of relating to others, which supports work on trust, abandonment, and caregiver stress.
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person’s perspective and values. The therapist follows the client’s lead, offers empathic listening, and helps set goals that match the client’s priorities.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Dr. McCaughan will discuss these methods with each client and recommend strategies based on the person’s needs, goals, and preferences. The decision about which methods to use is collaborative and can change as progress is made.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction, phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or chat work well for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into busy lives.
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Questions people ask
What concerns does Dr. McCaughan address?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addictions, relationship and intimacy-related issues, parenting, career questions, and many related concerns listed in her specialties.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style is gentle but direct. She listens closely, treats clients as experts on their own lives, and helps identify behaviors to change while setting practical goals.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Dr. McCaughan has 18 years of experience as a counselor, supervisor, and counselor educator.
What credentials and region does she practice in?
She holds the LCPC credential and works with clients based in Illinois.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Therapy is offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging.
How does cost and billing 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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