Therapist in Chicago, Illinois Nicholas Shilney, Therapist

Nicholas Shilney, LCPC, helps teens, adults, and seniors across Illinois navigate life’s most difficult emotional and behavioral challenges with a thoughtful, personal, and evidence-based approach. As a Licensed Mental Health Counselor at LifeStance Health, he provides individual therapy for those experiencing anxiety, depression, and trauma, creating a supportive space where clients can build resilience, improve coping skills, and move toward meaningful change. With his previous experiences working in higher level of care such as Residential, PHP, and IOP, he has a wide variety of approaches that he individualizes for each person he works with.

Some of Nick’s preferred approaches include Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (RO-DBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). His work is grounded in helping individuals build compassionate awareness of their experiences while developing practical tools/strategies for long-term mental wellness. He works with clients facing concerns such as dysregulated mood, perfectionism, PTSD/trauma, ADHD, alcohol and drug use issues, while also addressing related life challenges. He serves diverse populations, including members of the LGBTQ+ community, neurodivergent folks, and military/veterans.  Nicholas brings a compassionate, relational presence to therapy. Outside of his clinical work, he enjoys playing video games, attending music shows and festivals, and finding the best pizza restaurants in Chicago.