Pamela Matos, LCPC

Pamela Matos is an LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, practicing in Illinois with 14 years of professional experience. She focuses on counseling for depression and anxiety as well as pregnancy, prenatal loss, and postpartum concerns, and she pays close attention to how dietary patterns can influence mood. Pamela draws on a mind-body perspective and a deep interest in how thoughts shape perception to guide her work with adults.

She creates a calm and compassionate space where clients can explore thoughts, feelings, and behaviors with the goal of building self-awareness, confidence, and practical coping skills. Pamela believes in meeting people where they are and collaborating through difficult life transitions so that meaningful change can begin.

Over the course of her career she has provided crisis evaluation and care in inpatient and outpatient mental health settings and has worked with individuals with developmental disabilities. Pamela has supported patients in Intensive Outpatient Programs and Partial Hospitalization Programs, facilitating groups that emphasize support, compassion, sobriety and recovery, and overall well-being.

Her clinical approach integrates client-centered therapy with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) and mindfulness techniques to help clients address symptoms, reframe unhelpful thinking patterns, and develop lasting strategies for daily life. She describes her work as grounded in encouragement, awareness, and a commitment to helping people pursue a more peaceful and joyful life.