Myrna Pledger
Compassionate, practical counseling with faith-informed care
LCPC Illinois
- Experience
- 21 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Relationship, Family
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Myrna
Myrna Pledger brings over two decades of clinical experience to her counseling work, holding the Illinois LCPC credential. She trained as a community counselor and has spent much of her career helping individuals and families navigate complex emotional and relational challenges.
Background and approach
Early work with children exhibiting difficult behaviors led her to a systemic view that sees individual struggles in the context of family and community influences. Myrna describes her approach as truth-based, educational, and kind, with a focus on practical solutions.
She draws from cognitive-behavioral methods alongside rational-emotive ideas, and also integrates Attachment-Based and Jungian perspectives when helpful. Her caseload has included concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and parenting difficulties, addictions, grief, and intimacy-related issues among others.
She also works with people coping with identity, multicultural, and personality-related concerns. Faith and spirituality inform her practice for clients who find that important, though she tailors treatment plans to each person’s needs.
Myrna frames therapy as collaborative and goal-oriented, offering education, skills, and support to help clients move toward more satisfying, functional lives.
How therapeutic approaches guide online care
Myrna frequently uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a structured approach that helps clients identify and shift unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns to reduce symptoms like anxiety or depression. She also draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which focuses on helping people accept difficult internal experiences while committing to actions aligned with their values. These approaches are practical and skills-oriented, often useful for stress, mood concerns, and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Myrna assesses a client’s goals, preferences, and presenting issues and tailors an integrated plan that may combine CBT, ACT, attachment-informed ideas, or client-centered techniques. She works with each person to test what helps and adjusts strategies over time so therapy remains relevant and effective for their needs.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, allowing clients to engage in work from different settings and at varied times. These formats can make it easier to maintain consistency, practice skills between sessions, and fit therapy into busy lives while still working with a licensed professional.
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Experience
21+ years
Licensed
Illinois
Languages
English