Olga Watts-Smith, Therapist
Olga Watts-Smith, LCPC, helps individuals and families across Illinois navigate life’s challenges with clarity, compassion, and practical tools for lasting change. As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor at LifeStance Health, she provides individual, couples, and family therapy for teens, adults, and seniors.
Olga creates a supportive, collaborative environment where clients feel heard and empowered while working toward meaningful progress in their mental health and relationships. Olga specializes in treating anxiety, depression, and ADHD, with a thoughtful approach that blends evidence-based care and genuine connection. She utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and mindfulness techniques to help clients better understand their thoughts, regulate emotions, and develop healthier coping strategies.
Whether someone is facing daily stressors or more complex mental health concerns, Olga tailors treatment to meet each client’s unique goals and circumstances, while also offering additional areas of support. She is especially passionate about helping individuals through midlife transitions, couples navigating relationship challenges, and those coping with grief. Olga understands how life changes—whether expected or sudden—can impact emotional well-being, identity, and connection with others.
Her work in these areas focuses on fostering resilience, improving communication, and helping clients rediscover a sense of balance and purpose during difficult seasons. With experience supporting a wide range of adult populations, Olga offers a grounded, empathetic perspective that encourages growth and self-awareness. Her approach is both structured and flexible, allowing clients to build skills they can apply in everyday life while feeling supported throughout the therapeutic process. Outside of her clinical work, Olga enjoys spending time with her family, playing golf, traveling, and volunteering with her church and sorority, which reflects her commitment to community and connection.
Provider Introduction
Types of Care & Ages Served
- Individual Therapy: Ages 15-75+
- Couples Therapy: Ages 18-75+
- Family Therapy: Ages 15-75+
Areas of Focus
Individual Therapy
Get help addressing challenges and improve well-being with a clinician's guidance.
- ADHD
- Attention & focus
- Depression/feeling down
- Self-esteem
- Ability status
- Aging
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Autism: generally independent
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Career & work issues
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Empty nesters
- End-of-life challenges
- Ethnic identity
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- Focus, concentration & memory
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Immigration/cultural status
- Intense mood changes
- Marital stress or divorce
- Men's health/issues
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- PMS & PMDD
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Premarital counseling
- Racial identity
- Retirement
- School avoidance
- School behavioral issues
- Sexual trauma
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
- Trauma & PTSD
Couples Therapy
Helps partners address relationship conflict and improve communication with a clinician's guidance.
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- General relationship issues
- Marital stress or divorce
- Premarital counseling
- ADHD
- Anger issues
- Anxiety
- Attention & focus
- Bipolar Disorder
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Career & work issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Domestic violence & abuse
- Emotional abuse
- Empty nesters
- Family conflict
- Fertility
- Focus, concentration & memory
- Grief & loss
- Intense mood changes
- Menopause & perimenopause
- Other women's health concerns
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Parenting
- PMS & PMDD
- Post-partum depression & anxiety
- Pre-conception
- Pregnancy
- Pregnancy loss
- Self-esteem
- Sex & intimacy issues
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
Family Therapy
Improve communication and resolve conflicts within family dynamics with a clinician's guidance.
- Family conflict
- Parenting
- Ability status
- ADHD
- Aging
- Anxiety
- Attention & focus
- Bipolar Disorder
- Bullying or harassment
- Career & relationships (mid-life)
- Childhood behavioral issues
- Depression/feeling down
- Early adulthood: Independent living or relationships
- Early adulthood: Starting college or career
- Empty nesters
- End-of-life challenges
- Ethnic identity
- General relationship issues
- Grief & loss
- Immigration/cultural status
- Intense mood changes
- Marital stress or divorce
- Panic attacks
- Parenthood
- Premarital counseling
- Racial identity
- Retirement
- School avoidance
- School behavioral issues
- Self-esteem
- Social injustice
- Social skills & communication
- Stress management
Insurances Accepted
- Aetna
- America's Choice Provider Network
- Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Northwell Direct
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare West (TriWest)
Languages
- English
Education
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University of West Georgia
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Roosevelt University
New patient?
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Questions
Please use our online form to schedule an appointment with Olga Watts-Smith. You can also call 630-473-8092 to have someone assist you.
Olga Watts-Smith generally accepts new patients but there could be a waitlist.
Please call 630-473-8092 to find out Olga Watts-Smith's schedule and availability.
LifeStance Health providers accept most commercial insurance plans that are offered in the states where we offer services, including telehealth. Please see the following list of insurances accepted by Olga Watts-Smith:
- Aetna
- America's Choice Provider Network
- Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
- Carelon (Beacon)
- Centivo
- Claritev (MultiPlan PHCS)
- Evernorth (Cigna)
- HealthSmart
- MediNcrease Health Plans (MHP)
- Northwell Direct
- Partners Direct Health
- Provider Network of America (PNOA)
- Quest Behavioral Health
- Sana Benefits
- TELUS Health (BHS)
- Tricare West (TriWest)
If you don't see your insurance listed, please contact us at 630-473-8092 to see how we can help.
Olga Watts-Smith is a Therapist and cannot prescribe medication. However, most LifeStance offices have a Psychiatrist or APN on staff who can prescribe medication if needed.
Olga Watts-Smith works at:
Olga Watts-Smith only offers in-office visits at this time. To find a provider in your area that offers online telehealth visits, please call us at 630-473-8092 or search our provider directory.
Yes, Olga Watts-Smith is currently offering in-office visits at the following location: