- Years in practice
- 40
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Neal
Neal Harris is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 40 years of experience. He practices in Illinois and supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, LGBT concerns, and more. Neal keeps sessions straightforward and practical.
He teaches relaxation and meditation skills and uses techniques drawn from attachment-based work, client-centered methods, cognitive-behavioral ideas, and other targeted practices to help people manage symptoms and build coping skills. He also integrates approaches aimed at trauma and recovery when needed.
Background and approach
His background includes decades of workshop leadership and running a holistic education center. Neal has studied broadly, including time in China and India, and has used those experiences in his teaching and therapeutic style. He has written a book called Pocket Stress Manager & Labyrinth Guide and produced a relaxation recording titled Exit The Storm.
Neal has created public labyrinths and has led labyrinth workshops nationally for many years. He developed the Intuipath double finger labyrinth and led a multi-year research study about its effects with children and adolescents with ADHD. These interests feed into his use of movement, attention, and rhythm in clinical work when appropriate.
Outside therapy, he teaches pickleball and brings a practical, down-to-earth approach to sessions. People who want clear tools, calm skills, and a thoughtful guide through life transitions often choose to work with him.
What Neal works with
Everything Neal lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Neal helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- LGBT
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Depression
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Neal lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches used online and how they help
Attachment-based work focuses on how relationships shape feelings and behavior. It can help people notice patterns from early relationships and try new ways of connecting and responding. Client-centered therapy emphasizes an empathetic, nonjudgmental conversation where the person sets the pace and goals. It is useful for building self-understanding and confidence. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and offers practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns and improve mood and sleep.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. Neal works with each person to match methods to their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they try techniques, notice what helps, and adjust the plan over time so therapy stays useful and practical.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Video is good for in-depth conversation and skill practice, phone works when bandwidth is limited, chat or text can be helpful for quick check-ins or shorter coaching-style exchanges. These options make it easier to get consistent support while balancing work, parenting, and daily life.
Questions people ask about Neal
What concerns does Neal help with?
He supports people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting challenges, LGBT concerns, sleep and anger problems, ADHD, and many life changes.
What is Neal's style in therapy?
Sessions focus on practical skills and clear guidance. He teaches relaxation, meditation, coping tools, and uses a conversational, client-centered approach.
How much clinical experience does he have?
Neal brings 40 years of psychotherapy practice and decades of workshop leadership and program development to his work.
What credentials and location are listed for Neal?
He holds the LCPC credential and practices in Illinois.
Which languages and international options are offered?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are available online?
He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging as ways to connect.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What are the steps to begin working together?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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