- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
About Richard
Richard Heller is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Illinois who uses clear, practical methods to help people facing difficult life moments. He emphasizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and focuses on helping clients manage stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and parenting concerns. He brings two decades of counseling experience to each conversation.
He meets people where they are and concentrates on problems that feel immediate and solvable. Sessions are focused and respectful, with an emphasis on learning skills to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
He also draws on solution-focused ideas to set short-term, achievable goals. Richard has a long background in pastoral ministry and has served as a Board Certified Chaplain since 1995. That history has shaped a calm, compassionate style and experience supporting people through grief, loss, and life transitions.
He continues chaplain work alongside his counseling practice. In the room he aims for a collaborative tone. He listens, asks practical questions, and offers exercises or perspectives clients can try between sessions.
He tailors interventions to the concern at hand, whether that is anxiety, mood problems, or coping with change. People who contact him can expect straightforward guidance and steady support. His work often covers issues such as trauma and abuse, parenting challenges, caregiving stress, and burnout.
Richard combines his counseling training and long pastoral background to help people move toward clearer next steps.
What Richard works with
Everything Richard lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Richard helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Eating disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
Approaches Richard lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Internal Family Systems
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approach-driven online therapy that fits your life
Richard primarily uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and change the behaviors tied to them. CBT is useful for anxiety, depression, stress, and many everyday challenges because it teaches concrete skills to test and shift patterns.He also uses Client-Centered principles, which means the therapist listens closely and follows the client's lead while offering empathy and support. This approach is helpful when someone needs space to process grief, loss, or difficult emotions without feeling pushed into a plan right away.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. He will collaborate with each person to decide which methods match their goals and preferences, and may combine techniques as needed. That choice is made together based on what the client wants to address and what feels most useful.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when visual cues matter, phone sessions need less bandwidth and can fit into a short break, live chat offers quick check-ins, and text messaging can support ongoing reflection between meetings. These options aim to make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Richard
What concerns does Richard help with?
He helps people address stress, anxiety, grief, depression, parenting challenges, trauma and abuse, anger, self-esteem, ADHD, bipolar concerns, and career or life-purpose questions.
What is his therapeutic style like?
He uses a practical, collaborative approach rooted in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and solution-focused techniques. Sessions aim to identify patterns and try concrete strategies the client can use between meetings.
What experience does he bring?
He has 20 years of counseling experience and a long history in pastoral ministry and chaplaincy, which informs a compassionate and steady approach to grief and life transitions.
Where is he licensed and based?
He is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) licensed in Illinois and provides services from that state.
Which languages are supported?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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