About Bryan
Bryan Manion is a licensed clinical professional counselor with 24 years of experience helping people face stress, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and addiction. He presents a calm, straightforward manner and focuses on practical steps people can try between sessions. Visitors will find clear talk and steady support aimed at real-life problems.
Bryan works with clients on issues like grief, intimacy-related concerns, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue. He also addresses attachment and abandonment worries, body image, codependency, and struggles related to autism and Asperger Syndrome.
How Bryan works
He keeps language simple and goals concrete so progress is easy to notice. In sessions Bryan blends client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and solution-focused work. He listens for patterns rooted in early relationships and may draw on psychodynamic ideas to help people understand recurring feelings.
The focus stays on what helps a person feel and function better day to day. Clients describe practical guidance for handling anger, coping with life changes, and managing relationship communication problems. He also supports people dealing with bipolar disorder symptoms, drug and alcohol addiction, and recovery from trauma and abuse.
Intervention plans are shaped around each person's situation and goals. Bryan is based in Illinois and holds the LCPC credential, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. He offers a steady, empathetic presence and an emphasis on building usable skills for handling stress and making changes that last.
Bryan lists 4 ways of working on the entry:
What Bryan works with
The areas below are the ones Bryan selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 24 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions that fit your life
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflecting so people feel heard and can find their own answers; it helps when someone needs an empathetic space to sort through feelings. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, breaks down thoughts and behaviors into manageable steps and teaches tools to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful patterns.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Bryan will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences. Together they will try approaches and adjust what isn’t helping until a useful path forward is found.
Online sessions make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life. Video calls are useful for full conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or people prefer not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are handy for quick check-ins, brief coaching between sessions, or when a shorter format better fits a schedule. These options offer flexibility while keeping the focus on steady progress and practical skills.
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