About Gary
Gary Reeves is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 12 years of clinical experience. He builds sessions around each person’s strengths and practical needs. Gary aims to create an atmosphere where people feel heard and can take small steps toward change.
He sees individuals and couples who are dealing with anxiety, depression, addiction, grief, and relationship strain. He also addresses issues like stress, intimacy-related concerns, sleep problems, career stress, and compassion fatigue.
How Gary works
He helps people manage life transitions and cope with trauma or loss. Gary trained at DePaul University, Loyola University Graduate School of Business, and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. His background includes independent practice, community mental health, and residential treatment settings.
That mix informs how he balances direct guidance with listening and support. In sessions he uses a mix of Attachment-Based, Client-Centered, Cognitive Behavioral, Emotionally-Focused, and Existential ideas. That means he pays attention to emotions and relationship patterns, notices thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going, and focuses on personal meaning and values.
He adjusts his approach to what a client needs on a given day. Gary works in a collaborative style. He helps people set realistic goals, try new ways of relating, and practice skills between meetings.
The aim is steady progress, with room to address setbacks and build on what already works.
Gary lists 12 ways of working on the entry:
What Gary works with
The areas below are the ones Gary selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 12 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches for relationships and daily life online
Gary draws on Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationship patterns affect current connections and emotional responses. This approach can help people notice repeating cycles with partners and learn new ways to feel and respond.He also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the person's experience and priorities. In this approach the therapist offers active listening and supportive feedback so clients can make their own choices and move at their own pace.
In practice, Gary treats choosing an approach as a team effort. He will talk with each person about goals and preferences, try methods that fit the issue, and adjust plans based on what helps most. The work is collaborative rather than one-size-fits-all.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different needs. Video calls let people work face to face when bandwidth allows. Phone sessions are useful when hands-free conversation or lower data use is preferred. Live chat and text messaging support shorter check-ins, written reflections, or ongoing coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, and life demands.
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