About Neal
Neal Harris is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who brings 40 years of counseling experience to his work. He focuses on common concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, self-esteem, and coping with big life changes. Neal also offers support around LGBT issues, parenting concerns, intimacy-related struggles, career questions, and ADHD-related challenges.
Neal takes a practical and person-focused approach in sessions. He combines talk therapy with relaxation and meditation training.
How Neal works
He uses techniques to help clients manage symptoms and build coping skills. Sessions aim to be straightforward and useful from the first meeting. His background includes long involvement in holistic health and experiential learning.
Neal led workshops since the mid-1980s and ran a holistic education center for 25 years. That work shaped his interest in blending psychological and somatic approaches to healing. Neal has studied in the United States, China, and India, and has taught energy therapies such as Reiki for decades.
He is the author of Pocket Stress Manager & Labyrinth Guide and produced the relaxation recording Exit The Storm. He also created the Intuipath finger labyrinth and has led labyrinth workshops nationally. In clinical practice Neal integrates several therapeutic approaches to fit each person’s needs.
He has experience addressing chronic illness, caregiver stress, body image, trauma, and other life pressures. He practices in Illinois and offers sessions in English.
Neal lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Neal works with
The areas below are the ones Neal selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Visually impaired
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 40 |
| 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
Neal uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships influence current patterns. This approach helps people notice how they relate to others and practice new ways of connecting. He also uses Client-Centered Therapy, which focuses on the client’s experience and pacing; the therapist follows the client’s lead and encourages self-directed growth. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, is used to identify unhelpful thinking and test new behaviors that reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Neal will discuss these options with each person and decide together which methods fit goals and preferences. That collaborative process helps tailor sessions to what feels most useful and realistic for daily life.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for conversation and visual cues, while phone sessions can fit into a break at work or when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text-based messaging are handy for shorter check-ins, tracking progress between sessions, or when someone prefers writing over speaking. These formats make therapy more flexible and easier to fit into a busy schedule.
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