About Cyd
Cyd O'Neal helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship troubles, depression, or life transitions. She introduces calm, practical steps so people can start feeling steadier and more confident. Cyd works with concerns around motivation and finding life purpose as well.
She is identified as LCPC, which denotes a licensed clinical professional counselor in Illinois. Cyd sees each person as the expert on their own life.
Background and approach
She focuses on strengths people already have and builds small, achievable goals. Sessions emphasize clear tools and straightforward conversation rather than jargon. Progress often comes from trying simple strategies between meetings.
Over 25 years of professional work she has supported people with communication problems and blended family issues. She also helps those dealing with caregiver stress, aging and geriatric concerns, and women's issues. Social anxiety and phobia are also areas she addresses.
Her approach draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to change unhelpful thinking patterns and on Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change. Solution-Focused Therapy is used for steady goal-setting and practical steps. These methods aim to make therapy feel useful and relevant to day-to-day life.
Cyd aims to offer a supportive partnership so clients feel heard and guided. She encourages small experiments and honest feedback to find what works. The focus is on practical change and building confidence over time.
Practical approaches for online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on noticing unhelpful thoughts and testing them with specific actions. It helps people manage anxiety, low mood, and stress by changing thinking patterns and adding small behavior changes.Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative conversation style that helps someone discover their own reasons to change. It is useful when motivation feels stuck or when facing big life decisions.
Solution-Focused Therapy centers on goals and next steps rather than a long review of the past. Sessions identify workable, short-term actions that move someone toward their priorities.
Finding the right mix of these approaches is part of the process. The therapist works together with the person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaboration helps tailor sessions so they feel relevant and doable.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video allows face-to-face conversation, phone can be simpler with lower bandwidth, live chat fits quick check-ins, and text messaging supports brief daily reflections. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and keep momentum between meetings.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
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Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 25 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English