About Gary
Gary Reeves is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois with 12 years of experience. He focuses on helping people who feel stuck by drawing on their strengths and life experience. Gary works with individuals and couples on relationship strains, mood concerns, and major life changes.
He uses a collaborative, person-centered style. Sessions are conversational and practical. Clients can expect a calm, straightforward presence that asks questions and offers clear, usable ideas to try between meetings.
Background and approach
Gary has worked in independent practice, community mental health, and residential settings. That range of settings means he has experience with both short-term goals and longer, deeper work. He has supported people through grief, trauma, addiction, and career transitions.
His training includes degrees from DePaul University, Loyola University Graduate School of Business, and The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He holds an Illinois LCPC license and brings a mix of counseling and organizational perspectives to therapy. In sessions Gary blends approaches to match the person in front of him.
He often uses Attachment-Based ideas to look at relationship patterns, Client-Centered methods to follow a client’s lead, and Cognitive Behavioral tools to change unhelpful thoughts and habits. The focus is on practical steps people can use to feel better and manage daily life.
Approaches that guide online work and change
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and patterns. It can help people understand trust, closeness, and repeated hurts that affect romantic or family relationships. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on following the client’s lead; the therapist reflects, listens, and helps the person find their own solutions. This approach is useful when someone wants a supportive space to sort out feelings and make decisions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) identifies unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and teaches concrete strategies to shift them, which often helps with anxiety, mood, and sleep concerns.Figuring out the right approach is part of the work. Gary will talk with each person about goals and preferences and combine methods that fit those needs. That collaborative process helps set clear, practical steps so therapy matches what the client wants to change.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, and they provide flexibility for different days and schedules. Video sessions allow face-to-face conversation; phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messaging offer brief check-ins or ongoing written reflection between meetings. These options help people stay connected to therapy while balancing work, family, and other responsibilities.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English