About Lara
Dr. Lara Neely offers steady, practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by anxiety, stress, or big life changes. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Texas and brings a calm, nonjudgmental presence to conversations about mood, sleep, relationships, and identity.
Her tone is straightforward and supportive for someone who needs clear steps and a listening ear. Dr. Neely draws on several approaches to build useful tools for day-to-day life.
Background and approach
She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people focus on values and take workable steps forward. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and replace them with more balanced thinking. She also incorporates client-centered methods that tune into what each person needs in the moment.
Her background includes time in psychiatric emergency care and community behavioral health settings, alongside independent practice work. That mix has exposed her to a wide range of concerns, including trauma, mood disorders, and coping with chronic illness. She describes therapy as a collaborative process where practical strategies and skills are emphasized.
Sessions can address sleep problems, panic, relationship stress, parenting strain, grief, identity questions, and work burnout. Dr. Neely encourages people to develop a personal toolbox of coping strategies so everyday life feels more manageable.
She practices with gentle honesty and respect. The focus is on small, steady changes that add up. People are seen as capable and resilient, and therapy aims to strengthen those resources.
How these approaches work in online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters to them and take small, meaningful steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and habits and replacing them with more useful patterns, which can ease anxiety and mood swings. Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in the room by listening closely and shaping sessions to what the individual says they need.Choosing the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist and client talk through goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped in the past. From that conversation they try methods that fit the person’s life and adjust as progress is made, keeping the process collaborative and flexible.
Online formats offered include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people work face-to-face when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is low or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick updates, journaling between sessions, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, caregiving, or travel schedules.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Texas, Colorado
- Languages
- English