About Neal
Neal Harris helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, relationship struggles, low self-esteem, and life changes. He works with clients around trauma and abuse, intimacy-related concerns, sleep problems, career stress, and compassion fatigue. Neal also supports people facing chronic illness, caregiving strain, body image concerns, and ADHD-related challenges.
Neal brings 40 years of psychotherapy experience to his work. He trained and taught in a range of settings, and he led workshops in holistic health and self-enrichment for decades.
Background and approach
He ran a holistic education center for 25 years and developed public and portable labyrinth tools used in workshops and therapeutic settings. In sessions Neal uses attachment-based work alongside client-centered and cognitive behavioral tools. He also uses emotionally-focused strategies and eye movement desensitization techniques when appropriate.
His approach mixes talking, focused exercises, and relaxation practices to help people notice patterns and try new ways of coping. Clients may encounter guided relaxation, meditation, and some hands-on strategies adapted for conversation-based therapy.
Neal has written a book called Pocket Stress Manager & Labyrinth Guide and produced a relaxation recording titled Exit The Storm, resources he calls on to support practical skill-building. Neal holds the credential LCPC, which indicates a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Illinois. He offers sessions in English and accepts international clients.
He combines traditional counseling with holistic methods developed over a long teaching and practice career.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online work
Attachment-based work looks at how early connection patterns shape current relationships and emotional responses; it helps with intimacy, relationship conflict, and feeling supported with others. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, empathy, and helping people find their own solutions, which can ease anxiety and build self-esteem. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts and try new behaviors, a practical approach for anxiety, sleep problems, and depression.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss your goals, try different strategies, and adjust methods as needed so the work fits your needs and preferences. Expect a mix of talking, skill practice, and homework when useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets you use visual cues and guided exercises, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options help people fit therapy into busy schedules, accommodate travel or relocation, and maintain steady contact with licensed professionals.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 40 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English