About Russell
Russell Silver is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 12 years of experience working in hospital-based outpatient settings. He focuses on helping people get past fear and stigma so they can make practical changes. He encourages parents and individuals to ask questions and find a therapist they click with.
Therapy should be tailored to each person and build on strengths. Russell helps people process strong emotions and rethink unhelpful thoughts.
Background and approach
He uses clear, straightforward methods so conversations stay practical. Many clients come for stress, anxiety, relationship trouble, parenting strain, or struggles after life changes like divorce or medical issues. He has experience helping people with substance use recovery and process-related addictions such as gambling or problematic pornography use.
Russell has also supported those adjusting to disability and chronic health challenges, including work on vocational and rehabilitation needs. His approach blends client-centered care with cognitive behavioral techniques and solution-focused work. Russell also draws on mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people set small, realistic goals and stay engaged in change.
He includes Gottman Method tools when working on relationship concerns. Russell brings perspective from his background as a 24-year U.S. Army veteran and his work with veteran and armed forces issues.
He lives in Illinois and conducts sessions in English. He aims to make therapy approachable and useful for everyday life.
Approaches you can use online and how they help
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience, then shaping sessions around their goals and values. It helps when someone needs a supportive space to process feelings and decide what matters most.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. It provides step-by-step tools to reduce anxiety, manage stress, and change patterns that get in the way of daily life.
Mindfulness techniques teach simple attention and breathing practices to reduce reactivity and improve focus. These tools can support coping with stress, cravings, or strong emotions in the moment.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with clients to pick methods that match goals, preferences, and the issue at hand. Sessions can shift over time as needs change, so approaches are tested and adjusted together.
Online therapy with this clinician is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different schedules. Video calls allow deeper conversation and visual cues. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a simpler check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can be used for brief check-ins, goal tracking, or between-session support. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting sessions into work, school, or family life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
Also listed
- Addictions
- Adoption and foster care
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Parenting issues
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-love
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Stress, Anxiety
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English