About Todd
Todd Nelson is a licensed clinician with three decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, and life changes. He practices from Illinois and brings a straightforward, down-to-earth style to sessions. Todd's background includes long clinical work and military service, which shape his practical approach to everyday problems.
He draws on Client-Centered Therapy to listen closely and shape therapy around each person's needs. He uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors.
Background and approach
Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Solution-Focused methods add skills for managing strong emotions and for setting clear, achievable goals. Todd worked in outpatient clinics, an inpatient youth facility, and later as a mental health professional within the Illinois Department of Corrections. That range of roles gave him experience with trauma, post-traumatic stress, mood disorders, and challenges linked to the workplace and military life.
His history includes long-term hands-on practice rather than theory alone. In sessions he keeps things practical and plainspoken. Conversations aim to identify small, useful changes people can try between meetings.
He also addresses parenting concerns, relationship strain, sleep problems, anger, and issues like guilt, shame, and forgiveness. Todd likes to balance direct work with a relaxed presence. Outside therapy he enjoys motorcycling and woodworking.
He offers several online formats so people can choose what fits their schedule and needs.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and shaping sessions around the person's concerns. It helps people feel heard and gives them space to set their own pace and goals. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, works by identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and then practicing concrete changes to reduce symptoms like anxiety or low mood.Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and everyday routines to find methods that fit. Together they try a few techniques and adjust as needed, so therapy stays practical and relevant to each person's life.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule. Video lets people read visual cues and work through exercises together. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or for a shorter check-in. Live chat and text messaging allow for quick reflections, brief skill coaching, and ongoing support between longer sessions. These options increase flexibility and help people access regular care without major disruptions to their day.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
Also listed
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English