Gary Reeves is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who brings 12 years of clinical experience to his work in Illinois.
01About Gary
Gary Reeves is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) who brings 12 years of clinical experience to his work in Illinois. He focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, relationship strain, depression, grief, addiction concerns, and life changes. Gary strives to meet clients where they are and to make the therapeutic process feel straightforward and approachable.
He uses a person-centered, collaborative style that treats each client as unique. Sessions tend to focus on practical steps, clear goals, and the client’s own strengths.
Background and approach
This makes the work feel concrete rather than abstract, and it helps people notice small improvements sooner. Gary has worked in independent practice, community mental health, and residential settings. That mix of settings informs his flexibility with different life situations and levels of need.
He is comfortable discussing both short-term coping strategies and deeper, longer-term concerns. In therapy he draws on several approaches, including attachment-focused ideas, client-centered work, and cognitive behavioral techniques. Those tools help with relationship difficulties, patterns of thought that fuel anxiety or depression, and attachment wounds that affect intimacy and trust.
People who come to Gary often want to understand why they repeat certain patterns and to find concrete ways to change them. He supports work on parenting stress, family of origin issues, communication problems, body image concerns, and career-related strain. The goal is steady, understandable progress rather than quick fixes.
02Credentials
- LCPC (Illinois)
- License 180.010730 · expires March 2027
- NPI
- 1154813327 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Gary lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Methods Gary names
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Imago Relationship Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Gary names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Online approaches that focus on relationships and thoughts
Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early bonds shape current relationships and emotional patterns. It helps people understand why they react a certain way in close relationships and supports building more stable connections.Client-Centered Therapy centers on the person’s own experience and values. The therapist offers empathy and reflective listening while the client sets pace and direction. This approach can help with self-esteem, life transitions, and discovering personal strengths.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing patterns of behavior. It is practical and problem-focused, which suits anxiety, depression, sleep issues, and coping with stress.
Gary treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. He will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful, then adapt methods as work progresses. That ongoing conversation helps keep therapy relevant and effective for the person’s needs.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video calls are useful for full-session conversations and visual cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Chat and texting offer brief touchpoints, check-ins between sessions, and a way to work through smaller problems without scheduling a longer appointment.
These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and to keep continuity when schedules change.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does Gary address?
He helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, addictions, grief, trauma, sleep problems, parenting stress, and career concerns, among others.
How would you describe his therapeutic style?
Gary uses a collaborative, person-centered approach that emphasizes practical steps and the client’s strengths. Conversations are aimed at clear goals and useful strategies.
What is his clinical background?
He has 12 years of clinical experience and has worked in independent practice, community mental health, and residential settings.
What credentials and location are listed?
He holds an IL LCPC, which is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor credential in Illinois, and practices in Illinois.
Are sessions offered in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are available for sessions?
Sessions can be held via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging depending on what works best for the client.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to the therapist’s availability.
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