Gary Reeves
Calm guidance for stressful family moments
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed in
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Gary
Gary Reeves is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with 12 years of clinical experience. He aims to help people tap into their strengths and face hard moments with practical support. Gary meets clients where they are and focuses on creating a calm, approachable space for discussing problems and finding steps forward.
He favors a collaborative, person-centered style. Sessions are conversational and direct. Gary listens closely, reflects what he hears, and helps clients try new ways of handling stress, relationships, and life changes.
Background and approach
Gary has worked across independent practice, community mental health, and residential settings. That variety has shaped a flexible approach for both everyday struggles and deeper issues. He has experience with mood difficulties, trauma, addictions, grief, and relationship struggles among other concerns.
His training includes a bachelor’s degree from DePaul University, a master’s in Human Resource Management from Loyola University Graduate School of Business, and a master’s in Counseling Psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology. He holds an Illinois LCPC - IL LCPC 180.010730. In practical terms, Gary uses several approaches to match a person’s needs.
These include attachment-focused work, cognitive-behavioral tools, and emotionally-focused methods aimed at improving connection and coping. He prefers to work together with a clear plan and real, testable steps. For a parent worried about relationships, behavior, or transitions, Gary offers straightforward conversation, problem-solving, and steady support to try on over time.
Therapeutic approaches and what online sessions look like
Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on how early connections shape current relationships. It helps people notice patterns in close relationships and try new, more supported ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches specific skills to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change unhelpful behaviors.Gary aims to match the approach to each person rather than use one fixed method. He works collaboratively to figure out which methods fit a person’s goals and comfort level. Together they set small goals and adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online sessions offer flexibility. Video calls let you talk face-to-face from home, while phone sessions work when video isn’t possible. Live chat and text-based messaging provide shorter, more frequent check-ins or supplemental support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy family schedule and keep work moving forward even when life is hectic.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 12 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English
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