Neal Reiersen
Compassionate, practical counseling for parents and caregivers
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed in
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Neal
Neal Reiersen is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Arizona. He blends acceptance-based and practical techniques to help people manage anxiety, depression, and stress. Neal keeps sessions supportive and down-to-earth so parents and caregivers can talk through what’s most pressing.
He emphasizes self-reflection and building small, manageable steps toward change. Neal draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and cognitive behavioral ideas to help people notice unhelpful patterns. He also uses client-centered and existential approaches that let clients set the agenda.
Background and approach
In sessions he focuses on workable skills and clearer values rather than long labels or lectures. His work covers a broad set of concerns, including parenting, family issues, addictions, trauma and mood symptoms. Neal also helps people dealing with grief, anger, ADHD, and relationship struggles.
He offers straightforward tools for communication, boundaries, and coping with life changes. With about 10 years of experience, Neal aims for a warm and encouraging style. He invites honest conversation and practical experiments between sessions.
The focus is on small steps that add up to meaningful progress over time. People who meet with Neal can expect a collaborative pace and direct feedback when it’s helpful. He supports self-acceptance while also helping clients take action toward the life they want.
How Neal’s Approaches Translate to Online Care
Neal uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT focuses on building flexibility so daily life feels more manageable, which can help with anxiety, depression, and stress. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is another main tool he uses to identify and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns with practical exercises and homework between sessions. Client-Centered Therapy is also part of his approach, offering a respectful and nonjudgmental space where clients set the focus and pace of sessions.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Neal will discuss different methods and try what fits best for a person’s goals and preferences. Sessions are shaped around what the client needs most, and adjustments are made along the way based on how things are going.
Online therapy with Neal is offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy family schedules and to check in between major appointments. The range of formats supports flexible, ongoing work on parenting, family concerns, mood, and coping skills without requiring travel.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
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
- Family conflicts
- Self esteem
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Arizona
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Neal
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- Stop at any point