About Gary
Gary Reeves is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois who brings 12 years of clinical experience to his work. He draws on training in counseling and human resource management to support clients facing emotional challenges, life transitions, and relationship concerns.
Background and approach
Reeves has worked across independent practice, community mental health, and residential settings, and he approaches therapy with a collaborative, person-centered attitude that emphasizes each client’s strengths and individuality. Clients can expect an integrative style that blends evidence-informed methods to address a wide range of issues from stress, anxiety, and depression to trauma, addiction, intimacy struggles, and career concerns.
He also attends to more specific areas such as attachment difficulties, communication problems, codependency, blended family issues, and compassion fatigue. Reeves aims to meet people where they are and to foster an environment that supports exploration, growth, and self-guided healing.
He accepts clients who speak English and is available to work with international clients. His licensure is recorded as IL LCPC 180.010730, and practical arrangements include multiple online and remote session formats to fit diverse schedules and needs.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Access
Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes understanding how early relational patterns shape current ways of connecting; it helps people explore attachment needs and improve emotional bonds in relationships. Client-Centered Therapy centers the client’s own experience and fosters growth through empathy, acceptance, and collaborative exploration, making it useful for people coping with life changes, self-esteem concerns, and decision-making. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying and shifting unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, offering practical strategies for anxiety, depression, and stress management.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each client to consider symptoms, personal goals, and preferences, and then tailor an integrative plan that draws on the most helpful methods for the situation. That shared planning helps clarify what to expect and keeps the work aligned with evolving needs.
Online therapy with this practice is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, providing flexibility for varied schedules and geographic locations. These formats make it possible to continue therapeutic work during life transitions and from different time zones, while allowing therapists and clients to focus on consistent, goal-oriented progress.
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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