About Richard
Richard Heller uses a client-focused blend of therapies to help people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strains, grief, trauma, and other life transitions.
Background and approach
As a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois, he draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside client-centered and solution-focused techniques to tailor care to each person's needs. With two decades of clinical experience, he combines a practical emphasis on skills and problem solving with attention to individual values and goals.
Richard addresses a wide range of concerns including coping with life changes, family and relationship problems, parenting and communication difficulties, anger and self-esteem challenges, and issues such as ADHD, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue.
He also works with matters related to aging and geriatric concerns, caregiver stress, cancer and hospice-related counseling, attachment and family-of-origin patterns, and questions of life purpose and isolation. Sessions emphasize collaboration, respect, and compassion while helping clients develop concrete strategies and explore internal patterns that affect well-being.
Available in English and offering multiple online session formats, Richard helps clients identify goals and offers a mix of short-term solution work and deeper therapeutic exploration depending on what the situation requires.
Therapeutic Approaches for Online Care
Richard commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy in online work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety and depression and to build practical coping skills. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathic listening and respect for the client’s perspective, helping people explore feelings and values while guiding their own growth.Choosing the best approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to determine which methods or combination of methods fit their goals, preferences, and the specific issues they bring, and will adapt the plan as work progresses.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, offering flexibility for scheduling and access. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, try different session styles, and integrate therapy into daily life while working toward concrete goals and personal insights.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also works with
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English