About Todd
Todd Nelson brings three decades of counseling experience to his work, combining practical, person-centered methods with solution-focused strategies. He is an Illinois-licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) who frames therapy as a collaborative navigation process, helping clients steer through stress, anxiety, grief, depression, trauma, and complex life transitions.
Background and approach
His style emphasizes listening, practical problem solving, and tailoring interventions to each person's needs rather than relying on jargon or rigid theory.
Nelson's background includes a long career in mental health settings and service in the Air Force, giving him familiarity with a wide range of concerns from mood disorders and obsessive-compulsive issues to relationship difficulties, parenting challenges, sleep problems, and workplace stress.
He has also focused on areas such as domestic violence, forgiveness, guilt and shame, infidelity, and post-traumatic stress. Outside of clinical work he enjoys motorcycling and woodworking, and he accepts new clients with scheduling coordinated directly through him.
His Illinois license number is IL LCPC 180.003983.
Therapeutic Approaches and Online Care
Client-centered therapy focuses on building understanding through empathetic listening and supporting clients to find their own solutions; it is useful for people who need a respectful, nonjudgmental space to explore feelings and choices. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) helps identify and shift unhelpful thought and behavior patterns, which can be especially effective for anxiety, depression, sleep difficulties, and many mood-related concerns. Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical skills for managing strong emotions, improving distress tolerance, and enhancing interpersonal effectiveness, making it a helpful option when emotion regulation and impulse control are central issues.Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process, and the therapist works collaboratively with each person to determine which methods fit their needs, goals, and preferences. This means treatment plans can combine elements from different approaches and evolve over time based on what proves most helpful.
Online therapy with this clinician is available via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, offering flexibility for scheduling and communication style. These options make it easier to access consistent care around work and life commitments and allow licensed professionals to deliver tailored interventions in ways that match individual routines and comfort levels.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Family conflicts
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 30 years
- Licensed
- Illinois
- Languages
- English