About Todd
Todd Nelson is an Illinois licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 30 years of experience in mental health. He brings a straightforward, person-centered style to sessions and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. He has worked in outpatient clinics, inpatient youth settings, and within the Illinois Department of Corrections.
Todd connects life experience with clinical work to help people manage anxiety and stress. Todd's approach centers on listening first and helping clients set clear, achievable goals.
Background and approach
He leans on Client-Centered Therapy to follow what matters most to each person. He also uses Solution-Focused methods to identify small changes that lead to faster relief. For emotional regulation and coping skills he draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, helping people notice thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going.
He incorporates ideas from Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach practical skills for distress tolerance and emotion management. Internal Family Systems informs work on inner parts and how they relate to patterns like guilt, shame, or self-criticism. Todd has particular experience with grief, trauma and abuse, workplace stress, post-traumatic stress, and concerns common to veterans and first responders.
He also helps people facing relationship strain, parenting stress, sleep problems, and mood disorders such as depression and bipolar challenges. Sessions are offered in English and available by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. Todd describes himself as laid back and direct, preferring clear conversation over clinical jargon.
He enjoys motorcycling and woodworking when he is not working.
How Todd’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy is about following what matters to the person in the room and offering support that fits their goals; it helps people feel heard and steering their own changes. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors and practicing alternatives that reduce anxiety and mood symptoms. Dialectical Behavior Therapy, or DBT, teaches concrete skills for regulating intense emotions and tolerating distress without making things worse.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Todd will talk with a client about needs, goals, and preferences, then try strategies that match those priorities. He often blends approaches so practical skills and personal understanding work together rather than relying on a single method.
Online sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging give flexibility for busy schedules and different communication styles. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for skills practice, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging works well for ongoing questions between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, or other commitments while keeping the focus on meaningful, manageable change.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
Also listed
- 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
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