Todd Nelson
Calm, practical guidance for life's challenges
LCPC Illinois
- Experience
- 30 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Grief, Self esteem
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Client-Centered Therapy
- Languages
- English
About Todd
Todd Nelson brings a practical, client-centered style to his counseling work, drawing on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy among other approaches to help people manage stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and a wide range of life challenges.
Background and approach
He identifies counseling as a navigation process in which he supports clients as they steer through relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, parenting concerns, sleep problems, mood disorders, and coping with life changes. Todd frames his role as helping the individual - the captain of their own ship - find clearer direction and better functioning.
His path into mental health followed varied life experience, including military service and decades of clinical work in outpatient and inpatient settings as well as roles within corrections. Those settings helped him develop a relaxed, straightforward manner and an emphasis on solutions rather than clinical jargon.
Todd holds an LCPC and has roughly 30 years of experience in the mental health field, practicing in Illinois and currently accepting new clients with some scheduling limitations. Outside of therapy he enjoys motorcycling and woodworking, interests that reflect his hands-on, grounded approach to life.
Practical approaches for online therapy and lasting change
Clients can expect interventions grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Client-Centered Therapy delivered in an online format. CBT focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors to reduce symptoms like anxiety, depression, and sleep problems, often through practical exercises and skills practice. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes empathy, collaboration, and respect for the client's perspective, supporting exploration of values, life purpose, self-esteem, and difficult emotions.Todd approaches the choice of method collaboratively, recognizing that finding the right approach can take some exploration. He works with clients to weigh goals, preferences, and responses to different techniques, adjusting methods over time to better fit each person's needs and pace.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for different schedules and communication styles. These options make it easier to attend regularly, fit therapy into a busy life, and maintain continuity when in-person meetings are impractical. Licensed professionals can tailor these formats to focus on skill-building, problem solving, emotional processing, or short-term solution work depending on each client's priorities.
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Experience
30+ years
Licensed
Illinois
Languages
English