Neal Harris, LCPC

Neal Harris, LCPC, helps people facing stress, anxiety, grief, and intimacy-related issues. He works with individuals navigating relationship strains, parenting challenges, career shifts, and the long-term effects of trauma and abuse. Neal also supports people coping with chronic illness, caregiving stress, body-image concerns, and LGBTQ+ related issues.

Neal brings 40 years of psychotherapy practice to sessions. He draws on a mix of practical tools like relaxation and meditation training and targeted practices such as Emotional Freedom Technique and graphotherapy. Sessions focus on simple, teachable skills that people can use between meetings to manage symptoms and change unhelpful patterns.

His background includes a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology and wide-ranging experiential training in the United States, China, and India. He taught Reiki for nearly three decades and provided Reiki therapy for almost 40 years, and he has led workshops in holistic health since the mid-1980s.

Neal has written the Pocket Stress Manager & Labyrinth Guide and produced the relaxation CD Exit The Storm. He created the Intuipath® double finger labyrinth design and led a national research study on its effects with children and adolescents with ADHD. He has also led labyrinth workshops and consulted on labyrinth projects across the country.

In practice Neal blends traditional counseling approaches with mind-body methods and restorative practices. He aims for clear, manageable steps so people can feel steadier and make progress toward their goals.

How therapy approaches translate to online work

Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes understanding how early relationships shape current emotional patterns. Online sessions using this approach help people notice how they relate to others and practice new ways of connecting and responding in real life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and changing behaviors. When used online it supports concrete skill building like thought records, behavioral experiments, and short homework between sessions to reduce anxiety and depression symptoms.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and comfort level. That choice may include blending approaches so practical coping skills and deeper relational work happen together.

The original profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current options before booking. Many people find online therapy helpful because it can fit into a busy day, reduce travel time, and allow for consistent check-ins. Online sessions can also make it easier to continue work while managing health conditions or caregiving responsibilities. Licensed professionals adapt materials and exercises for virtual meetings so clients can keep practicing between sessions.