Nancy Neukomm, LCPC

Nancy Neukomm is an Illinois-based licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) with 19 years of experience helping people through stressful life moments. She meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps. She talks about what's worrying clients now and helps them set small, reachable goals.

Nancy uses cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) alongside client-centered and emotionally-focused approaches. Sessions tend to include clear skill-building, chance to talk through feelings, and homework between meetings. She encourages simple stress management and self-reflection practices to use day to day.

Her background includes work with individuals in shelters, a prison ministry, and a local food pantry. She has led counseling programs and supervised other counselors, and she currently supervises an intern from Walden University while maintaining a private practice.

Nancy aims to be a steady, respectful listener who offers creative problem solving. She helps people notice patterns that get in the way and practices new ways of responding. The work is paced to the person's goals and comfort level.

People come for many concerns including anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, addiction, trauma and grief. She also supports worries about attention difficulties, chronic illness and pain, obsessive-compulsive patterns, anger, career changes, and coping with separation or blended family challenges.

How Nancy’s Approaches Translate to Online Work

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening, acceptance, and helping the person lead the conversation. Online sessions give space to talk through feelings and priorities while the therapist reflects and helps clarify next steps. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts, behaviors, and small changes that reduce symptoms. In remote sessions CBT tools like thought records, behavior experiments, and brief skills practice are taught and reviewed together. Emotionally-focused therapy (EFT) helps people notice patterns in emotional responses and shift how they connect with others. When done online EFT sessions include focused dialogue and exercises to try between meetings.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. That collaborative process guides whether sessions lean more toward CBT skills, client-centered listening, or emotionally-focused exercises.

Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation and exercises. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for short updates, homework check-ins, or when writing out thoughts helps more than talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life while still working toward clear goals with a licensed professional.