Cecily M. Neita

Cecily M. Neita is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and National Certified Counselor (NCC) with a Master’s degree in Counseling from Chicago State University. She has experience working with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and families, providing compassionate, individualized therapeutic support tailored to each client’s unique needs, experiences, and goals.

Cecily’s primary areas of focus include marriage counseling, premarital counseling, and pre-engagement counseling, helping individuals and couples build healthy relationship foundations and make intentional decisions about their futures. She works with individuals discerning whether to pursue a committed relationship, couples considering engagement, engaged couples preparing for marriage, and married couples seeking to strengthen their relationships.

Through couples counseling, Cecily helps clients explore communication patterns, relationship expectations, conflict resolution, emotional intimacy, boundaries, family backgrounds, values, and long-term compatibility. Her approach encourages couples to develop a deeper understanding of one another, address areas of concern, and establish practical tools for building healthy, lasting relationships.

In addition to her work with couples, Cecily provides individual therapy for clients seeking support with personal challenges, emotional distress, life transitions, self-esteem, relationship concerns, and personal growth. She helps individuals identify unhelpful thought patterns, develop healthier coping strategies, strengthen emotional wellness, and gain greater clarity about their needs, values, and goals.

Cecily utilizes evidence-based therapeutic approaches, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), to address each client’s concerns and support meaningful, lasting change. Her counseling style is collaborative, compassionate, and individualized, creating a supportive environment where clients can explore challenges, recognize their strengths, and work toward greater emotional and relational well-being.

As the founder of Chayil Biblical Counseling Services, PLLC, Cecily offers a Christ-centered approach to counseling for individuals and couples who desire to integrate their Christian faith into the therapeutic process. When desired by the client and appropriate to the therapeutic goals, she incorporates prayer, Scripture, and biblical principles alongside clinical interventions to support emotional healing, personal development, healthier relationships, and spiritual growth.

Chayil Biblical Counseling Services is committed to supporting the whole person—emotionally, mentally, relationally, and spiritually. Cecily believes that counseling can help individuals develop greater self-awareness, strengthen their sense of self-worth, navigate life’s challenges, and cultivate healthier relationships with themselves, others, and God. Her goal is to provide a supportive space where clients can pursue healing, experience personal growth, and move toward a more fulfilling life aligned with their values and faith.