About Us

Illumino Counseling was started by Sofia Neville, LCPC to provide a space where Catholic and Christian values are incorporated into mental health treatment. We aim to provide a space where you can trust that your clinical provider shares your faith and respects your values. 

Our company’s name is inspired by St. Thomas Aquinas’s assertion that “it is better to illuminate than just shine.” To shine is to merely emit one’s own light, but to illuminate is to offer enough light that others might see. For example, consider the stars and the moon in the night. The stars shine, but since they are primarily their own small source of energy, the light they offer is limited. The moon however reflects the light of the sun - a great external energy source. The moon thereby makes visible – illuminates - what would otherwise be in darkness. In life we can offer some light of our own, but truly illuminating our paths requires working in conjunction with another – we must actively receive light and love from others, especially God, then share that light and love with those in our lives. At Illumino we understand, however, that wounds from things either we have done or that have been done to us can disconnect us from others and from ourselves. Isolation presents a profound challenge, as when we are alone, the merely shining light we have is limited and may begin to dim. We believe that this is where our holistic approach to counseling can help illuminate your path in life. 

As the Moon reflects the sun, we work to reflect God’s hope and healing to you through the therapeutic relationship. We work to bring illuminating light to the wounds that you carry through evidence-based counseling techniques as well as faith-based and philosophical understandings of the world into session. Our mission is to provide holistic mental health services that foster healing and growth, that can in turn bring light to the paths of others. We hope to illuminate the way for you first, using our holistic approach, and trust that in time you will be able to help illuminate the way for those in your life as well.