About Nancy
Nancy Cechvala is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Wisconsin with 20 years of clinical experience. She focuses on helping people who are anxious, grieving, stressed, or coping with big life changes. She speaks English and works with adults who want practical help and steady support.
Nancy uses straightforward, real-world techniques to help people manage symptoms and make clearer choices. Sessions often cover stress, depression, bipolar symptoms, ADHD concerns, sleep and eating struggles, and problems with intimacy or relationships.
How Nancy works
She also helps people facing trauma, compassion fatigue, caregiver stress, and the fallout of divorce or separation. Her approach blends client-centered conversations with cognitive behavioral tools and emotionally focused strategies. Mindfulness practices and motivational interviewing are also part of her work when clients want them.
The goal is to match methods to each person’s needs and daily life, so strategies are usable between sessions. Nancy draws on two decades of experience to guide practical problem solving. She helps people name patterns, try manageable changes, and build better coping routines.
Appointments can be a mix of short check-ins or longer talks based on what someone needs in the moment. Sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Costs vary with location and therapist availability and use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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What Nancy works with
The areas below are the ones Nancy selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Wisconsin |
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Online support options
Approaches that guide online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters to the person. It helps people feel heard and clarify their goals so practical changes can follow. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect; it offers concrete skills to reduce anxiety, manage mood, and change unhelpful behavior. Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and shift core emotional patterns that get in the way of close relationships or self-understanding.Nancy treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will talk with each person about their goals and try methods that fit their daily life. Over time the plan can be adjusted based on what feels most useful and doable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video is useful for longer conversations and visual cues, phone works well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed, and chat or messaging can fit quick updates or brief coaching between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, caregiving, and other responsibilities.
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