About Nancy
Nancy Gilmer welcomes people who are feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or unsure where to turn. She focuses on clear, practical steps to ease stress, anxiety, mood changes, and the fallout from trauma and loss. Nancy offers straightforward support for issues like grief, addiction, anger, and feeling aimless in midlife.
Nancy holds a LPCC, which means she is a licensed professional clinical counselor in Kentucky. She has two decades of experience working with mental health and substance use concerns.
How Nancy works
She uses plain language and a calm style so people can talk about hard things without feeling judged. Her work includes helping people build coping skills for major life changes, manage mood disorders like bipolar, and address compassion fatigue or caregiver stress. She also helps clients who are dealing with guilt, shame, isolation, or questions about life purpose and meaning.
Nancy draws on methods that encourage acceptance, present-moment awareness, and practical behavior change. Sessions emphasize what feels doable for each person and focus on small habits that add up over time. Conversations are collaborative - she listens, offers feedback, and helps shape a plan based on each person’s goals.
People who want flexible ways to meet and a therapist who explains things plainly may find her approach helpful. Her work combines experience, practical strategies, and attention to personal values to help people move toward a more manageable day-to-day life.
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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.
Also listed
- Addictions
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LPCC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 20 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Kentucky |
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Online support options
Practical approaches for online mental health care
Nancy integrates Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy in ways that fit online work. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice what matters to them, accept difficult feelings, and take small committed actions toward their values. It can be useful for stress, life transitions, and feeling stuck. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors; it often helps with anxiety, mood symptoms, and building coping skills.Choosing the right approach is part of the therapy process. Nancy works together with each person to see which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. That collaborative effort helps shape session focus and homework tasks so therapy fits the person’s life.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video lets the therapist and client work face-to-face for skill practice and discussion. Phone sessions can be a lower-bandwidth option or fit a quick check-in. Chat and text-based messaging allow short updates or ongoing reinforcement between fuller sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, caregiving, or travel.
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