About Nancy
Nancy Truett is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee with 23 years of experience. She brings long experience in counseling, clinical mental health, and substance abuse settings. Nancy works with many concerns that cause heavy stress and disruption in daily life.
Her background includes work in agencies, independent practice, K-12 schools, college settings, and residential treatment. She has experience supporting people affected by substance use and trauma, and has worked with students and adults in varied treatment programs.
How Nancy works
She also directs counseling services at a community college while continuing clinical work. Nancy earned a master’s degree from the University of Tennessee in Educational Psychology - Community and Mental Health Counseling and a BA in Literature - Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina.
She is currently a doctoral candidate in Educational Psychology and Adult Learning at the University of Tennessee. Her academic work informs a thoughtful approach to therapy. She focuses on emotional and psychological abuse, trauma, and related issues for women, and also helps people facing anxiety, depression, addiction, relationship conflicts, parenting strain, and identity concerns.
Nancy uses arts-based methods at times, drawing on her literature and creative writing background. In sessions she blends practical strategies with listening and reflection. People can expect help naming patterns, making small behavior changes, and processing past hurts.
Her work combines structured tools and space to tell one’s story so change can feel manageable.
Nancy lists 8 ways of working on the entry:
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.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 23 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Tennessee |
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Online support options
How Nancy’s approaches translate to online work
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and reflecting what matters most to the person. It helps people feel heard and supported while they name goals and decide next steps. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going and uses practical exercises to shift those patterns. It often helps with anxiety, depression, and stress by teaching specific tools. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that helps people process painful memories; when appropriate it can reduce the intensity of past events and related reactions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about their needs, goals, and comfort level and together decide which methods to try. That makes therapy more collaborative and tailored to what feels helpful in the moment.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls let people meet face to face over a longer session, phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between appointments. These options make it easier to fit care into work, school, or family schedules and to keep consistent progress.
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