About Nicole
Nicole Kough is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Illinois. She has worked in counseling since 2009 and brings 15 years of experience to her practice. Her approach is warm and non-judgmental, focused on helping people find practical ways forward.
Nicole often helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship strain, and challenges with self-esteem. She also addresses trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, anger, career concerns, and coping with life changes.
How Nicole works
Her work includes attention to blended family issues, communication breakdowns, control struggles, and divorce or separation concerns. In sessions she listens first and seeks to understand each person’s story. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to create a supportive space and draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to examine thoughts that keep someone stuck.
Solution-Focused Therapy helps her and the client identify immediate, practical steps to try between sessions. Nicole adapts her plan to each person. She helps clients set small, achievable goals and checks progress as therapy continues.
Her style is straightforward and compassionate, aimed at helping people notice change and build healthier patterns. She offers sessions by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging so people can choose what fits their routine. Sessions are conducted in English and are scheduled based on therapist availability.
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What Nicole works with
The areas below are the ones Nicole selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Grief
Also listed
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Jealousy
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
Training and background
| Register | LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 15 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How Nicole’s Approaches Work Online
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on understanding the person first and creating a respectful, non-judgmental space; this helps people feel heard and more able to explore difficult feelings. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions and offers straightforward techniques to test and change unhelpful thought patterns. Solution-Focused Therapy concentrates on identifying small, practical steps and building on what already works to produce noticeable progress quickly.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Nicole will discuss options and tailor the plan to the client’s goals, preferences, and current challenges. Together they decide which techniques to try and adjust them over time based on what helps most.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video calls are useful when visual connection matters, phone sessions can fit a shorter break during the day, live chat can be helpful for quick check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing, brief exchanges between sessions. These formats help people fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while using the therapeutic approaches described above.
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