About Nicole
Nicole Schellinger is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing from South Carolina. She has 18 years of counseling experience and focuses on helping people who are facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, and addiction. Nicole aims to meet each person where they are and to move at a pace that feels manageable.
Her style is warm and inviting while remaining goal-oriented. Sessions are shaped around the client's immediate needs and personal goals.
How Nicole works
Nicole uses straightforward conversation, listening, and practical strategies that people can try between sessions. Nicole draws from approaches such as cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful patterns and make changes. She also uses client-centered and motivational interviewing techniques to support motivation and clarify values.
These methods are used to address issues like panic, mood disorders, compulsions, and problems with sleep or appetite. She has a background in addictions studies and a Master of Education in Mental Health Counseling. Much of her earlier work was in community behavioral health, where she supported people dealing with substance use, co-occurring mood concerns, and life transitions.
That experience informs a practical, down-to-earth approach to care. Nicole works with adults on a range of concerns including relationship strain, codependency, grief, and compassion fatigue. She focuses on building coping skills, improving communication, and helping people take steps toward the life they want.
Nicole lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
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
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Training and background
| Registers | LPCC, LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 18 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | South Carolina |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and what they look like online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, focuses on helping people clarify what matters to them and take small steps toward those values while learning to live with difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and challenges that come with life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical skills to reduce symptoms like panic, obsessive behaviors, or low mood. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental conversation where the therapist follows the client's lead to build trust and self-direction.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicole collaborates with each person to figure out which methods fit their goals, preferences, and daily life. She mixes techniques as needed and adjusts the plan over time so sessions stay useful and focused on progress.
Online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video is useful when visual cues matter, phone calls can be better when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports brief check-ins, and messaging works for ongoing thoughts or quick reflections between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and keep momentum between meetings.
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