About Nicole
Nicole Wheeler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania. She has six years of counseling experience and a long history in mental health work. Nicole focuses on practical help for everyday struggles.
She aims to make therapy understandable and useful for busy parents and adults. Nicole helps people cope with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar concerns, grief, anger, and sleep problems. She also supports people facing family and parenting challenges, adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, and caregiver stress.
How Nicole works
Additional focuses include ADHD, autism and Asperger syndrome, chronic illness and pain, codependency, and relationship communication problems. Her approach blends mindfulness with cognitive and behavioral tools. She uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and client-centered methods to teach coping skills and new ways of thinking.
Sessions often include practical exercises, skill practice, and planning for real-life situations. Nicole also works with trauma and abuse concerns, and with specific problem behaviors such as compulsive skin picking and hair pulling. She emphasizes identifying triggers, changing the environment where possible, and building steady coping strategies.
Clients can expect clear explanations and step-by-step work on manageable goals. Nicole offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Sessions are delivered in English and follow a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
To begin, a client completes a short matching questionnaire and schedules a session.
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
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Phobias
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Trichotillomania
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 6 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Pennsylvania |
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Online support options
How Nicole Uses Mindfulness and CBT Online
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts without getting stuck in them and clarify what matters most to them. It can be useful for anxiety, low mood, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thought patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, and sleep problems. Mindfulness therapy emphasizes present-moment awareness and practical exercises to reduce reactivity and improve emotional regulation.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to choose methods that fit their needs, goals, and preferences. Sessions often start with small goals and concrete skills so clients can notice early benefits and adjust the plan together.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. Video lets people use visual cues and do guided exercises. Phone sessions can be a simpler check-in when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging supports shorter updates, skill coaching between sessions, and daily check-ins. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules and to practice skills in real life.
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