- Mindfulness based care
- Behavioral skills
- Values centered work
About Nicole
Nicole Wheeler is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) based in Pennsylvania who focuses on helping adults facing stress, anxiety, life changes, and self-esteem struggles. She approaches care with straightforward coaching and practical tools. People often seek her support for parenting and family concerns, grief, sleep problems, anger, mood conditions, ADHD, and challenges related to adoption and foster care.
Nicole brings six years of counseling experience and a long history in the mental health field. She favors an approach that blends mindfulness with cognitive behavioral ideas. That means she teaches skills for noticing thoughts, building coping strategies, and changing unhelpful thinking patterns so daily life feels easier.
Her work includes habit-focused methods for repetitive behaviors such as skin picking and hair pulling. She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas and techniques from dialectical behavior therapy to help people tolerate emotions and take value-driven action. Nicole encourages practical changes to a person's environment and routines to reduce triggers and support healthier habits.
Nicole often invites clients to explore their personal values and goals. She uses a SELF model she developed to guide self-reflection, environment changes, self-compassion, and forgiveness. Sessions aim to be collaborative and focused on small, achievable steps.
For people new to therapy, Nicole sees online sessions as a helpful way to begin. She asks for clear information about symptoms and any trauma history so she can determine whether her online skill set is an appropriate match for each person.
Approaches used in online sessions and how they help
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) encourages people to notice thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and to take actions that match their values. It can help with anxiety, depression, and motivation struggles. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and changing behaviors to reduce distress and improve daily functioning. It is commonly used for anxiety, mood concerns, and sleep problems. Mindfulness-based work teaches moment-to-moment awareness and simple practices to reduce reactivity and increase calm; this supports emotion regulation and stress management.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences. That shared process guides which techniques are emphasized and how quickly the work progresses.
Confirm current session options before booking, since the profile does not list specific formats. Online therapy can make fitting sessions into a busy life easier by removing travel time and allowing shorter check-ins when needed. It can also let people meet from a comfortable setting, use video or audio depending on bandwidth, and continue work without rearranging an entire day. The focus remains on practical skills, behavior change, and values-driven steps that translate into daily routines.
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Experience
6+ years
Credentials
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Nicole commonly help with?
She helps with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar mood challenges, grief, sleeping difficulties, anger, and coping with life changes. Her practice also addresses family and parenting stress and matters related to adoption and foster care.
How would she describe her therapeutic style?
Her style blends mindfulness and cognitive behavioral techniques with acceptance and commitment ideas and DBT skills. Sessions focus on learning practical coping strategies and changing unhelpful thought and behavior patterns.
What is her clinical background?
Nicole has six years of counseling experience and a long history working in mental health. She has worked with OCD, repetitive behaviors like skin picking, autism-related concerns, at-risk youth, and chronic illness contexts.
What are her credentials and where is she based?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor - LPC - practicing in Pennsylvania.
Does she work in other languages or with international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking since specific formats were not listed in the profile.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin if I want to work with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability. Provide detail about symptoms and any trauma history so the therapist can assess fit.