- Mindfulness CBT
- ACT and DBT skills
- OCD habit work
About Nicole
Nicole Wheeler is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with six years of counseling experience and many more years working in mental health. She works with people facing stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar concerns, grief, trauma and issues around parenting and family life. Nicole also supports people dealing with sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, career stress, and relationship communication challenges.
Nicole uses a mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy approach to teach clients about thinking patterns and practical coping skills. She combines that with Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy techniques to help people notice thoughts, tolerate distress, and make value-based changes. Habit reversal and exposure methods are part of her work with obsessive-compulsive symptoms such as skin picking and hair pulling.
Sessions focus on learning concrete skills. Clients practice noticing triggers, adjusting routines, and testing new behaviors between meetings. Nicole emphasizes clear, step-by-step strategies rather than abstract theory.
She has experience with adoption and foster care issues, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, chronic illness, codependency, and fertility concerns. Nicole also supports people dealing with dissociation, dependent personality patterns, guilt, shame, and forgiveness work.
Nicole asks people to describe symptoms and trauma details on intake so she can recommend the best fit for online care. She notes that moderate to severe trauma is often better handled in person, and that telehealth works best for mild to moderate mental health concerns.
How her approaches work for online sessions
Nicole integrates mindfulness-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy in her online work. Mindfulness-based CBT focuses on noticing unhelpful thinking and practicing skills to change behaviors and reduce distress. It helps with anxiety, OCD symptoms, sleep problems, and mood concerns. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify values and take small actions toward those values while accepting uncomfortable thoughts or feelings.She treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. The therapist and client review goals, symptoms, and preferences together and adjust methods over time. Sessions include practice, feedback, and homework to test what works in daily life rather than only talking about problems.
The profile does not list specific session formats, so confirm current online options before booking. In general, online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a workday, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when schedules are tight. Nicole asks for detailed intake information about symptoms and trauma so she can decide whether online care is appropriate or whether in-person work would be a better match.
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Experience
6+ years
Listed in
Pennsylvania
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, ADHD, bipolar symptoms, grief, trauma and family or parenting challenges.
What is her approach in sessions?
She uses mindfulness-based cognitive behavioral methods alongside ACT and DBT techniques to teach concrete coping skills and change unhelpful thinking patterns.
How much counseling experience does she have?
She holds six years of counseling experience and a longer history in the mental health field prior to becoming an LPC.
Where is she licensed to practice?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania.
Does she offer sessions in other languages?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
She is not currently accepting international clients.
How are costs handled?
Costs vary by location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule your first session.