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Online therapist

Nancy Bevins

Practical, collaborative support for parenting and life stressors

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Credentials
LPC
Experience
10 years
Licensed in
Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Nancy

Nancy Bevins is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who helps people manage stress, anxiety, mood concerns, relationship strain, addiction issues, and parenting challenges. She also supports those coping with grief, trauma, sleep or eating difficulties, ADHD, and questions about intimacy or self-esteem. Nancy writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person.

Her style centers on collaboration. She treats therapy as a team effort where the client's knowledge of their life guides the work.

Background and approach

Sessions focus on practical steps, clearer choices, and skills the client can use between meetings. Nancy aims to create an open space where people can speak honestly and try new approaches. Nancy draws on several evidence-informed methods to shape sessions.

She uses client-centered conversation to follow the client's lead, cognitive behavioral techniques to address unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, and solution-focused strategies to build small, achievable goals. Motivational interviewing and dialectical behavior ideas may be used to address change and emotion regulation when they fit the situation. She brings about ten years of clinical experience and holds an LPC credential.

Nancy earned her B.A. and her Master of Education from Lindsey Wilson College. She is based in West Virginia and conducts her work with adults who want practical, down-to-earth support. Nancy emphasizes gradual progress and real-world tools.

People who prefer straightforward language and a cooperative approach often find this style helpful. Prospective clients are encouraged to review session options and choose what fits their routine.

Approaches that guide online sessions

Client-centered therapy focuses on following the client's concerns and building an accepting, nonjudgmental space to talk. It helps when someone needs to be heard and to make sense of what matters most to them.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect. It teaches practical skills to challenge unhelpful thoughts and to try different behaviors, which can help with anxiety, mood problems, sleep, and some eating concerns.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) brings concrete emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. These tools are useful for managing intense feelings, improving coping, and reducing impulsive actions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped in the past. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress is made.

For practical details, please confirm available session formats before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit appointments into a busy week, shorten travel time, and allow for shorter check-ins when needed. It can also be helpful for maintaining continuity of care when schedules change, though the exact options should be checked when arranging sessions.

Client-Centered Therapy

The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

Concrete skills for riding out strong emotion, tolerating distress, and handling relationships without things escalating. The skills are practised in daily life, so between-session support by message or phone fits naturally.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Nancy commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, parenting strain, family problems, trauma, grief, ADHD, mood disorders, and related issues such as body image and codependency.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her approach is collaborative and practical, blending client-centered listening with goal-focused techniques to create steps clients can try between sessions.
How much experience does she have?
Nancy has about 10 years of clinical experience supporting adults with mood, relationship, and life-change concerns.
What credentials and region are associated with her practice?
She holds the LPC credential and practices in West Virginia.
Which languages are offered and can international clients work with her?
Sessions are offered in English and she is not currently accepting international clients.
What session formats are available?
Please confirm current session options before booking so you know which formats the therapist is offering at the time you schedule.
How does cost and payment work?
Fees vary by location and therapist arrangement; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with Nancy?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.

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Experience
10 years
Licensed
Kentucky, West Virginia, Virginia
Languages
English

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