Nancy Truett
Calm, experienced guidance for parents and families
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed in
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Nancy
Nancy Truett is an LPC with more than 23 years of experience in counseling and clinical mental health. She practices in Tennessee and brings a long career working in agencies, colleges, K-12 settings, and residential treatment. Her background includes substance abuse work and trauma-informed care, and she often blends creative, arts-based methods into sessions.
She trained at the University of Tennessee, earning a master’s in Educational Psychology with a focus on Community and Mental Health Counseling.
Background and approach
She also holds a BA in Literature and Creative Writing from the University of North Carolina. Nancy is a doctoral candidate in Educational Psychology and Adult Learning, which informs her interest in how people learn and change over time. Her approach tends to be practical and client-focused.
She uses Client-Centered Therapy to build a trusting relationship and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to address thinking and behavior patterns. She is certified in EMDR, which she uses for trauma work when appropriate. Nancy’s clinical interests cover a range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, addiction, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting, and intimacy-related issues.
She also addresses family-related problems, codependency, and forgiveness among other topics. In sessions she aims to help people make manageable changes. She works collaboratively to set goals, try different techniques, and track progress over time.
How her approaches translate to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on creating a respectful, listening space where the therapist follows the client’s lead and helps them find their own solutions. This approach supports people who need understanding and steady support as they sort through parenting and family issues.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. It uses clear, practical exercises to change unhelpful patterns, which can help with anxiety, stress, and coping with life changes.
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, is a trauma-focused method that helps process disturbing memories and reduce their emotional charge. It is often used when past experiences are still affecting daily functioning.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will discuss options, listen to personal goals, and try methods that fit the client’s needs and comfort level. Decisions about techniques are made collaboratively and can shift as progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. These options offer flexibility for busy parents and those balancing work, school, and family life. Online sessions make it easier to keep regular appointments, practice new skills between meetings, and maintain continuity of care when schedules change.
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.
EMDR
A structured protocol used with distressing memories, pairing recall with guided attention tasks. Some therapists adapt it for video sessions; whether that fits is worth asking about directly.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also works with
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 23 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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