Nicole Schellinger
Practical, compassionate counseling for everyday challenges
- Credentials
- LPCC, LPC
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed in
- Ohio, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Nicole
Nicole Schellinger is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor with 18 years of counseling experience. She trained in addictions studies at the University of Cincinnati and completed a Master of Education in Mental Health Counseling at Lindsey Wilson College. She practices from South Carolina and talks with adults about stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family concerns, and addictions.
Her style is warm and inviting while staying focused on each persons needs.
Background and approach
She meets people where they are and aims to work at a pace that feels manageable. Sessions are led by the clients goals and Nicole uses a range of practical techniques to help people move forward. Nicole draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Client-Centered approaches, Mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, and Solution-Focused Therapy.
She picks strategies based on what each person needs and explains steps plainly during sessions. That makes the work feel more like a conversation and less like a lecture. Over her career she worked in community behavioral health settings and has supported people dealing with trauma, mood disorders, grief, ADHD, and compassion fatigue among other concerns.
She has particular experience with issues connected to addiction and recovery. People who prefer a collaborative, down-to-earth approach often fit well with her way of working. Nicole emphasizes clear goals, small steps, and practical skills families and individuals can try between sessions.
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them and then choose actions that fit their values. It is often useful for anxiety, stress, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thinking patterns and testing new behaviors to reduce symptoms like panic, depression, and insomnia. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the persons own goals and helps build self-understanding through warm, nonjudgmental listening.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the process. Nicole collaborates with each person to decide which methods match their needs, goals, and preferences. She tailors strategies and adjusts the plan as progress or new questions arise, so treatment feels practical and personally relevant.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to increase flexibility. These formats make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, or parenting responsibilities and let people try techniques between meetings. Licensed professionals can guide skill-building, goal setting, and problem solving through these remote formats while keeping the focus on everyday changes clients want to make.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
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.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 18 years
- Licensed
- Ohio, South Carolina
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Nicole
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- Stop at any point