About Nellie
Nellie Vial is a licensed professional counselor who helps people manage anxiety, stress, depression, grief, relationship strain, and other life changes. She creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where clients can share what they are facing and begin to make practical changes. Her voice is steady and compassionate, and she focuses on helping people feel heard and understood.
With 11 years of clinical experience, Nellie draws on practical strategies to address day-to-day struggles.
Background and approach
She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients spot unhelpful thinking patterns and try new behaviors. Sessions are conversational and goal oriented, with simple skills to practice between meetings. Nellie pays attention to cultural background and multicultural concerns when relevant.
She adapts the pace and focus of work to fit each person’s needs, values, and life context. That means building a plan that feels realistic for each person’s schedule and responsibilities. She emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion during the process.
Nellie helps people set concrete short-term goals while also working toward longer-term change. She supports clients through grief, career shifts, parenting stress, intimacy challenges, sleeping problems, and addictions with steady guidance. People who want clear, practical steps and a warm, accepting clinician may find her style helpful.
Nellie aims to empower clients to move toward better balance, improved relationships, and clearer thinking about next steps.
CBT and practical approaches for online therapy
CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on noticing patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to anxiety or low mood. Sessions often include short experiments and simple skills to try between meetings to change unhelpful habits and reduce distress.The overall approach is collaborative and straightforward. The therapist and client work together to pick which strategies fit the client's goals, values, and daily life. That might mean prioritizing breathing and sleep routines one week and communication skills the next.
Online therapy with this clinician is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to give flexibility. Video calls make it easier to have a fuller conversation and see nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be useful when video would be difficult or bandwidth is limited. Live chat and text messages offer shorter check-ins and written tools that can fit into a busy day.
The range of formats helps people fit therapy into work, family time, or other commitments. The therapist will help decide which session type and pace suit each person’s needs and schedule.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Depression
Also listed
- Addictions
- Career difficulties
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Multicultural concerns
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 11 years
- Licensed
- New Jersey
- Languages
- English
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