About Nicole
Nicole Bebiak is a licensed counselor who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and parenting challenges. She has 24 years of counseling experience and offers steady, practical support as people work through life changes and emotional pain. Nicole takes a person-focused approach.
She meets each person where they are and listens to what matters most. Sessions aim to build coping skills, improve communication, and reduce symptoms like panic or low mood.
Background and approach
She encourages clients to find their own solutions while offering guidance and honest feedback. Her training includes a Master of Science in Clinical Psychology from Benedictine University earned in 1999. Nicole has worked in a variety of settings including a domestic violence center, crisis lines, community mental health agencies, and a personal behavioral health hospital.
Those roles shaped her skill set for handling trauma, abuse, suicidal thoughts, and crisis intervention. Nicole draws from several therapy methods to fit each person’s needs. She uses client-centered work as the foundation and adds techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and narrative therapy when helpful.
This mix helps with issues like self-esteem, anxiety, ADHD, and coping after loss. Her style is warm, direct, and practical. People can expect straightforward conversation, tools to try between sessions, and help building stronger communication and problem-solving habits.
Nicole aims to support steady progress rather than quick fixes.
How Nicole’s Approaches Translate to Online Therapy
Client-centered work focuses on the person’s own goals and experience. In online sessions this means conversations start with what matters most to the client, and the therapist follows their pace while offering feedback and support. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy teaches practical ways to change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. Online CBT can include skills practice, thought records, and behavior experiments that clients use between sessions to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Nicole will collaborate with each client to choose methods that match their goals, comfort level, and daily life. She checks in regularly and adjusts tools when something isn’t helping so the plan stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexibility in how sessions happen. Video calls let people see facial cues and practice skills in real time. Phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a work break. Live chat or text-based messaging allow brief check-ins, written reflections, and ongoing support between calls. These options make it easier to use therapy during busy weeks, manage chronic anxiety, or follow up on homework without extra travel.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 24 years
- Licensed
- Illinois, Indiana
- Languages
- English
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