About Nicole
Nicole Henning is a Licensed Professional Counselor in Pennsylvania with ten years of clinical work. She holds a Master of Education in Counseling and brings practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress or anxiety. Nicole focuses on clear, doable steps people can use right away.
She often uses cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build more helpful thinking patterns. Sessions also include self-care planning and concrete coping skills so people can manage daily ups and downs.
Background and approach
Nicole draws on client-centered and attachment-based ideas to keep conversations grounded in what matters to each person. Her background includes work in correctional settings and with people who have histories of substance use. She has experience with relationship issues and with using family systems ideas to look at how connections affect emotions and behavior.
Teaching experience in psychology informs her clear explanations and educational style. Nicole follows a trauma-informed outlook and brings mindfulness and emotion-focused tools into sessions when they fit the situation. She has interest in neuroscience and keeps learning about the brain to better explain why certain strategies work.
This ongoing study shapes how she blends practical tools with emotional understanding. People who meet with Nicole can expect goal-focused work that mixes skill building, emotion work, and straightforward planning. She emphasizes small changes that add up over time and helps people set steps they can try between sessions.
The overall aim is to support stronger coping, healthier thinking, and more satisfying relationships.
How Nicole’s approaches work online
Attachment-Based Therapy emphasizes how early and current relationships shape feelings and reactions; it helps people understand patterns in close relationships and rebuild trust and safety in connections. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on a supportive, nonjudgmental environment where the therapist follows the client's pace and priorities, which can help people feel heard and respected. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches concrete tools to change unhelpful thinking and build healthier routines.The therapist will work collaboratively with each person to identify which approach or combination fits their needs and goals. Deciding on a path is part of the process - Nicole will help weigh options, try different strategies, and adjust based on what’s most helpful for the client's situation and preferences.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make care more flexible. Video lets people use visual cues and deeper conversation, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports quick check-ins, and messaging lets clients share thoughts between sessions. These formats help fit therapy into busy lives and make it easier to keep consistent work on stress, anxiety, relationships, and coping skills.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 10 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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