About Philip
Philip Nicholas is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee who helps people facing anxiety, trauma, addiction, and major life changes. He offers steady, practical support for everyday struggles like stress, low self-esteem, and grief. His approach is direct and compassionate, aimed at helping people feel understood and make workable changes.
Philip draws on several therapy styles to match the person in front of him. He uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking patterns and develop new coping skills.
Background and approach
He also works from an attachment perspective to improve close relationships and to understand how early losses affect current behavior. Mindfulness practices are part of sessions when they help someone manage stress or stay present during difficult emotions. For trauma, he incorporates EMDR-informed methods to help people process upsetting memories and reduce their intensity.
Philip blends these methods to fit what each person needs in the moment. He has four years of experience in clinical mental health work and holds the LPC credential. Philip has supported people dealing with addictions, bipolar disorder, depression, ADHD, and many relationship and life transition concerns.
He also addresses focused issues like abandonment, caregiving at end of life, and first responder stress. Sessions are offered in English and arranged to suit individual schedules. People start by completing a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for them.
Philip aims to make therapy practical, approachable, and focused on real-life results.
How his approaches translate to online therapy
Philip draws on cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice unhelpful thoughts and test new behaviors. CBT sessions focus on clear goals, short exercises, and homework that can be practiced between meetings to reduce anxiety and improve daily functioning.He also uses attachment-based ideas to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people improve communication, reduce reactivity with close others, and feel more connected to themselves and others.
Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative. Philip will talk with each person about their history, goals, and what feels most useful. Together they decide whether to emphasize thinking skills, trauma processing, or relational work as therapy progresses.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Clients can choose video calls for deeper conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for brief check-ins, or text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options help fit therapy into work days, caregiving schedules, or times when shorter contacts are more practical.
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What this therapist works with
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- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Stress, Anxiety
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 4 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee
- Languages
- English
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