Nicole Wheeler

Nicole Wheeler is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Pennsylvania with six years of counseling experience and a long history in mental health. She helps people who feel overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, mood shifts, ADHD, or challenges tied to parenting and family life. Nicole also supports clients facing trauma, LGBT concerns, chronic health issues, and problems with sleep or anger.

Her work tends to be straightforward and skill-based. She uses mindfulness and cognitive tools to show how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. Sessions often include practical strategies for coping, breaking unhelpful habits, and reshaping daily routines.

Nicole draws on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy alongside mindfulness practices. She has experience with autism, adoption and foster care issues, caregiver stress, and obsessive-compulsive patterns such as skin picking and hair pulling. Nicole describes a personal SELF model she uses to encourage self-awareness, environmental changes, self-compassion, and forgiveness.

She values collaborative work that helps people make steady changes. Nicole recommends being clear about current symptoms and any trauma history so she can decide whether online work is a good fit. Her practice emphasizes growth, practical skills, and helping clients take manageable steps forward.

Nicole practices in Pennsylvania and conducts sessions in English. Her approach mixes education, skills practice, and supportive conversation to help clients move toward their goals.

How Nicole’s approaches translate to online therapy

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take small actions that align with those values. It is useful for anxiety, life transitions, and problems where motivation or direction is unclear.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors interact and teaches concrete strategies to change unhelpful thinking and routines. This approach is commonly used for anxiety, depression, OCD-related habits, and sleep issues.

Mindfulness-based practices emphasize present-moment awareness and gentle acceptance of experience. These practices are often paired with CBT tools to reduce reactivity and improve emotion regulation.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Nicole will work with each person to choose techniques that match their needs, goals, and preferences. She often blends methods rather than relying on a single technique, and she checks in regularly to adjust the plan.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life and to continue steady work between appointments. Telehealth was noted in her biography as a useful way to begin treatment and plant seeds for growth. Because specific session formats were not listed in the source, confirm available options when you schedule so you know how sessions will be delivered. Online work can support skills practice, habit reversal, exposure exercises, and mindfulness work while helping clients keep therapy consistent with daily routines.