About Necole
Necole Richardson is a licensed therapist practicing in Tennessee. She holds LPCC, which stands for Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, and LCMHC, Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, and brings seven years of experience to her work. She uses clear, direct conversation to help people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and major life changes.
Nicole focuses on practical steps that make daily life easier. She helps people manage stress, improve communication, and cope with grief or relationship strain.
Background and approach
Sessions often center on building self-esteem and handling intense emotions like anger and shame. Her approach blends several methods, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Client-Centered Therapy. That mix allows for both skill building and deeper self-reflection.
She also draws on Dialectical Behavior Therapy and Existential ideas when they fit a person’s needs. Nicole has particular experience working with intimacy-related issues, attachment and abandonment concerns, body image, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and ADHD. She also supports people navigating divorce, commitment problems, and recovery from abuse or trauma.
Her practice pays attention to how life circumstances shape emotions and behavior. In sessions she focuses on collaboration and practical tools. People can expect a straightforward, respectful conversation about goals and next steps.
The work moves at a pace that fits each person’s comfort level.
Approach and online care that fit your life
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on helping people notice difficult thoughts and feelings without getting stuck in them, then commit to actions that match their values; it can help with anxiety, depression, and coping with life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at the links between thoughts, feelings, and behaviors and teaches practical strategies to change unhelpful patterns; it is useful for mood, anxiety, and stress-related concerns. Client-Centered Therapy emphasizes a respectful, nonjudgmental therapeutic relationship where the person’s own goals guide the work and personal insight grows at a comfortable pace.Finding the best approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with each person to assess needs, try methods that fit, and adjust based on what helps most. That collaborative stance means plans are tailored to goals and everyday realities rather than a one-size-fits-all prescription.
Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to suit different needs. Video allows face-to-face interaction for deeper conversation, phone can be lower bandwidth and easier when movement is needed, live chat and text messaging are helpful for brief check-ins or ongoing support between sessions. These formats make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or treatment routines and create flexible ways to maintain progress.
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What this counselor works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Fertility issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 7 years
- Licensed
- Tennessee, Kentucky, Utah
- Languages
- English