Nicole Schellinger

Nicole Schellinger is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and a Licensed Professional Counselor practicing in South Carolina. She has worked as a counselor since 2006 and brings 18 years of clinical experience to sessions. Nicole aims to meet people where they are with a warm, inviting manner and practical focus.

Her approach centers on understanding each person's goals and needs. She uses ideas from cognitive behavioral therapy, solution-focused methods, motivational interviewing, ACT, and mindfulness to help people find clearer ways forward. Sessions emphasize collaboration and straightforward tools that can be used between meetings.

Nicole has experience supporting people who face anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, relationship and family tensions, addiction, grief, and challenges with sleep and eating. She also works with concerns such as codependency, communication problems, control issues, and the strain of life transitions. People who struggle with mood disorders, bipolar disorder, ADHD, panic, OCD patterns, or seasonal mood shifts may explore focused strategies together.

Her background includes an undergraduate degree in addictions studies from the University of Cincinnati and a Master of Education in Mental Health Counseling from Lindsey Wilson College. Much of her early work was in community behavioral health settings, which shaped her practical, skills-focused style.

Nicole tries to keep sessions centered on each person's priorities and builds plans that fit everyday life. She aims to help people develop coping skills, improve communication, and manage stressors as they move through change.

How Nicole’s approaches translate to online work

Nicole commonly uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice what matters most to them and take small meaningful steps toward those values. ACT is often useful when someone faces life transitions, grief, or ongoing stressors.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) to identify unhelpful thinking and develop specific strategies to change patterns that fuel anxiety, low mood, or sleep problems. CBT offers practical exercises and homework to try between sessions.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adjustments are made as needs change.

Confirm the current session options before booking so you know how sessions are scheduled. Online work can make it easier to fit counseling into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. It can also make it simpler to use mindfulness exercises and written worksheets between meetings. Licensed professionals can adapt exercises and pacing to what works best for each person.