Nancy Gilmer is a Kentucky-based licensed professional counselor, LPCC, with 20 years of experience.
01About Nancy
Nancy Gilmer is a Kentucky-based licensed professional counselor, LPCC, with 20 years of experience. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, addiction, and changes that feel overwhelming. Her manner is direct but warm, aimed at helping someone who is worried find steadier ground and clearer next steps.
She uses straightforward talk therapy and practical tools. Sessions often include mindfulness practices to calm the mind and cognitive-behavioral techniques to shift unhelpful thinking and behavior.
Background and approach
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy ideas show up as ways to clarify values and take small, meaningful action. Nancy describes the relationship as collaborative. She works with each person to set goals and pick strategies that fit their life.
Conversations move at a pace the client can manage, with attention to coping skills that can be used between sessions. Her background includes two decades of work in both mental health and substance use concerns. That experience informs how she helps people facing complicated problems like mood disorders, addiction, caregiver stress, or grief after loss.
She also supports people dealing with end-of-life and hospice-related issues. Sessions are offered in English and Nancy is able to see international clients. The approach combines practical techniques and reflective conversation so people can better handle daily pressures and make more intentional choices.
02Credentials
- LPCC (Kentucky)
- License 248685 · expires December 2026
- NPI
- 1871647875 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nancy lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Compassion fatigue
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
Methods Nancy names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Nancy names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches that translate well to online care
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying what matters most to you and taking small actions that align with those values. It helps with anxiety, low mood, life transitions, and feeling stuck by moving attention from avoiding thoughts to building a meaningful life. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's experience and uses empathic listening to help people feel heard and understood; it suits grief, self-esteem work, and navigating difficult emotions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) targets the thoughts and behaviors that sustain distress and teaches concrete skills to reduce anxiety and manage mood swings.Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick strategies that match their goals, preferences, and day-to-day constraints. Plans are adjusted as needs change so the approach stays useful and relevant.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect. Video calls support face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat can work for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging lets people reflect between sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while keeping the focus on practical coping and progress.
05Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns can be addressed?
Nancy works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, self-esteem, addictions, anger, bipolar disorder, and compassion fatigue. She also helps with caregiver stress, aging and geriatric issues, end-of-life counseling, and related concerns.
How would you describe the therapy style?
The style is collaborative and conversational, with a focus on practical tools. Expect mindfulness exercises, cognitive work to change unhelpful thoughts, and values-based action planning.
What is the therapist's background?
She has 20 years of licensed professional mental health and substance use experience. That background shapes work with mood disorders, addiction, grief, and caregiver or hospice-related stress.
Where is the therapist licensed and based?
Licensure is listed as LPCC in Kentucky. Sessions are provided with that regional connection in mind.
Are sessions available in other languages or countries?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What formats are used for therapy sessions?
Sessions can take place via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled for sessions?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working together?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule based on the therapist's listed availability.
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