Nichole Molnar , LCPC

Nichole Molnar is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) based in Illinois with ten years of clinical experience. She focuses on stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, trauma and abuse, and a range of relationship and family concerns. Nichole brings a practical, down-to-earth style to sessions and aims to help people build skills they can use outside therapy.

She uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, client-centered methods, and mindfulness tools. Those approaches guide how she helps people notice unhelpful thinking, try new behaviors, and practice being present. Sessions tend to focus on small, usable changes rather than long lectures.

Nichole works with issues that often follow life transitions - divorce and separation, grief, parenting strain, and caregiving stress among them. She also addresses intimacy-related struggles, codependency, abandonment and attachment concerns, and problems like communication and control issues. ADHD and compassion fatigue are within her areas of focus as well.

Her style is collaborative. She helps people identify goals, tries strategies together, and adjusts the plan based on what works. Mindfulness practices and skills from behavioral therapies are mixed into sessions in simple ways clients can repeat on their own.

Nichole offers services in English and accepts international clients. She provides several online formats so people can choose what fits their life and schedule. To begin, a brief matching questionnaire is used to pair someone with a therapist and schedule the first session.

How therapeutic approaches translate to online care

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people clarify what matters most to them and take actions that support those values. It involves noticing unhelpful thoughts and choosing small steps that move life toward what matters. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying patterns of thinking and behavior that cause distress and testing practical alternatives. It is useful for anxiety, depression and stress because it breaks problems into manageable parts. Mindfulness Therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices so people can pause, reduce reactivity, and make clearer choices in tense moments.

Choosing the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with the person about goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust the plan if something does not help. That collaboration makes it easier to blend ACT, CBT and mindfulness in ways that feel useful and realistic.

Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different routines. Video lets the therapist and client use visual cues and worksheets together. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth or being on camera is difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging make brief check-ins or ongoing support easier between sessions. These options give flexibility for people balancing work, caregiving, or travel while keeping therapy consistent.