Nancy Cechvala, LPC

Nancy Cechvala is a licensed professional counselor with 20 years of experience helping people through major life changes. She focuses on practical support for stress, anxiety, trauma, grief, and shifts in work or relationships. Her style is warm and straightforward, aimed at helping people feel understood and able to take the next step.

Nancy uses plain talk and active listening to help clients identify what matters most. She blends client-centered work with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness to address negative thinking and build new habits. Emotion-focused techniques help people process strong feelings and improve connection with others.

Her background includes long experience with trauma and abuse, caregiving stress, and family concerns. She also supports people coping with ADHD, depression, bipolar mood challenges, and intimacy-related issues. In practice she helps with concrete problems like sleep or eating disruptions, and broader struggles such as low self-esteem or career transition.

Nancy describes her work as collaborative; she helps people set goals and tracks progress with practical steps. Motivational interviewing is used when clients want to clarify values and find forward movement. She incorporates faith-informed perspectives when clients request that context.

Sessions aim to strengthen coping skills and reduce overwhelm so daily life becomes more manageable. Nancy works from Wisconsin and communicates in English. Prospective clients should confirm current session options and scheduling details before booking.

How her approaches shape online work

Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person’s experience. It helps people feel heard and clarifies what they want to change or keep in life. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors interact; it offers clear steps to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will work together with the client to choose methods that fit their goals and preferences. That collaboration includes trying tools, checking what helps, and adjusting plans when needed.

Session formats are not specified in the biography, so confirm current options before booking. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, allow shorter check-ins when helpful, and reduce the need to travel. It also supports using mindfulness exercises, CBT worksheets, and emotion-focused conversations between appointments to keep progress moving forward.