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Nancy Truett

Nancy Truett, LPC

Therapist · Tennessee · 23+ years of experience

Midlife guidance with practical focus

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  • Calm direct style
  • Trauma-informed care
  • Skills and insight

About Nancy

Nancy Truett is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Tennessee with 23 years of experience. She brings long-term counseling experience across college, school, agency, and residential settings. Nancy combines practical skills with a calm, direct style to help people handle big life shifts and daily stresses.

She has worked in a wide range of settings, including K-12 schools, college counseling, agency work, and residential treatment for substance use. Her background includes supporting adults and adolescents through trauma, addiction, and behavioral concerns. She also uses arts-based ideas drawn from a Bachelor of Arts in Literature and Creative Writing.

Nancy uses approaches such as client-centered work, cognitive behavioral techniques, EMDR, motivational interviewing, and narrative methods. In sessions she helps clients identify patterns, try out new ways of coping, and process painful memories at a pace they control. She focuses on concrete steps and skills between meetings as well as narrative work about life stories.

Many clients seek her help for issues like stress, anxiety, addiction, relationship and intimacy concerns, trauma and abuse, depression, parenting strain, and career crossroads. She also addresses struggles with self-esteem, codependency, forgiveness, and eating or substance use problems.

Nancy helps people navigate midlife questions and transitions by clarifying values and next steps. Her approach balances practical problem solving with attention to emotional healing. People who want clear guidance and reflective, strengths-based work often find this style helpful.

Areas of expertise

Primary focus

Stress, AnxietyAddictionsRelationship issuesTrauma and abuseDepression

Also works with

LGBTFamily conflictsIntimacy-related issuesEating disordersParenting issuesAnger managementSelf esteemCareer difficultiesBipolar disorderCoping with life changesCompassion fatigueADHD

Additional focus areas

CodependencyCommitment issuesControl issuesDivorce and separationDomestic violenceDrug and alcohol addictionEating and food-related issuesEmptinessFamily of origin issuesFamily problemsForgivenessGuilt and shameInfidelityIsolation / lonelinessJealousyLife purposeMidlife crisisNarcissismObsessions, compulsions, and OCDPanic disorder and panic attacksPersonality disordersPhobiasPost-traumatic stressProcess addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)Social anxiety and phobiaWomen's issuesWorkplace issuesYoung adult issues

Therapeutic approaches

Client-Centered TherapyCognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)Motivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyPsychodynamic TherapySolution-Focused TherapyTrauma-Focused Therapy

Experience

23+ years

Credentials

Tennessee

Languages

English

How therapeutic approaches guide online work

Client-centered therapy focuses on the person's own goals and perspective. The therapist listens closely, reflects what she hears, and helps people find their own direction, which can be useful for life changes and relationship decisions.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep problems going. It teaches practical skills and experiments to change patterns related to anxiety, depression, or stress. These skill-based steps suit people who want measurable coping tools.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, EMDR, helps people process distressing memories through structured procedures. It is often used for trauma and abuse-related concerns and is paired with careful preparation and pacing.

Finding the right approach is part of the work together. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past experiences, and preferences. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress and needs change.

Confirm current session options before booking because the biography does not list formats. Online therapy can make fitting sessions into a busy life easier by reducing travel time and offering quicker check-ins. It can also allow therapy during work breaks, evenings, or from another convenient spot, and it supports continuity when schedules change.

Frequently asked questions

What concerns does Nancy address?

She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, addiction, relationship and intimacy issues, and midlife transitions. Additional focuses include codependency, parenting strain, eating and substance use problems, and career questions.

What is her therapeutic style like?

Her style blends client-centered listening with practical tools from cognitive behavioral approaches and motivational interviewing. Sessions aim to combine insight with actionable steps people can try between meetings.

What is her background and experience?

She has 23 years of experience working in schools, college counseling, agencies, and residential treatment settings. Her work has included trauma, substance use, and academic populations.

What credentials and location are listed?

Nancy holds the credential LPC, Licensed Professional Counselor, and practices in Tennessee.

Which languages are supported and are international clients taken?

Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.

What session formats are offered?

Please confirm current session options before booking, as the biography does not specify formats. Check available session types when you select a time.

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 with her?

Use the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.

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