- Years in practice
- 7
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Oklahoma
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- LGBT
About Nick
Nick Livingston is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Oklahoma who focuses on helping parents and individuals manage stress, parenting challenges, anxiety, and mood concerns. He keeps sessions collaborative and simple, helping people identify small changes that make daily life easier. Nick aims to create a calm, nonjudgmental space where parents can talk through worries about their child, sleep, or relationships.
Nick uses straightforward, practical methods to address problems.
Background and approach
He leans on cognitive behavior techniques to help people notice and change unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. He also uses client-centered approaches that emphasize listening, validation, and building on a person’s strengths. He has seven years of clinical experience working with adults, teens, and children.
That background includes supporting parents learning new ways to connect with their child and working with people who live with ADHD, bipolar mood shifts, and addiction concerns. He is comfortable discussing how medications, including medical marijuana, fit into a broader plan when appropriate.
Nick also draws on mindfulness and dialectical strategies to help with emotional regulation, distress tolerance, and coping during stressful times. These tools are offered in clear, step-by-step ways that parents can try between sessions. Sessions are offered in English and delivered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging.
Nick emphasizes a collaborative process that matches strategies to each person’s goals and daily realities.
What Nick works with
Everything Nick lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nick helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Self esteem
- Depression
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Attachment issues
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nick lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Existential Therapy
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and online care for parenting challenges
Nick often uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot the thoughts and routines that keep problems going. CBT focuses on simple exercises and experiments you can try between sessions to change thinking and behavior patterns that affect mood, sleep, or parenting stress.He also draws on Client-Centered Therapy, which centers the conversation on the person in front of him. This approach emphasizes listening, reflecting, and building on a person’s strengths so goals feel realistic and owned by the client. Nick may add elements of Dialectical Behavior Therapy when emotion regulation or intense reactions are a concern; DBT offers practical skills for managing strong feelings and improving communication.
Finding the right approach is part of therapy. Nick works together with each person to choose methods that fit their goals and daily life. He checks in and adjusts the plan so the strategies used feel helpful and doable.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy flexible. Video is useful for face-to-face conversation and parenting demonstrations, phone sessions can be easier when lower bandwidth is needed, and text or chat works well for quick check-ins or brief coaching between meetings. These options help people fit counseling into busy schedules and stay consistent with care.
Questions people ask about Nick
What kinds of parenting concerns can Nick help with?
He helps parents who are struggling with sleep issues, behavioral concerns, bonding and attachment worries, and building communication with their child. He also supports parents coping with adoption, foster care questions, and blended-family stress.
What is his style of therapy like?
Nick uses a collaborative, down-to-earth approach. He combines client-centered listening with practical tools so people leave sessions with specific steps to try.
What background does he have working with parents and children?
He has seven years of experience working with adults, teens, and children and has used play-based methods to help parents connect with their child. He also has experience supporting people with ADHD and other concerns.
Where is Nick licensed and practicing?
Nick holds the LPC credential, which stands for Licensed Professional Counselor, and practices in Oklahoma.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
He provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does billing and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with him?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to the therapist's availability.
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