- Years in practice
- 4
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Missouri
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Family conflicts
About Nicole
Nicole Reineri is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) who brings a practical, down-to-earth style to therapy. She focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, and parenting challenges. Nicole writes plainly and listens closely to understand what matters most to each person she meets.
She trained in psychology and earned a master’s degree in professional counseling from Lindenwood University. Before becoming a therapist she worked in vocational rehabilitation, pain management, addiction services, and applied behavior analysis.
Background and approach
Those roles taught her to look for workable solutions and to support people through difficult transitions. Nicole uses a mix of approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), client-centered methods, cognitive behavioral techniques, emotionally-focused ideas, and existential thinking. In sessions she helps people sort through thoughts, name feelings, and try small experiments to notice what changes.
The emphasis is on practical steps and self-awareness rather than labels. Her practicum included group work with at-risk high school students and individual crisis counseling, and she has taught introductory psychology at the college level. That background informs a calm, respectful way of working that balances challenge with encouragement.
Nicole aims to help people build coping skills, clarify values, and move toward more satisfying daily life. She frames therapy as a collaborative process where clients set goals and she supports learning new patterns that fit their lives.
What Nicole works with
Everything Nicole lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nicole helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Depression
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nicole lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-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 how they translate online
Nicole often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) to help people notice difficult thoughts and choose actions that match their values. ACT can be useful for stress, anxiety, parenting frustrations, and situations that feel stuck. Client-centered therapy is another core part of her work and emphasizes active listening, empathy, and letting the client lead the pace of change. This helps people feel heard and build trust before trying new skills. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is used to identify unhelpful thinking and test small behavior changes to reduce anxiety and improve mood.Deciding which approach to use is collaborative. Nicole will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn't helped before. Together they pick strategies and adjust them as progress is tracked, so the plan changes if something isn't working.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversational work, phone sessions are a simpler low-bandwidth option, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to fit counseling into busy schedules, handle quick check-ins, and continue work during life transitions.
Questions people ask about Nicole
What kinds of problems does Nicole help with?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting challenges, addiction issues, grief, and related life changes.
What is her general approach in sessions?
Nicole blends Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, client-centered listening, cognitive techniques, and emotionally-focused ideas to help clients clarify values and try practical changes.
What experience does she bring to therapy?
She has four years of clinical experience plus prior work in vocational rehabilitation, pain management, addiction services, and applied behavior analysis.
Where is she licensed and based?
Nicole holds a Missouri Licensed Professional Counselor credential (MO LPC) and practices from Missouri.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She works with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different preferences and schedules.
How are fees handled?
Costs vary with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
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