Nancy Cechvala, LPC

Nancy Cechvala is an LPC (Licensed Professional Counselor) who brings 20 years of clinical experience to her work. She focuses on practical help for people facing anxiety, depression, trauma, caregiving stress, and life transitions. Her style is warm and direct, aiming to help people feel heard and find useful next steps.

Cechvala frames sessions around the client's immediate concerns and long-term goals. She listens for patterns that keep problems repeating and helps people test small changes that can make daily life easier. Her work covers issues such as relationship struggles, parenting stress, grief, ADHD, and challenges related to aging and geriatric issues.

Her approach blends client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and emotionally-focused work. She also uses mindfulness and motivational interviewing to help people build steady habits and motivation. These methods are presented in simple, practical ways so people can try them between sessions.

Cechvala describes her practice as faith-informed and respectful of each person's story. She aims to support people through transitions like divorce, caregiving shifts, or changes in mental health. Meetings focus on clear strategies, emotional processing, and returning to daily life with better coping skills.

Based in Wisconsin, she draws on two decades of experience to help people manage stress, depression, bipolar symptoms, anger, sleep and eating concerns, and career or role changes. Her work is intended to be collaborative and results-oriented, with attention to each person’s pace and values.

How therapy approaches shape online care

Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding each person's experience. The therapist follows the client's lead, helps name feelings, and supports decisions that match individual values. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect and teaches practical skills to reduce anxiety, improve sleep, and change unhelpful patterns. Emotionally-focused therapy helps people identify core emotions and improve how they express needs in relationships, which can ease conflict and deepen connection.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, past efforts, and preferences. Together they decide which methods to try first and adjust the plan as progress is seen. This makes the process collaborative and tailored to real life needs.

Confirm current session formats before booking since the biography does not list them. Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. Some formats use less bandwidth or no video, which can help when a quick conversation is all that is required. Licensed professionals can still use the same therapeutic techniques online, adapting exercises and homework so they work between sessions.