Therapist profile
Nicole Lilly, LPC
Virginia
Licensed Professional Counselor - trauma and relationships
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- Credentials
- LPC
- License
- LPC, Virginia / 0701004456
- NPI
- 1982841151
- Experience
- 23 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- Virginia
About
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Codependency support
- Trauma and abuse
About Nicole
Nicole Lilly is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia with 23 years of clinical experience. She works with adults facing stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, and relationship and parenting concerns. Her practice also addresses codependency, domestic violence, family of origin issues, self-love, social anxiety, and women’s issues.
Nicole often supports people who carry heavy responsibilities and have limited support. She has worked with adults, teens, and children in crisis and hospital settings, as well as in outpatient therapy. Many clients she sees have experienced ongoing stressors such as domestic violence or growing up around substance misuse or severe mental health struggles.
Her approach centers on client-centered therapy, which focuses on listening and responding to each person’s experience. She treats people as the experts on their own life and works with them to build on existing strengths. Sessions are practical and straightforward, with attention to immediate challenges as well as longer-term patterns.
Nicole aims to help people who struggle with people-pleasing, unclear boundaries, or losing themselves in relationships. She talks through coping skills, ways to name what matters, and steps toward stronger boundaries. The work is collaborative and paced to what the person can handle.
She offers services from Virginia and communicates in English. International clients may be accepted. Prospective clients should confirm current session options before booking and follow the site process to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule a first session.
How sessions work
Client-centered work and online sessions
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and reflection. The therapist follows the person’s lead, clarifies what matters, and helps people notice their strengths. This approach is often helpful for stress, relationship patterns, self-esteem concerns, and responses to trauma.When addressing trauma and long-term life stressors, the therapist helps people name what happened, identify current coping patterns, and try small, manageable changes. The work pays attention to concrete problems like setting boundaries or managing anxiety alongside longer-term themes such as family of origin or codependency patterns.
Nicole treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She will work with each client to clarify goals, try ways of working, and adjust the approach based on what feels useful. Clients and the therapist decide together which steps to prioritize and how fast to move.
Session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm the current options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Many people find this helps keep momentum while they try new ways of relating and setting boundaries.
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Experience
23+ years
Listed in
Virginia
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she work with?
She works with stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, depression, ADHD, addictions, grief, relationship and parenting concerns, and related issues such as codependency and domestic violence.
What is her therapeutic style?
She uses client-centered therapy, which emphasizes listening, reflecting, and building on the client’s own strengths to address current problems and long-standing patterns.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 23 years of professional experience working in hospital, crisis, and outpatient settings with adults, teens, and children.
Where is she licensed and practicing?
She is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia and provides services from that state.
Which languages are supported in sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can she work with clients outside the United States?
She accepts international clients; confirm session options and any regional considerations before scheduling.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I start a first session?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session through the platform.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.