- Years in practice
- 25
- Credentials
- LCMHC
- Licensed in
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Relationship issues
- Focus
- Grief
- Focus
- Parenting issues
About Nancy
Nancy Hartman is a licensed clinical mental health counselor with 25 years of experience. She helps people facing relationship strain, grief, parenting challenges, low self-esteem, and major life changes. Nancy writes plainly and listens closely so parents can make sense of the next step.
Nancy centers her work on the person in front of her. She believes each person knows their story best and that strengths already present can be used to solve current problems.
Background and approach
Sessions aim to build clearer self-understanding and more useful ways to handle conflict, anxiety, or loss. Her approach draws on person-centered therapy and uses ideas from attachment theory and personality mapping to explore long-standing patterns. She also incorporates Brainspotting and Critical Incident Stress Debriefing as tools in sessions.
Nancy respects clients' spiritual beliefs and offers guidance consistent with a Christian-informed perspective when that is helpful. In practical terms, she helps people process trauma responses, work through relationship changes, and move toward clearer life purpose. She focuses on issues such as abandonment, communication problems, caregiver stress, and feelings of isolation.
Her work also addresses panic attacks, post-traumatic stress, and difficulties around money, control, or forgiveness. Nancy aims to create a calm, supportive setting where parents and individuals can test new ways of relating and coping. She encourages small steps and builds on successes so the work feels doable week to week.
What Nancy works with
Everything Nancy lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nancy helps people with.
- Relationship issues
- Grief
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Narcissism
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Approaches and online care for parenting and relationships
Person-centered therapy focuses on listening and supporting your own goals. The therapist follows your lead, reflecting what you share and helping you find clarity and direction for parenting stress, relationship tension, or grief.Attachment-informed work looks at how early bonds shape current reactions and relationships. This approach can help identify patterns that affect parenting, communication problems, and feelings of abandonment or isolation.
Brainspotting is used as a technique to access and process deep-held reactions to trauma and intense emotions. It can be helpful for panic, post-traumatic stress, and strong emotional responses tied to past events.
Nancy will work collaboratively to find the right mix of approaches for each person. She discusses options, adjusts methods over time, and partners with clients to match techniques to goals and preferences.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy fit into a busy life. Video lets people maintain visual connection, phone is useful when bandwidth is limited, live chat supports shorter check-ins, and messaging helps when a written check-in feels easier. These formats aim to make attending sessions more flexible while keeping the focus on steady progress.
Questions people ask about Nancy
What concerns does she commonly address?
She works with relationship problems, grief, parenting strain, low self-esteem, and coping with life changes, plus related issues like attachment, abandonment, and post-traumatic stress.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is person-centered and supportive, emphasizing the client's strengths and personal story while offering practical ways to handle emotions and conflicts.
What is her background and experience?
She has 25 years of clinical experience helping people navigate relationships, trauma, grief, and life transitions.
What credentials and location are listed?
She holds the credential LCMHC and is based in North Carolina.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available online?
Sessions can be done by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does pricing work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I get started with therapy?
Choose the Start Therapy button, complete the short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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