Nancy Gilmer
Compassionate guidance for meaningful change
LPCC Kentucky
- Experience
- 20 years in practice
- Focus areas
- Stress, Anxiety, Trauma and abuse, Grief
- Approaches
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Languages
- English
About Nancy
Nancy Gilmer is a Kentucky-licensed mental health professional with two decades of experience helping people navigate stress, anxiety, grief, trauma, and substance use concerns.
Background and approach
She emphasizes collaboration and supports clients who are facing major life changes, struggles with self-esteem, mood-related issues, or the challenges that come with caregiving and aging. Her work also addresses career pressures, anger, compassion fatigue, and complex emotional states such as guilt, shame, and feelings of emptiness.
Gilmer draws from a range of therapeutic approaches to tailor care to each person’s needs, including cognitive behavioral strategies and mindfulness practices that help identify and shift unhelpful thoughts and patterns. She also uses acceptance and existential-oriented methods to explore values, meaning, and purposeful action when clients are wrestling with life direction or loss.
As an LPCC licensed in Kentucky (KY LPCC 248685), she brings trained clinical judgment alongside a client-centered manner that prioritizes respect, listening, and empowerment. Sessions are offered in several online formats and she accepts international clients, enabling people to access support from a distance while choosing the pace and style that suit them.
Beginning therapy is framed as a courageous first step, and she aims to guide clients toward practical coping skills and clearer life choices.
Online approaches that combine skill-building and reflection
Nancy uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help clients identify unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns, learn practical coping strategies, and practice new responses to anxiety, mood symptoms, and stress. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy is also part of her toolkit, focusing on clarifying personal values, increasing psychological flexibility, and taking committed action even in the presence of difficult emotions. Both approaches can be useful for grief, life transitions, mood concerns, and substance-related issues.Finding the right approach is treated as a collaborative process. The therapist works together with clients to choose and adapt methods based on individual goals, values, and day-to-day needs, adjusting techniques over time as progress and preferences emerge.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to provide flexibility for people with busy schedules, caregiving responsibilities, or geographic distance. These options make it easier to maintain continuity of care, try different session rhythms, and access support from Kentucky or internationally while tailoring practical aspects like timing and format to each client's life.
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Experience
20+ years
Licensed
Kentucky
Languages
English