Nancy Kollhoff, LPC

Nancy Kollhoff is a licensed professional counselor (LPC) in Michigan with 18 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are coping with grief, self-esteem struggles, life changes, and issues related to LGBT identity. She also works with people feeling compassion fatigue and those facing isolation or major health challenges.

Nancy keeps conversations practical and respectful. She listens first, then tailors the plan to each person’s needs. Sessions aim to build skills for daily life, restore motivation, and ease the weight of loss or long-term stress.

Her background includes work with people dealing with chronic pain, chronic illness, caregiving stress, and the emotional effects of serious medical conditions like cancer and traumatic brain injury. She has also supported people through divorce, separation, prejudice and discrimination, and trauma-related struggles.

Nancy uses approaches that center the person and their emotions while offering tools to change unhelpful thoughts and patterns. That means she balances supportive listening with practical steps people can try between sessions. The goal is clearer thinking, stronger self-regard, and better coping in everyday situations.

She encourages anyone who is overwhelmed or unsure where to start to reach out. Nancy aims to create a respectful space where people can take small, steady steps toward feeling more like themselves again.

How her approaches guide online counseling

Nancy uses client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to guide her work. Client-centered therapy focuses on understanding your perspective and responding with empathy, which helps when someone needs a supportive space to talk. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and offers practical tools to change unhelpful patterns.

Finding the right approach is something she figures out together with each person. She listens to your goals and preferences, discusses different ways of working, and adjusts the plan as needed. The collaboration helps match methods to the issues you want to address and the pace you prefer.

If you are considering online therapy, confirm the available session formats before booking so you know how you will meet. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, shorten commute time, or allow a quieter check-in during a workday break. Licensed professionals can still use the same emotion-focused listening and CBT tools remotely, so progress often comes from the same kinds of conversations and homework you would do in person.