Nicole Onorato Hunter helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship or family concerns.
01About Nicole
Nicole Onorato Hunter helps people manage stress, anxiety, grief, and relationship or family concerns. She supports those facing depression, trauma, parenting strain, and identity questions including LGBT issues. Nicole offers clear, practical steps to help people feel steadier in daily life.
Nicole is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Georgia. She draws from cognitive behavioral ideas and mindfulness to help people notice unhelpful thinking and try different behaviors. Sessions are collaborative and focused on small, doable changes rather than long explanations.
Background and approach
Her work often looks at attachment and how early relationships shape current patterns. Nicole uses attachment-based ideas to help clients improve communication and feel safer in close relationships. She also incorporates elements from the Gottman Method when addressing couple and intimacy-related dynamics.
Nicole has about 12 years of experience in counseling. She combines practical tools with attention to values, helping people build routines that support mental and physical wellbeing. Clients learn skills to manage mood swings, anger, and day-to-day stressors.
She also addresses specific struggles such as abandonment, body image, caregiver stress, codependency, and parenting challenges. The approach is strengths-focused and paced to each person’s needs. Nicole aims to help people regain a sense of control and move toward goals that matter to them.
02Credentials
- LPC (Georgia)
- License LPC010145 · expires September 2026
- LPC (Colorado)
- License LPC.0018202 · expires August 2027
- NPI
- 1992165997 · national provider identifier
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03Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nicole lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Depression
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Intimacy-related issues
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Divorce and separation
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Methods Nicole names
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
These are the methods Nicole names on their own professional profile. Naming an approach is not evidence of training or certification in it, and this directory checks no training records. Ask directly if it matters to you.
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04Online support
Therapeutic approaches and online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, helps people clarify what matters to them and take steps toward those values even when emotions feel strong. It supports coping with anxiety, depression, and life transitions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, CBT, focuses on identifying patterns of thinking that contribute to distress and testing new ways of acting to improve mood and behavior. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationship patterns affect current intimacy and communication, which can be helpful for relationship and family concerns.Choosing an approach is a team effort. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, symptoms, and preferences and then try methods that fit. If something isn't working, adjustments are made so the work stays useful and relevant to daily life.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to make participation easier. Video calls are useful for hands-on skills work and face-to-face conversation. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat or messaging can help people maintain momentum between longer sessions or fit therapy into a busy day. These options give flexibility to schedule care around work, school, or parenting demands.
05Questions people ask
What concerns does Nicole help with?
She supports people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and abuse, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, intimacy concerns, ADHD, bipolar symptoms, and related challenges.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is direct but compassionate and nonjudgmental. Sessions focus on collaboration, practical tools, and small behavior changes tied to each person's values.
What sort of experience does she bring?
She has about 12 years working in counseling. That time includes helping people with mood disorders, grief, relationship problems, and stress reduction.
Where is she licensed and based?
Nicole holds the Licensed Professional Counselor credential in Georgia and practices there.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does cost and payment work?
Cost varies by location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions based on the therapist's availability.
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