Wendi Nixon , LCMHC

Wendi D. Nixon is a licensed clinical mental health counselor in North Carolina with more than 27 years of experience supporting children, adolescents, individuals, and families through recovery from trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, loss, abuse, and neglect. She holds a Master of Arts in Counseling from Regent University earned in 1989 and completed a doctorate in Counseling and Psychological Studies with a concentration in Trauma and Crisis Counseling in May 2023; the doctorate is a doctoral degree focused on advanced clinical work with trauma and crisis. She is also a National Certified Counselor (NCC), a national credential that reflects professional training and standards, and she practices as an LCMHC - Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor, license number NC LCMHC 4201.

Over her career she has pursued specialized training in trauma treatment, including Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy training through the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2008. In addition to traditional clinical work, she became a Certified Therapeutic Riding Instructor in 2013 and integrates equine-assisted activities in her in-person practice to help some children and adults process trauma and other mental health concerns.

Wendi emphasizes a client-centered philosophy that treats each person as the expert in their own experience while drawing on psychodynamic and cognitive-behavioral methods and family systems thinking when appropriate. Her practice commonly addresses stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, grief, parenting and family challenges, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, anger, self-esteem, depression, ADHD, and related concerns such as adoption and foster care issues, attachment difficulties, blended family dynamics, caregiver stress, codependency, and recovery from domestic violence. She offers individualized care aimed at helping people move past feeling stuck and toward greater balance and well-being.