Cindy Hackwell, LMHP

Cindy Hackwell is a Licensed Mental Health Practitioner (LMHP) based in Nebraska. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, depression, and big life changes. Her style is steady and compassionate, aimed at making day-to-day coping easier for clients.

She draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, client-centered techniques, and motivational interviewing to address problems like addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, and compassion fatigue. In sessions she helps people notice unhelpful thoughts, try practical behavior changes, and set small, achievable goals.

Cindy has three years of experience in outpatient care and practice in Nebraska. She also has background working in settings that include crisis intervention and responses to domestic violence and psychiatric inpatient care. That varied experience informs a practical, calm approach when someone is facing sudden changes or medical-related stress.

Her work includes attention to aging and caregiver concerns, blended family challenges, cancer and hospice-related stress, postpartum mood shifts, traumatic brain injury, and other medical or life transitions. She uses mindfulness methods to help people slow down and respond rather than react in stressful moments.

Clients can expect a conversational, collaborative tone. Cindy helps people set realistic steps, track small wins, and adjust plans when life gets complicated. She aims to make therapy straightforward and usable for everyday life.

How Cindy’s Approaches Work Online

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify thoughts and behaviors that get in the way. In online sessions Cindy will guide clients to try small experiments and practical skills to reduce anxiety, low mood, or unhelpful habits. Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and understanding the person’s experience. That approach helps clients feel heard and then find their own solutions through a supportive therapeutic relationship.

Choosing the right approach is a team effort. Cindy will discuss goals and preferences in early sessions and adjust methods over time. She works collaboratively to combine techniques that fit a person’s needs and daily life, and reviews progress so plans stay useful.

Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video works well for therapy that benefits from face-to-face interaction, while phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited. Live chat or text messaging can be helpful for quick check-ins or when someone prefers shorter, written exchanges. These options make scheduling more flexible and allow therapy to fit into busy or changing routines.