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Orange Shadow

Owner & Founder

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Passionate About Inspiring Others

Liana K. Nelson is not your average therapist—she’s the bold, hilarious, heart-led force behind UniquelyU Counseling, PLLC, where therapy is real, raw, and deeply transformative. A Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC), and Certified Sex Addiction Treatment Provider (SATP), Liana brings a no-shame, all-truth approach to some of life’s hardest conversations—including the ones most people avoid.

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At UniquelyU Counseling, Liana specializes in grief, intimacy, and attachment, but she doesn’t stop there. She leans into the tough stuff—like sex, addiction, betrayal trauma, and emotional disconnection—because she knows that these struggles don’t exist in isolation. They often feed off one another, tangled in unspoken pain, cultural silence, and unhealed wounds. And Liana? She’s here to break the silence wide open.

LIANA NELSON

LPC, LCMHC, SATP​

Owner & Founder

Her approach is grounded, culturally responsive, and deeply relatable—especially for Black boys and men who’ve been conditioned to suffer in silence. Liana brings her whole self into the work: energetic, warm, transparent, and deeply rooted in love. She knows how to hold space for laughter and pain at the same time, and she’s not afraid to challenge her clients while still hyping them up to become the best, most emotionally grounded version of themselves.

Whether she’s helping someone unpack the weight of generational grief, navigate broken trust in relationships, or work through compulsive sexual behavior tied to unresolved emotional pain, Liana is always guided by one mission: to help people reclaim their power, regulate their emotions, and feel deeply human again.

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Through UniquelyU Counseling, she’s created more than a practice—she’s built a brave space for healing, where clients are encouraged to be fully themselves without fear or shame. Therapy with Liana is like sitting down with someone who sees through your armor but also knows exactly how to honor it. She’s here to do the real work—with joy, compassion, cultural understanding, and the kind of openness that sets people free.

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Because for Liana, healing doesn’t have to be stiff or sterile. It can be real. It can be gritty. And it can absolutely be UniquelyU.

Approaches

  • Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)

  • DBT / Dialectical Behavior Therapy

  • Psychoanalytic / Psychodynamic

  • Attachment-Based

  • CBT / Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

  • Humanistic / Rogerian

  • Existential Therapy

  • Exposure Therapy

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

  • Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)

  • Motivational Interviewing

  • Play Therapy

  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)

  • Person-Centered

Credentials/Qualifications

  • Verified by Psychology Today

  • Clinically Licensed through 

    • North Carolina Board of Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselors

    • Missouri Board of Licensed Professional Counselors

  • National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC)

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