Nicki Nichols, LPC

Nicki Nichols is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) with 16 years of clinical experience. She meets people where they are and offers straightforward support for stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, trauma, and relationship concerns. Her approach is warm and direct, and she emphasizes honesty and accountability in sessions.

Nicki uses clear, practical methods to help people manage symptoms and make small, sustainable changes. She often draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to look at how thoughts affect feelings and behavior. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is weighing change, and trauma-focused strategies guide work after painful experiences.

Her background includes work across a range of concerns such as chronic illness, caregiver stress, attachment and abandonment issues, blended family stress, and substance misuse. That variety informs a flexible style that adapts to each person’s situation. She treats people respectfully and aims to be transparent about what to expect.

Nicki offers weekend and some evening slots, and she notes that weekday availability can vary. She provides sessions by phone, messaging, and video, with one weekly limitation on Wednesdays that affects session types. If scheduling or clinical fit doesn’t match, she suggests requesting a different counselor through the platform tools.

People often come for help with managing daily stress, coping after trauma, or addressing addictive behaviors. Nicki focuses on practical steps you can use between sessions, and she works collaboratively to set clear goals and monitor progress.

How her approaches translate to online care

Nicki commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Motivational Interviewing in her work. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing them with practical experiments, which can reduce anxiety and change patterns that feed depression. Motivational Interviewing helps people weigh their reasons for change and build motivation without pressure, which is often used for addiction or when someone feels stuck.

Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. She will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t helped before. Together they choose techniques and adjust the plan as progress is made, checking in about what feels useful and what needs to change.

Online therapy can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy life. Video can allow for face-to-face conversation, messaging supports ongoing check-ins between appointments, and phone calls can be a shorter option when bandwidth or visual focus is difficult. Because session formats can vary, confirm the specific options when scheduling so they match your routine and needs.