Meet Nicole

*Not currently accepting new clients

In community with my clients, I help create a space to heal, and to develop and refine skills to surf some of the more difficulty and challenging waves of life. My clients tend to be Neurodivergent, twice gifted, or high achieving children, college students, or young adults who are navigating anxiety, depression, or difficult transitions such as academic concerns and burnout. I know that seeking steady ground for ourselves and our loved ones during times of uncertainty or hardship is an act of courage and sometimes a leap of faith. In my work with clients, I meet their courage by showing up with compassion, authenticity, and a belief in their ability to heal.

Using a nonviolent approach, I center compassion, joy, resistance to social violence, and person-centered care to support my client’s needs and co-create healing goals. A humanistic perspective informs the foundation of my practice which rests on the belief that healing is possible for every client.

Each healing path is different, and I honor that by incorporating creativity, curiosity, cultural responsivity, and deep listening to help my clients identify and work towards their chosen healing goals. With a foundation of trust, acceptance, and commitment to collaborative effort, we can get there together!

Education and Additional Training

I completed an MSW at Arizona State University in 2013 and a PhD in Social Work, with a focus on nonviolence, at Michigan State University in 2025. I completed trainings and education in mindfulness and acceptance-based frameworks including MBCT and ACT, these trainings ground my practice in compassion.

Training in child centered play therapy, CCPT, allows me to integrate a stance of acceptance, joy, and delight in my clints. My approach also includes addressing social violence by integrating social-cultural context into sessions to ensure that the oppressions that clients may experience outside of the therapy room, are not duplicated in a space that is intended to be healing.

I am currently completing training that centers a mindful and compassionate approach to supporting Neurodivergent clients as well as Rush’s University’s Executive Function Coaching Curriculum.