About Nichole
Dr. Nichole Nava connects with people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, grief, or big life changes. She writes plainly and listens carefully so parents and individuals can talk through relationship and family concerns.
Her style is warm and practical, focused on everyday steps that can make life feel more manageable. She uses a mix of client-centered conversation, cognitive behavioral ideas, and solution-focused strategies. That means sessions often begin with the client’s immediate goals, then move toward small changes and new ways of thinking.
Background and approach
Dr. Nava draws on 15 years of experience to match tools to what each person needs. Before working in independent practice, she spent many years in social services and education.
That background gave her experience with grief, trauma and family stress, and it shapes how she approaches parenting, attachment, and blended family issues. The Texas LPC credential is part of her professional standing. In sessions she helps people manage anxiety, work through relationship or intimacy issues, and cope with compassion fatigue and ADHD-related challenges.
She also addresses body image, communication problems, and the stress that comes with caregiving and major life transitions. Her approach aims for clear, doable steps. Clients can expect straightforward talk about goals, small practice tasks between meetings, and ongoing adjustments as progress is made.
How therapy approaches fit into online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building understanding. The therapist follows the client's lead, helping people clarify what matters most and feel heard. This style is useful for relationship strain, grief, and work on self-esteem.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going. Sessions include practical exercises and short tasks to practice between meetings, which can help with anxiety, depression, and managing ADHD-related symptoms.
Solution-Focused Therapy centers on small, achievable goals. The therapist helps clients identify what will look different when things improve and tries step-by-step changes to get there.
Choosing the right approach is part of the process. The therapist will discuss goals, preferences, and what has worked before, then collaborate to try methods that fit the client’s needs. This is an ongoing conversation rather than a one-time decision.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works well when bandwidth is limited, chat suits quick check-ins, and messaging lets people share thoughts between meetings. These options add flexibility for busy schedules and different comfort levels while keeping treatment focused on real, practical change.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 15 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English