About Nicki
Nicki Nichols is a Licensed Professional Counselor who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, addictions, trauma, relationship concerns, and depression. She writes in a straightforward way and aims to make the first step feel doable for someone who is worried or overwhelmed. With 16 years of practice, Nicki brings steady experience to sessions.
She uses approaches that help people name challenges, try small changes, and build better coping skills.
Background and approach
Her work often centers on practical steps rather than long explanations. Clients commonly come for help with issues such as abandonment, attachment struggles, adoption and foster care matters, blended family stress, caregiver strain, chronic illness or pain, and substance use concerns. She also supports people dealing with communication problems, commitment worries, codependency, divorce, and disruptive mood symptoms.
Nicki integrates Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Motivational Interviewing, and Trauma-Focused Therapy to match concrete goals. Sessions can include setting short-term objectives, practicing new ways of thinking, and building motivation to change behaviors that interfere with daily life. She practices in South Carolina and holds the LPC credential.
Sessions are offered in English and Nicki accepts international clients. People meet her by scheduling online through the platform and choosing times that work with their routine.
Approaches that fit practical online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting therapeutic relationship. The therapist offers empathy and helps people decide what goals matter most to them, which can be especially helpful when someone feels stuck or unsure what to try next.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts affect feelings and actions. Sessions often include simple exercises to test unhelpful beliefs and to practice new ways of coping with anxiety, depression, or stress-related problems.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicki will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match their needs, goals, and preferences. That planning often starts in the first few sessions and can be adjusted as progress is made.
Online therapy offers a range of formats to keep care flexible. Video calls let people see visual cues and do fuller conversations. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat or text-based messaging can work for shorter check-ins, quick skill practice, or fitting therapy into a busy day. These options help people arrange sessions around work, caregiving, or medical needs while using therapeutic methods like CBT and motivational interviewing in an online setting.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 16 years
- Licensed
- South Carolina
- Languages
- English