About Nicole
Nicole Heiser helps people who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or worn out. She works with adults on stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and coping with life changes. Nicole is a Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, practicing in Wisconsin and speaks English.
Nicole uses clear, practical steps in sessions. She draws on cognitive behavioral ideas to notice patterns of thinking and behavior. She also uses solution-focused methods to set small, reachable goals and build on what already works for a person.
Background and approach
Her style is collaborative and direct. Nicole asks about daily routines, sleep, work, and relationships to find concrete places to start. Sessions often include simple exercises and goal-setting that fit into a client's life between meetings.
Nicole has five years of experience as an LPC. She has worked with a wide range of concerns including trauma and abuse, addictions, parenting stress, workplace issues, grief, and mood disorders. She also pays attention to issues that overlap with autism and blended family situations.
When someone begins with Nicole, they can expect straightforward conversation about goals and a plan to move forward. She helps people break big problems into small steps and checks progress along the way. The focus is on practical change that matches the client's day-to-day needs.
Online approaches that focus on solutions and daily change
Nicole uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people see how thoughts and behaviors affect mood and actions, then works on practical steps to shift unhelpful patterns. This approach is useful for anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and difficulties with everyday coping.She also uses Solution-Focused Therapy to help people set small, clear goals and build on what already works in their lives. That method is helpful when someone wants focused change or needs quick strategies for specific problems.
Nicole treats the choice of approach as a team decision. She will talk with each person about their goals, try methods that fit their needs, and adjust plans based on what helps most. The client and therapist work together to find the best mix of strategies.
Online sessions are offered as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to match different schedules and needs. Video is good for face-to-face conversation, phone works when bandwidth is limited, live chat can be used for shorter check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing contact between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy lives and daily routines.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Domestic violence
- Family problems
- Grief
- Impulsivity
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English