About Nicole
Nicole Pyfer is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Colorado with five years of professional experience. She helps people who are struggling with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and major life changes. Nicole focuses on practical steps to reduce distress and build clearer ways of coping.
She draws on a systems perspective to show how patterns that began in childhood still affect daily life. That approach helps people see connections between early experiences and current reactions.
Background and approach
Nicole also works with people who have experienced trauma and with those who have caused harm to others, guiding honest reflection and change. In sessions she listens closely and adapts the conversation to each person's needs. Her background includes a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice and a Master’s degree in Counseling: Clinical Mental Health.
Those studies inform a straightforward, thoughtful style. Nicole uses practical methods to challenge negative beliefs and replace them with more realistic self-views. She helps clients notice unhelpful behavior, try new responses, and track what works.
The work is collaborative and paced to the individual. Parents reading on a phone will find short, focused sessions and clear suggestions to try between meetings. Nicole emphasizes respect and compassion while helping people move toward a more fulfilling life.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online sessions
Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person's own goals and experience. In practice this means the therapist listens without judgment and helps people clarify what matters most to them, which can be especially useful for handling stress and grief. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors. This approach offers concrete exercises clients can try between sessions to reduce anxiety and shift negative self-beliefs. Emotionally-Focused Therapy, EFT, attends to emotional patterns in close relationships and helps people name and change those patterns to feel more connected and understood.Finding the best approach is part of the work. The therapist and client decide together which methods fit the problem, goals, and personal style. That collaborative planning can change over time as needs shift and new progress is made.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video visits allow face-to-face conversation and nonverbal cues. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging work well for quick check-ins, ongoing reflections, or when typing feels more comfortable than speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and let people use the format that fits their day-to-day life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Grief
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Narcissism
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English