About Nichole
Nichole Garcia is a licensed masters social worker (LMSW) with 13 years in behavioral health. She began her career working with children and teens in a residential shelter and later moved into community mental health services. Her practice has included a wide range of concerns and life stages.
Nichole emphasizes straightforward communication and honesty in the therapeutic relationship. Over time she has worked with adults facing bipolar disorder, anxiety, depression, trauma and abuse, and eating disorders.
Background and approach
She also has experience with ADHD, personality-related concerns, substance use, and issues that affect LGBT individuals. Nichole helps people manage relationship strain, grief, parenting stress, and career or life transitions. Her training background includes coursework and workshops in dialectical behavior therapy and prolonged exposure while at a community mental health agency.
She has also attended trainings in cognitive behavioral therapy, eating disorder treatment, and substance use disorders. Nichole’s education includes a Bachelor of Social Work from Wayne State University and a Master of Social Work completed through an accelerated program. In sessions she aims to be open and direct.
She favors clear conversation about goals and what to expect. Nichole describes the work as collaborative and personal - she listens, offers practical tools, and checks in often to make sure the plan fits. Parents and adults who want a practical, warm approach may find her style helpful.
Nichole brings both shelter and community mental health experience to common problems like anxiety, phobias, mood swings, and coping with stressful life changes.
How therapy approaches translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people notice unhelpful thoughts while choosing actions that match their values. It often helps with anxiety, stress, and motivation challenges by focusing on small steps toward meaningful living.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches practical skills to change unhelpful patterns. It is commonly used for anxiety, depression, phobias, and sleep or eating concerns.
Finding the right approach usually happens together. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, try methods that suit those goals, and adjust based on what helps. This collaborative process means techniques are tailored to the person's needs and preferences rather than imposed.
Online sessions make it easier to fit work into busy lives. Video calls let the therapist and client work face to face; phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging allow brief updates, coaching between sessions, or a format for people who prefer typing. These options give flexibility for people juggling parenting, work, or travel while still working on stress, phobias, trauma, or mood concerns.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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