About Nicole
Nicole Garza is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who helps people facing anxiety, stress, addiction, grief, and relationship concerns. She brings a calm, direct style and focuses on what a person needs right now. Nicole aims to make first conversations simple and concrete so people know what to expect.
Nicole has 13 years of experience working with a wide range of concerns. She has particular experience supporting people with trauma and abuse, depression, bipolar mood concerns, and compassion fatigue.
Background and approach
She also helps with issues such as sleep problems, self-esteem, parenting strain, career stress, and difficulties with intimacy. Her approach blends practical skills and attention to connection. Nicole draws on cognitive behavioral strategies to change unhelpful thinking and behavior.
She also uses acceptance and commitment ideas to help people clarify values and take meaningful action when emotions are strong. Attachment-based and client-centered work shape how she builds trust in sessions. That means Nicole pays attention to relationship patterns and keeps the person's voice central when planning next steps.
She often combines emotion regulation skills from dialectical behavior work when strong feelings get in the way of progress. Nicole works with adults in North Carolina and accepts international clients in English. Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text messaging.
To begin, people use the site's Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability.
Therapeutic approaches adapted for online care
Nicole often uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice and change unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. CBT is practical and problem-focused, which can help with anxiety, mood issues, sleep problems, and addiction-related behaviors.She also incorporates attachment-based work to look at patterns in close relationships. That work is useful when past bonds shape current fears, intimacy struggles, or repeated conflict.
Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Nicole will discuss your needs, goals, and preferences and suggest strategies to try. Together you can adjust methods and pace as progress is assessed.
Online formats available include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video is helpful for deeper conversational work and visual connection. Phone sessions are an option when bandwidth or camera use is difficult. Live chat or text messaging can suit brief check-ins, on-the-spot skills practice, or those who prefer typing to talking. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, caregiving, or travel schedules while working with a licensed professional.
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What this therapist works with
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Co-morbidity
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 13 years
- Licensed
- North Carolina
- Languages
- English
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