Nicole takes a trauma-informed approach to therapy, helping clients understand how past experiences, emotions, and patterns may be affecting their lives in the present. Depending on what a client is working through, sessions may focus on processing difficult experiences, managing overwhelming emotions, challenging unhelpful thought patterns, or building skills to navigate everyday stressors.

Her therapeutic approaches and training include:

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

• Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)

• Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Nicole is in-network with Aetna, Asuris, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Lifewise, Optum, Premera, Regence, and United Healthcare.

Cash pay appointments are also available. 

Nicole earned both her bachelor's and master's degrees in Social Work from Eastern Washington University. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in Washington State.

Nicole has more than five years of experience working with adults and adolescents in intensive and outpatient settings, including experience treating trauma, depression, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, and family concerns.