- Years in practice
- 13
- Credentials
- LMSW
- Licensed in
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Addictions
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
About Nichole
Nichole Garcia is a licensed masters social worker (LMSW) with 13 years in the helping professions. She began her career supporting children and teens in a residential shelter and later expanded her work to adults in community mental health settings. Nichole emphasizes open, honest communication and aims for a straightforward working relationship.
She has experience supporting people facing anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, addiction, ADHD, and eating concerns.
Background and approach
Nichole also helps with relationship and intimacy-related issues, grief, self-esteem, career stress, compassion fatigue, and parenting challenges. Her background includes work with LGBTQ clients and a range of personality and attachment concerns. Nichole's clinical learning includes Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and prolonged exposure approaches gained through agency work and trainings.
She earned a Bachelor of Social Work from Wayne State University in 2012 and completed an accelerated Master of Social Work the following year. Early internships added experience in homeless shelters, residential programs, and psychiatric inpatient care. In sessions she aims to be empathetic and genuine.
She prefers clear, honest communication and invites clients to ask questions at any time. Nichole describes therapy as a collaborative effort where she listens, offers practical tools, and adapts methods to each person's needs. Parents seeking support will find someone comfortable addressing everyday parenting strains alongside broader mental health concerns.
She works with people on coping skills, communication, and managing stressors so they can function better at home and in other areas of life.
What Nichole works with
Everything Nichole lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nichole helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nichole lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on values and building a meaningful life while learning to accept difficult thoughts. It can help with anxiety, depression, and getting unstuck from unhelpful patterns.Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early relationships shape current connection patterns and emotional responses. This approach can help people improve communication, intimacy, and how they relate to caregivers or children.
Nichole treats finding the right approach as a collaborative process. She works with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and preferences, and adapts techniques as progress is made.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility. Video calls let people work face-to-face when visual cues matter, phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit a break at work, and live chat or text messaging make brief check-ins and step-by-step coaching possible. These options make it easier to keep regular sessions, try different formats, and match the mode of communication to the moment and the task at hand.
Questions people ask about Nichole
What kinds of concerns does Nichole address?
She helps people with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, addictions, trauma and abuse, ADHD, eating and sleeping concerns, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting strains, and related problems.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is open and straightforward with an emphasis on honest communication. Sessions combine listening with practical tools and collaborative problem solving.
What experience does she bring to sessions?
She has 13 years of experience, starting in residential care for children and teens and later working with adults in community mental health settings.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a Michigan licensed masters social worker, listed as MI LMSW, and practices with that credential in Michigan.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are accepted.
What session formats are offered?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions are provided through a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.
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