- Years in practice
- 20
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Wisconsin
- Languages
- English
- Focus
- Stress, Anxiety
- Focus
- Trauma and abuse
- Focus
- Grief
About Nicole
Nicole Lewandowski is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 20 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for people feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, parenting strain, or trauma. Nicole uses calm, direct conversation to help clients name what matters and plan realistic next steps.
She keeps sessions warm and interactive. Nicole treats people with respect and without stigmatizing labels. Her style is collaborative - she listens first, then helps build a plan that fits daily life.
Background and approach
Her approach blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral tools and trauma-focused methods. That means she will help you spot unhelpful thinking patterns, practice new behaviors, and process difficult memories at a pace that feels right. Nicole has supported people with a wide range of concerns across her career, including mood and anxiety conditions, grief, addiction, ADHD, and issues around intimacy and relationships.
She also has experience addressing caregiver stress, adoption and foster care concerns, and first responder issues. Sessions emphasize clear goals, concrete skills, and steady progress. When appropriate Nicole uses mindfulness exercises, narrative techniques, or DBT-informed strategies to manage intense feelings and improve coping.
She aims to help clients leave sessions with something they can try between meetings.
What Nicole works with
Everything Nicole lists, in the therapist's own terms. Parenting is the reason this directory exists; the rest shows what else Nicole helps people with.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Anger management
- Compassion fatigue
- Addictions
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coaching
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Codependency
- Control issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nicole lists
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Narrative 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.
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy puts your goals and preferences first. Online sessions using this approach begin by asking what you hope to change and then shape conversations around those priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors through structured exercises and practice. It can help with anxiety, depression, and parenting stress by giving clear steps to try between sessions.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicole will talk with you about your needs and try methods that fit your goals and daily life. Together you’ll test techniques and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That collaborative process aims to find a mix of strategies that feel useful and doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video lets you have a face-to-face conversation when a longer session is helpful. Phone sessions work well for lower bandwidth or shorter check-ins. Live chat and text messaging are useful for quick support, brief coaching, or keeping momentum between longer conversations. These options offer flexibility so therapy can fit work, parenting, and other routines.
Questions people ask about Nicole
What concerns does Nicole commonly address?
She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, parenting strain, relationship and intimacy issues, addiction, ADHD, grief, and caregiver fatigue among other concerns.
What is her general therapy style?
Nicole uses a warm, interactive approach that centers the client. Sessions focus on listening, practical skills, and collaborative planning rather than labels.
How long has she practiced?
She has twenty years of experience working as a social worker and therapist in a variety of clinical settings.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, licensed in Wisconsin and practices there.
Which languages are supported for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What session formats are available?
Nicole offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to accommodate different needs.
How are fees handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Use the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule sessions according to therapist availability.
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