- Warm and direct
- Skills focused
- Trauma informed
About Nikki
She began her career working on family reunification when children had been removed due to neglect and abuse. That work shaped her focus on attachment and family-of-origin patterns. She later trained as a Diversity and Inclusion Counselor while working with service members and their families, adding cultural sensitivity to her clinical perspective.
Her approach blends client-centered conversation with cognitive behavioral methods and emotion-focused work. She uses dialectical behavior tools and mindfulness strategies to help people manage intense feelings. Nikki adapts sessions to each person, offering concrete skills and tailored plans rather than one-size-fits-all advice.
Across 24 years in the field, she has helped people with parenting challenges, addiction and recovery concerns, intimacy and body image issues, ADHD, and coping with life changes. She also addresses less common matters like adoption and foster care, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and kink-related concerns when they come up in treatment.
Nikki emphasizes clear communication and practical tools. She listens, offers feedback, and teaches strategies to change unhelpful patterns. To begin, readers are encouraged to use the site steps for matching and scheduling so they can see if her style fits their needs.
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
24+ years
Credentials
Montana
Languages
English
How her approaches fit online work
Nikki often uses Attachment-Based Therapy to help people understand how early relationships shape today's patterns. That approach looks at how connection and trust affect reactions and helps people build different ways of relating. She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which focuses on spotting unhelpful thoughts and testing new behaviors to reduce anxiety and depression.Finding the right approach is part of the work. She collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences. Sessions start with a conversation about what feels most useful, and the plan is adjusted as progress is made.
The biography does not list specific online session formats, so confirm the available options before booking. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by reducing travel time and allowing sessions during breaks or from a different location. It can also make shorter check-ins or skills coaching simpler when a quick touchpoint is helpful. Licensed professionals commonly adapt mindfulness exercises, behavioral experiments, and emotion-focused conversations to the online setting, and she tailors those tools to each person's needs.
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Nikki commonly help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and parenting challenges, grief, addictions, ADHD, and related issues like body image and intimacy concerns.
How would you describe her therapy style?
Her style is warm and interactive yet direct. Sessions focus on practical skills, teaching tools, and clear feedback.
What is her professional background?
She has 24 years of clinical experience. Early work included family reunification after neglect and abuse, and she has also served service members with a focus on diversity and inclusion.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds the credential LCPC, which stands for Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and practices from Montana.
Can I work with her if I live outside the United States?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats does she offer?
Session formats were not specified in the biography; please confirm current session options before booking.
How much do sessions cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability, and sessions use a subscription 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 according to therapist availability.
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