- Trauma informed care
- Adoption and foster care
- Evening and weekend hours
About Nicole
Nicole Saunders is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with 21 years of experience. She focuses on helping people facing stress, anxiety, depression, relationship strain, and the ripple effects of trauma and abuse. Nicole aims to offer clear guidance and steady support as clients take steps toward change.
Nicole adapts sessions to each person's needs. She listens first, then works with clients to set practical goals. Her approach combines down-to-earth conversation with tools people can use between sessions to manage mood, handle conflict, and improve sleep or focus.
Her background includes work with people navigating family conflict, parenting pressures, caregiving strain, and the challenges around adoption and foster care. Nicole also helps with issues such as grief, addiction concerns, intimacy and commitment worries, and neurodiversity-related struggles including autism and attention differences.
She uses several evidence-based methods and chooses techniques to match what a client needs most. Sessions may include skills practice, thought tracking, values clarification, and ways to strengthen attachment patterns. Nicole emphasizes respect, sensitivity, and compassion in every conversation.
Nicole maintains later evening hours on weekdays and offers varying weekend times. Before the first appointment she asks new clients to complete an additional informed consent form. To start, people fill out a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability.
How her approaches guide online work
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) focuses on clarifying values and taking small, committed steps toward them while teaching ways to notice unhelpful thoughts. This can help with anxiety, depression, and life transitions by shifting attention to meaningful action. Attachment-Based Therapy looks at how early and current relationship patterns shape reactions now and helps people create safer ways of connecting and communicating. This work can be useful for intimacy, trust, and attachment concerns. Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the client's experience, using empathy and reflection to help people feel heard and to encourage self-directed change.Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. Nicole will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most useful. Together they adjust methods and pace so the work fits the client's needs and day-to-day life.
Confirm current session options before booking so you know what formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, reduce travel time, and allow shorter check-ins when needed. It also lets people participate from different locations within Florida while coordinating times that suit evening or weekend routines.
Areas of expertise
Primary focus
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Therapeutic approaches
Experience
21+ years
Credentials
Florida, Washington
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does Nicole commonly address?
She helps people dealing with stress, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, relationship and family issues, parenting strain, burnout, and concerns related to adoption and foster care among other areas.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Nicole starts with listening and then tailors a plan to individual needs. Sessions blend practical skills, reflective conversation, and goal-oriented work.
How many years of clinical experience does she have?
She has 21 years of experience working in mental health settings and with a range of life challenges and relationship concerns.
What license does she hold and where is she based?
She is a licensed mental health counselor, LMHC, practicing from Florida with professional experience in multiple states.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can people outside the United States work with her?
Nicole does not accept international clients at this time.
How are sessions paid and what do costs look like?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What do I need to do to begin?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to her availability. New clients will complete an additional informed consent form before the first session.