- Strengths based
- Emotion focused
- Story oriented
About Nicolette
Nicolette Ulstrom is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who centers her work on clients' strengths. She creates a warm, side-by-side space where people can look honestly at difficult patterns and begin to make small, steady changes. Her approach is practical and grounded, aimed at helping people reconnect with their sense of self and what matters to them.
With eight years of clinical experience, she has worked extensively with substance use concerns, anxiety, depression, and issues that commonly affect women. Her background includes time in a family residential treatment center where recovery and personal growth happened alongside loved ones. That experience shaped her focus on self-awareness and learning from life stories.
Nicolette uses approaches that emphasize relationship and choice. She helps people tell and retell their stories so they can choose different paths. She also works on emotion regulation and skill-building to reduce reactivity and improve everyday functioning.
People come to her for help with stress, grief, relationship struggles, addiction, and parenting challenges, among other concerns. She pays attention to how family of origin and attachment patterns influence current relationships. Adoption and foster care are listed among her additional areas of focus.
Her work is collaborative and paced to each person. She supports clients in identifying values, practicing new skills, and taking manageable steps toward a more fulfilling life. To begin, clients are asked about goals and preferences so she can tailor sessions to their needs.
How her approaches fit with online therapy
Nicolette uses client-centered methods that prioritize the person's perspective and goals. This approach focuses on listening, reflecting, and helping people notice their strengths so they can make changes that matter in daily life. It is useful for issues like low self-esteem, life transitions, and building a clearer sense of identity.She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) ideas to teach emotion regulation and distress-tolerance skills. These practical skills help reduce reactivity, manage intense feelings, and support recovery from substance use and anxiety. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) principles inform her focus on emotional experience and how feelings shape relationships, which can aid work on intimacy, attachment, and family patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the early work together. The therapist will collaborate with each person to pick methods that match their goals, pace, and preferences. That choice may shift as needs change, and she invites ongoing feedback so sessions stay useful.
If you are considering online work, confirm the current session options before booking since formats are not listed in the biography. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, allow for shorter check-ins between commitments, and remove travel time so people can focus on skill practice and conversation from wherever they are. Licensed professionals commonly adapt DBT and emotion-focused work to an online setting to support real-life skill use.
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Experience
8+ years
Credentials
Minnesota
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she address?
Nicolette works with stress, anxiety, depression, addictions, relationship and intimacy issues, grief, parenting and life transitions. Adoption and foster care, attachment issues, body image, and women's concerns are listed among her areas of focus.
What is her general therapy style?
She practices in a collaborative, side-by-side way that builds on a person's strengths. Sessions often involve telling personal stories, practicing emotion regulation skills, and setting small practical goals.
How much experience does she have?
She has eight years of clinical experience, including work in a family residential treatment center supporting recovery and family growth.
What credentials and location are listed?
She is an LMFT - Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - and works from Minnesota.
Which languages are supported and can she see international clients?
Sessions are offered in English. She is not accepting international clients at this time.
What session formats are available?
Session formats are not specified in the biography. Please confirm current session options with the service before booking.
How is cost handled?
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 brief matching questionnaire, and schedule according to the therapist's availability.