About Garland
Garland Nichols meets people who are worn out by anxiety, grief, or big life changes. He writes simply and listens closely to what matters most. Sessions focus on clear goals and practical steps that can be used between meetings.
Garland holds a DC LICSW, which means he is a licensed clinical social worker in the District of Columbia. He uses plain talk to help people name and make sense of upsetting thoughts and feelings.
How Garland works
Work often centers on building coping skills, lifting motivation, and improving confidence. Garland draws on approaches that help spot unhelpful thinking, set small achievable goals, and keep momentum going week to week. Before clinical practice he spent time in child welfare and social services, which shaped his focus on family issues, adoption and foster care, and multicultural concerns.
That background also contributes to his work with parenting, blended family problems, and communication difficulties. Typical concerns he supports include stress, depression, panic, trauma and abuse, sleep disruption, and compassion fatigue. He also helps with matters like body image, codependency, career decisions, and questions about life purpose.
Garland is comfortable addressing LGBT issues and men's issues within individual work. Sessions are offered in English and delivered online in a variety of formats. People can expect a collaborative approach where the therapist and client set goals together and track progress.
Garland emphasizes practical changes that fit into daily life.
Garland lists 3 ways of working on the entry:
What Garland works with
The areas below are the ones Garland selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Career difficulties
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LICSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 3 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | District of Columbia |
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Online support options
How Garland’s Approaches Work Online
CBT helps people notice patterns of thinking that keep problems active and then test and change those thoughts. It often includes simple exercises and behavior experiments that can be done between sessions to reduce anxiety, panic, or low mood.Motivational Interviewing focuses on increasing motivation for change by exploring a person’s own goals and reasons. It is useful when someone feels stuck or unsure about taking steps toward healthier habits or life choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Garland will help figure out which methods match a person’s goals and preferences, and adjust the plan as progress is made. The process is collaborative and paced to what feels manageable.
Online sessions are available by video, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging, which makes scheduling flexible. Video calls suit deeper conversations when visual cues help, while phone sessions use less bandwidth and can fit into a work break. Live chat and messaging are useful for brief check-ins, homework prompts, or when a written check-in feels easier. These options let people shape therapy to their daily life and keep momentum between visits.
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