About Nicholas
Nicholas Masser is a licensed clinical social worker who helps people handle stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship concerns. He has nine years of experience and works with clients facing parenting and family challenges as well as addiction, trauma, and grief. Nicholas aims to meet people where they are and build on their strengths to move forward.
He believes each person knows their own story best and that therapy should honor that knowledge.
How Nicholas works
Sessions focus on practical steps and clearer thinking rather than jargon. Nicholas encourages small changes that add up over time and supports people as they try new ways of coping. His background includes work with people dealing with anger, sleeping problems, low self-esteem, and career questions.
He also supports those confronting bipolar symptoms, compassion fatigue, ADHD, and chronic health challenges. Additional focus areas include communication problems, codependency, and issues tied to military or first responder experiences. Nicholas uses a mix of approaches based on what feels most useful for each person.
He draws on cognitive behavioral strategies, mindfulness practices, motivational techniques, psychodynamic perspectives, and solution-focused work. That variety lets him tailor sessions to immediate needs and longer-term goals. Sessions are practical and collaborative.
Expect clear steps, honest conversation, and attention to daily routines and relationships. Nicholas helps people break down big problems into manageable tasks and track progress along the way.
Nicholas lists 5 ways of working on the entry:
What Nicholas works with
The areas below are the ones Nicholas selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Parenting issues
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Trauma and abuse
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 9 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Many clients find cognitive behavioral therapy useful because it focuses on changing unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns. CBT can help with anxiety, depression, sleep problems, and anger by teaching specific skills to test and shift thoughts and habits.Mindfulness therapy supports learning simple attention and breathing techniques to reduce stress and increase present-moment awareness. It often helps with rumination, emotional overwhelm, and improving daily routines.
Motivational interviewing is a conversational style that helps people find their own reasons to change. It’s helpful when someone feels stuck or unsure about making shifts around addiction, health, or behavior changes.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work together. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and preferences and will adjust the plan as progress is made.
Online therapy with video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging offers flexibility for different schedules and comfort levels. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions use less bandwidth, live chat can be a quick check-in, and text messaging supports shorter updates between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions around work, caregiving, and other obligations while keeping therapy consistent.
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