About Nicole
Nicole Deisher is a licensed social worker who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, depression, and relationship struggles. She is also available for concerns related to trauma and abuse, addictions, self-esteem, and life transitions. Nicole uses straightforward, practical methods to help clients take the next steps toward feeling more in control.
Nicole approaches therapy as a collaboration. She believes each person knows their story and brings strengths to the work.
How Nicole works
Sessions center on realistic goals and small changes that build momentum over time. She encourages clear steps people can try between meetings to see what helps. Her background includes more than a decade of clinical work in Ohio.
She holds LCSW and LISW credentials and has experience with a wide mix of concerns, including bipolar symptoms, ADHD, grief, intimacy challenges, and sleep problems. That range informs how she chooses strategies for each person. Nicole draws on several practical approaches.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions connect. Dialectical Behavior Therapy offers skills for emotion regulation and coping during intense moments. Mindfulness practices help with stress and attention by grounding people in the present.
She also uses Motivational Interviewing to help people find their own reasons to change and Solution-Focused Therapy to map out immediate, achievable steps. The result is a plan that fits the client’s goals and daily life, with tools that can be put into use quickly.
Nicole lists 7 ways of working on the entry:
What Nicole works with
The areas below are the ones Nicole selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Body image
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Mood disorders
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Registers | LCSW, LISW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 11 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Ohio |
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Online support options
Approaches you can use from home
Nicole commonly uses Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot unhelpful thinking patterns and then try small behavior changes to shift mood and stress. She also uses Dialectical Behavior Therapy skills for managing strong emotions and improving distress tolerance during difficult moments. Mindfulness techniques are offered to improve focus and reduce reactivity by practicing present-moment awareness.Choosing the right approach is a shared process. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what has or hasn’t worked before. Together they will try methods that fit the situation and adjust them over time so the plan feels useful and realistic.
Online therapy lets people access these approaches in flexible ways. Video sessions allow for face-to-face work and skill coaching. Phone calls can be easier when internet bandwidth is limited or a quick check-in is needed. Live chat and text-based messaging support brief updates, homework review, or ongoing encouragement between longer sessions. These options make it simpler to fit therapy into work, school, or family routines while keeping the focus on practical change.
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