About Nicole
Nicole Martin is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with licenses in California and Illinois. She brings ten years of counseling experience and a background that includes work at the Department of Veterans Affairs and the National Center for PTSD. Nicole creates a calm, nonjudgmental space where people can begin to talk about hard things and take steps toward change.
She helps people manage stress and anxiety using straightforward techniques. She also supports those coping with addictions, grief, and shifts in self-esteem.
How Nicole works
Nicole focuses on practical skills people can use between sessions to feel steadier day to day. Her style blends listening with goal-focused work. She uses Client-Centered Therapy to center each person’s perspective and build trust.
She applies Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to help people spot thinking patterns that make feelings worse and practice new responses. Motivational Interviewing is part of her approach for people struggling with motivation or substance use. That method helps clarify what matters most and strengthen commitment to change.
Sessions are collaborative and paced to each person’s needs. Nicole offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. She asks new clients to complete a short matching questionnaire and then schedule a time that fits.
Therapy subscriptions can be canceled at any time, and fees vary by location and therapist availability.
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Training and background
| Registers | LPCC, LCPC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 10 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | California |
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Online support options
How therapy approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and reflecting what a person says so they feel understood. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist follow each person’s lead and adapt pacing to what feels most helpful.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, teaches practical skills to notice unhelpful thoughts and shift behaviors that keep problems going. In online sessions CBT often includes short practice tasks, thought records, and concrete homework people can do between video or phone meetings.
Motivational Interviewing helps people who feel stuck with change by drawing out their own reasons and building motivation step by step. This approach works well over chat or phone when someone wants brief check-ins to reinforce new choices.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicole will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match needs, goals, and preferences. She regularly checks in to adjust pace and techniques so sessions stay useful.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different communication needs. Video calls allow for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions are low-bandwidth and can fit a work break, live chat suits shorter check-ins, and text messaging supports ongoing, brief contact between sessions.
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Write down two things you would want to be different in six months. That is the most useful thing to bring to a first session, whoever it is with. If you would rather start now than keep reading, online sessions are the quickest route.
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