About Nicole
Nicole Phelan is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing in Maine. She brings nine years of experience and a straightforward, caring manner to sessions. Nicole speaks English and uses clear, practical language to help people face their concerns.
She focuses on common struggles such as anxiety, depression, stress, and parenting and family concerns. Nicole also supports people dealing with trauma and abuse, eating and mood disorders, ADHD, and relationship or identity questions.
How Nicole works
Clients often come with feelings of shame, guilt, abandonment, or difficulty communicating with loved ones. Nicole blends several therapies to fit each person's needs. She uses elements of cognitive behavioral work to identify patterns, acceptance and commitment ideas to clarify values and goals, and attachment-based thinking to look at relationship wounds.
Her style is warm, direct, and interactive so sessions move from talk to action. She encourages practical steps outside the therapy room, including nature-based activities when appropriate. Those experiences are used as tools for building coping, improving mood, and increasing self-esteem.
Nicole emphasizes small, doable changes rather than big, vague promises. The first sessions focus on clear goals and a plan that fits daily life. Nicole aims to empower people to make changes that last and to build skills for managing future challenges.
She invites those ready to take a next step to begin a simple matching and scheduling process.
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
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Midlife crisis
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace 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 | Maine |
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Online support options
Therapeutic approaches you can use online
Nicole commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people spot unhelpful thoughts and try different behaviors. CBT is practical and problem-focused, which can help with anxiety, depression, eating issues, and anger. Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is another approach she uses; ACT helps people clarify what matters to them and take value-based steps even when feelings are difficult. Attachment-Based Therapy is used to look at how past relationships shape current patterns and to practice new ways of relating and communicating.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Nicole discusses options with each person and adapts methods to fit their goals, preferences, and life situation. This collaborative process helps create a treatment plan that feels manageable and relevant to daily life.
Online sessions can be scheduled as video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and longer interventions, phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and text messaging is useful for brief reflections between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into work, family, and busy routines.
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A practical next step
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