About Nicole
Nicole Summers-DuBois uses a practical, person-focused approach to help people facing stress, anxiety, relationship strain, depression, and life transitions. She holds an MA and is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist - LMFT. Her style is direct and down-to-earth so sessions feel easy to talk through.
Nicole combines talk, skills practice, and brief teaching to help people manage emotions and make small changes that add up. She draws on client-centered work to keep conversations focused on each person’s priorities.
How Nicole works
Cognitive behavioral ideas are used to spot patterns and try different thinking or behavior experiments. Her background includes five years in clinical practice and a wide range of life experience as a non-traditional graduate. That perspective shapes her work - she understands how hard it can feel to ask for help and stays practical about next steps.
Humor and warmth are part of how she builds rapport. Nicole supports people coping with grief, trauma and abuse, addictions, and issues around intimacy and self-esteem. She also helps with sleeping problems, parenting stress, anger, and chronic illness or pain.
Sessions often include skill-building for de-escalation, communication, and coping with change. People can expect straightforward conversation, concrete tools, and collaboration on goals. She aims to create a respectful space where each person’s story matters and progress is measured by what feels useful in daily life.
Nicole lists 9 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
- Family conflicts
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
Training and background
| Register | LMFT |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Massachusetts |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-Centered Therapy focuses on listening without judgment and helping people set their own goals. Online sessions using this approach let the therapist follow what matters most and adapt pacing to each person. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) looks at thoughts and behaviors that keep distress going and introduces small experiments to change them. In remote work CBT tools like thought records and behavior plans can be shared and practiced between sessions. Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) helps people name and shift difficult emotions that affect relationships and connection. When used online, EFT often centers on noticing interaction patterns and trying new ways of responding in real time.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk through goals, try methods that fit the situation, and adjust based on what helps. Clients and the therapist decide together which strategies to use and when to change course.
Online therapy offers practical flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for face-to-face conversation and guided exercises. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a brief check-in fits a break. Live chat and text messaging are handy for short check-ins, tracking progress, or sending quick reflections between longer sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life and keep continuity when schedules change.
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A practical next step
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