About Nicole
Nicole Turso helps people who are dealing with stress, anxiety, low self-esteem, relationship strain, depression, and big life changes. She introduces a calm, straightforward style that aims to make hard conversations easier to start. Nicole is a licensed mental health counselor, NY LMHC, who listens first and works at a pace that feels manageable.
Her approach centers on practical steps you can try between sessions. She uses techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy to spot unhelpful thoughts and from mindfulness to ground people in the moment.
How Nicole works
Motivational interviewing helps when motivation feels stuck, and solution-focused work targets small changes that add up. Nicole treats each person as the expert on their own life. She asks clear questions and helps people break problems into smaller pieces.
Sessions are a mix of gentle challenge and concrete tools so progress is visible and usable. She has five years of professional experience and is based in New York. That background includes helping people with attachment and communication concerns, body image and eating-related issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, and questions around fatherhood and fertility.
Nicole also works with issues of guilt, shame, impulsivity, and the emotional fallout from family of origin problems. Her style is practical and respectful, aimed at helping people build skills that fit their daily lives. If someone wants clear steps and a steady conversation, she helps shape that work.
Nicole lists 4 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
- Self esteem
Also listed
- Attachment issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMHC |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 5 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | New York |
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Online support options
Approach and options for online therapy
Nicole often draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, which helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors to reduce anxiety or depressive feelings. She also uses mindfulness therapy to teach simple attention and breathing practices that can reduce rumination and help with stress and emotional regulation.Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicole collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and day-to-day life. She adapts techniques over time based on what is helpful and what feels realistic for the person she is working with.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet. Video calls allow a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth or a quieter spot is needed, and live chat or text-based messaging can be used for brief check-ins, notes, or ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit sessions into a busy schedule and to keep up steady progress.
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