About Nicole
Nicole Wilbur is a licensed master social worker with 19 years of clinical experience in hospitals, hospice, homecare, schools, and brain injury services. She brings practical, hands-on experience supporting people through grief, trauma, addiction, and chronic illness. Her style is warm, conversational, and focused on real-world steps.
Nicole uses approaches that match each person’s needs. She draws on client-centered work, cognitive behavioral ideas, and mindfulness tools to help with anxiety, depression, ADHD, and stress.
How Nicole works
She also uses techniques from dialectical behavior therapy and motivational interviewing when they fit the situation. Sessions emphasize building on personal strengths. Nicole helps people spot patterns that get in the way and practices new skills together.
That might mean practicing coping skills for panic, trying small behavior changes for sleep, or shaping communication strategies for relationships. She has extensive experience supporting people who have faced physical or emotional trauma, survivors of sexual assault and abuse, and those managing substance use concerns.
She has also worked with people living with autism spectrum conditions, learning differences, chronic pain, and serious medical issues. Nicole works with adults in Michigan and conducts sessions in English. Her approach aims for clear, manageable steps so people can try changes between sessions and track progress over time.
Nicole lists 6 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
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Bipolar disorder
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating disorders
- Family conflicts
- Family problems
- Grief
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- LGBT
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Traumatic brain injury
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Training and background
| Register | LMSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 19 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Michigan |
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Online support options
How evidence-based approaches translate to online care
Nicole blends client-centered work with cognitive behavioral therapy to help people manage thoughts, emotions, and daily habits. Client-centered therapy focuses on building a trusting connection and following each person’s lead, which helps clarify goals and priorities. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at unhelpful thinking and behavior patterns and uses practical exercises to change how someone feels and acts.She also draws on dialectical behavior therapy skills when needed to teach emotion regulation, distress tolerance, and interpersonal effectiveness. Those skills can be especially useful for intense mood swings, impulsivity, or conflicts in relationships. Choosing which approaches to use is collaborative - the therapist and client will decide together what fits the person’s needs and goals.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and demonstrations of skills. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and text messaging can be useful for brief updates, skill practice, or when writing feels easier than speaking. These options make scheduling more flexible and help people fit therapy into busy lives.
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