About Nikki
Nikki Suits uses a client-centered approach to guide people through stress, anxiety, addiction, grief, and low self-esteem. She is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with eight years of experience and practices in Illinois. Nikki writes plainly and focuses on practical steps that feel doable for busy lives.
She starts by listening and helping people name what matters most to them. Sessions focus on current concerns and on building small, steady changes that add up.
How Nikki works
Nikki draws on cognitive behavioral techniques to challenge unhelpful thinking and on mindfulness to reduce overwhelming emotions. Motivational interviewing helps when someone is unsure about change or feels stuck. Solution-focused strategies are used to set short-term goals and create clear next steps.
Nikki also has experience with grief, hospice and end-of-life counseling, and caregiver stress, so she can assist with the specific demands those situations bring. She has worked with issues related to aging and geriatric care, veteran and armed forces matters, and substance use concerns including drug and alcohol addiction.
Nikki is familiar with obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviors, panic attacks, phobias, personality disorder challenges, and post-traumatic stress. Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Nikki emphasizes strengths and practical tools so people leave with something to use between meetings.
If someone wants direct, steady support and a therapist who listens first, this approach can feel clear and manageable.
Nikki lists 6 ways of working on the entry:
What Nikki works with
The areas below are the ones Nikki selected when setting up a profile. The first few are listed as the main focus; the rest are also named.
Also listed
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Depression
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Midlife crisis
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self esteem
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
Training and background
| Register | LCSW |
|---|---|
| Years in practice | 8 |
| Languages | English |
| Session format | Online: video, phone, live chat or messaging |
| Country | Illinois |
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Online support options
How therapeutic approaches translate to online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and understanding a person's priorities. Online sessions let the therapist and client talk through what matters most and shape goals around the person's life and values.Cognitive behavioral therapy helps identify unhelpful thoughts and change behavior. In online work this often means reviewing patterns together, practicing new skills during sessions, and assigning short exercises between meetings to build momentum.
Mindfulness therapy teaches simple attention and breathing practices to reduce overwhelm. These exercises can be practiced during a video call or coached over phone or text to fit into a daily routine.
Choosing the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will work with each person to match methods to their needs, goals, and preferences and will adjust strategies as progress is made.
Online formats offer practical benefits: video calls recreate a face-to-face conversation, phone sessions require less bandwidth, live chat suits quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between meetings. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent when schedules are busy or when shorter, more frequent touchpoints are helpful.
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A practical next step
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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