About Nicole
Nicole Brevig is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) practicing in Iowa. She brings nine years of clinical experience to sessions. She focuses on anxiety, stress, relationship difficulties, trauma and depression.
Her style is calm and direct, aiming to help people feel steadier and more understood. Nicole helps people build coping skills and greater self-awareness. She works with clients on communication, self-love, and recovering after sexual assault and other trauma.
Background and approach
She also supports those dealing with chronic pain, illness, and the emotional fallout of major life changes. Her approach is collaborative. Nicole listens first, then offers practical tools to manage intense feelings.
Sessions often involve learning new ways to communicate, setting gentle goals, and practicing strategies that can be used between meetings. People who come to her can expect a straightforward focus on what matters to them. She pays attention to relationships, family of origin patterns, and how past events affect current mood and behavior.
Nicole also addresses intimacy-related issues and concerns about sexuality in a direct, nonjudgmental way. Over time she helps clients rebuild confidence, reduce overwhelming symptoms, and find clearer direction. Her work emphasizes steady progress rather than quick fixes.
Nicole aims to walk alongside people as they make changes that fit their lives.
How evidence-based approaches fit online care
Nicole uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skills and recovery. One common approach she uses emphasizes teaching coping skills for anxiety and stress, such as breathing, grounding, and activity planning; these techniques help reduce overwhelming symptoms and restore daily function. Another approach focuses on trauma recovery by helping people process distressing memories at a manageable pace and build safety and stability in daily life.Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Nicole works with each person to identify goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful. Together they review which methods to try, adjust pacing, and track progress so care matches the person's changing needs.
Online formats make this work easier to fit into life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited, live chat works well for brief check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between scheduled sessions. These options help people access therapy around work, caregiving, or health demands while still practicing hands-on skills and communication strategies.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Body image
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Communication problems
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Family of origin issues
- Infidelity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Iowa
- Languages
- English
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