About Nicole
Nicole Sandonato is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) practicing in Pennsylvania with nine years of experience. She focuses on stress and anxiety and helps people manage grief, trauma, and major life changes. Nicole emphasizes strengths and practical steps so people can move forward at their own pace.
Nicole listens for the problems that matter most and helps clients build skills they can use between sessions. She pays attention to how family dynamics affect day-to-day life and supports people dealing with communication struggles and blended family challenges.
Background and approach
Therapy sessions include straightforward conversations and concrete strategies that fit each person's situation. Her background includes years of work with trauma and abuse, and she supports those coping with post-traumatic stress and related symptoms. Nicole also addresses feelings of guilt, shame, isolation, and impulsivity with focused, steady care.
She brings experience helping people who face self-harm urges and social anxiety concerns. Nicole works with young adult issues and supports people as they adjust to transitions and new life roles. She treats disruptive mood dysregulation disorder (DMDD) concerns when relevant to the presenting situation.
Her approach is collaborative and paced to the client’s readiness. Beginning therapy with Nicole involves honest talk and practical tools. She encourages small, achievable steps and highlights each person’s existing strengths.
This makes the work feel manageable for those dealing with anxiety, grief, or family-related stress.
Approaches that guide online work and practical access
Nicole relies on evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on skill building and coping. One common approach emphasizes teaching emotion regulation and coping skills to reduce overwhelming anxiety and impulsivity; it helps people manage strong feelings and handle stressful moments with clear steps. Another approach focuses on processing trauma and post-traumatic stress in a paced way so people can reduce distress and rebuild routines and safety in daily life.Finding the right method is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their goals, symptoms, and preferences, and together they will try approaches that fit. This collaborative process lets treatment be adjusted over time to match what helps most.
Online therapy is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to provide flexibility. Video sessions are helpful for face-to-face interaction when bandwidth allows, phone sessions work well when audio is simpler, and live chat or messaging can suit quick check-ins or people who prefer typing. These options make it easier to fit therapy around school, work, or caregiving demands, and allow consistent follow-up between appointments.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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