About Nicole
Nicole Wilbur is a licensed master social worker (LMSW) in Michigan with 19 years of experience. She has a long history of working in hospitals, homecare, hospice, palliative care, brain injury services, and schools. Nicole meets people where they are and focuses on practical steps to ease stress and anxiety.
Nicole takes a warm, interactive approach in sessions. She combines client-centered listening with tools from cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness.
Background and approach
Conversations are collaborative and aimed at clear, usable strategies you can practice between meetings. She has supported people dealing with trauma, substance use concerns, mood disorders, and the effects of chronic illness. Nicole also has experience helping with ADHD, autism, learning differences, grief, and relationship challenges.
Her work often looks at how these issues affect communication and daily routines. Nicole uses strengths people already have and helps build new coping skills. That might mean learning breathing and grounding exercises, trying thought-focused techniques, or setting small goals for better sleep and focus.
Plans are adjusted to fit each person’s life and preferences. She has led groups, provided workshops, and offered education to other professionals and community members. Nicole aims to make the first step feel doable, and she will work with clients to set realistic, measurable progress.
She looks forward to helping people move toward the changes they want.
Approaches and how they fit with online therapy
Nicole commonly uses client-centered therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and mindfulness strategies. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and building a trusting relationship so clients can set their own goals and feel heard. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at patterns of thinking and behavior and teaches practical tools to change unhelpful habits and reduce anxiety. Mindfulness techniques train attention to the present moment with breathing and grounding exercises that can lower stress and improve sleep.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Nicole will collaborate with each person to choose methods that match goals, personality, and daily life. Together they will try techniques, track what helps, and adjust the plan over time so sessions stay focused and useful.
Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video calls work well for in-depth conversations and skills practice. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when a client prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are helpful for brief check-ins, quick coaching, or when writing feels more natural. These options help people fit therapy into work, family life, and other routines.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- 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
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 19 years
- Licensed
- Michigan
- Languages
- English
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