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Nicole Byrum

Practical, relationship-focused therapy for families

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Credentials
LIMFT
Experience
16 years
Licensed in
Ohio
Languages
English
Format
Online sessions

About Nicole

Nicole Byrum is a licensed independent marriage and family therapist. She brings 16 years of clinical experience and focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside a broad range of personal and relationship issues. She aims to connect quickly and plainly so parents and partners can feel heard and understood.

She has worked a long time in community mental health settings. That experience means she has supported people with addictions, mood disorders, anxiety, and grief.

Background and approach

Her master’s degree is in marriage and family therapy, and she also sees couples and families navigating conflict and life transitions. Nicole takes a collaborative approach. She looks for the strengths each person brings to a situation and uses those strengths to help make change.

She teaches practical skills and helps clients build tools they can use outside of sessions. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is often part of her work, but she adapts treatment plans to what each family needs. She also draws on emotion-focused and relationship-centered methods when the goal is to repair connection or improve communication.

Sessions are conversational and goal-oriented. Nicole aims to make plans that feel manageable for busy families. She encourages clients to set small, clear steps and checks progress along the way.

Therapeutic approaches you can use online

Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) centers on understanding and reshaping emotional responses within relationships. It helps people and couples notice their emotional patterns, name underlying needs, and practice new ways of responding to each other to build connection.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) focuses on changing unhelpful thoughts and behaviors. It helps clients break down problems into small steps, test unhelpful beliefs, and try practical strategies to reduce anxiety, manage mood, or change patterns like substance use.

Finding the right approach is part of the process. The therapist works collaboratively with each person or couple to decide which methods match their goals, values, and preferences. Plans can combine techniques so the work fits the family’s needs.

Online sessions are offered by video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging, so people can choose what suits them. These options make it easier to fit therapy around work, school, and caregiving. They also let couples and family members join from different locations when needed, while keeping the focus on clear goals and practical steps.

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT looks at the link between what you think, how you feel, and what you do. You work on noticing unhelpful patterns and practising steadier responses. It suits online sessions well, because much of the work happens between appointments and can be talked through from anywhere.

Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)

Attends to the emotions underneath a recurring argument or distance, and to the attachment needs driving them. Often used where a relationship keeps returning to the same painful loop.

Gottman Method

A research-based framework for couples, focused on how partners argue, repair, and stay connected. Practical and structured, with exercises to try between sessions.

Frequently asked questions

What kinds of problems does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, addiction concerns, relationship and family issues, depression, trauma and grief, parenting challenges, anger, self-esteem, career questions, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes. Additional focuses include blended family issues, codependency, domestic violence, drug and alcohol addiction, guilt and shame, infidelity, life purpose, and self-harm.
What is her therapeutic style like?
She uses a collaborative, strengths-based style that emphasizes practical skills. Sessions are conversational and focused on clear steps clients can try between meetings.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has 16 years of clinical experience, primarily in community mental health settings where she treated a wide range of concerns including addictions and mood disorders.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She holds the LIMFT credential and is licensed in Ohio with licence number OH LIMFT F.0900006.
Which languages are supported and are international clients accepted?
Sessions are offered in English. International clients are not currently accepted.
In what formats are sessions offered?
Sessions can be conducted via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to suit different schedules and preferences.
How does payment and cost work?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
What should I do to begin working together?
To start, select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule according to therapist availability.

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Experience
16 years
Licensed
Ohio
Languages
English

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