Nicole Sandonato
Practical support for families and young people
- Credentials
- LPC
- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed in
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Nicole
Nicole Sandonato is a licensed professional counselor in Pennsylvania with nine years of clinical experience. She works with children and young adults on common struggles like stress and anxiety. She also supports families facing conflict, trauma, abuse, grief, and other big life changes.
Nicole approaches sessions with the view that each person knows their own story best. She points out each person's strengths and helps them build on what already works.
Background and approach
That practical emphasis makes sessions feel focused and grounded rather than abstract. In meetings she talks through problems in plain language. Parents and young people can expect clear steps for communicating, coping, and managing intense feelings.
She pays attention to patterns in family relationships and helps families try new ways of handling conflicts. Nicole has worked with issues such as attachment difficulties, blended family challenges, communication problems, and disruptive mood dysregulation disorder, among others. She also addresses post-traumatic stress, self-harm, social anxiety, guilt, shame, impulsivity, isolation, and young adult concerns.
She offers care in English and provides sessions by video, phone, live chat, or text messaging. If someone is ready to begin, the typical first step is completing a short questionnaire and scheduling a session based on availability.
Evidence-based approaches for online family work
Nicole uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that focus on clear skills and practical change. One approach emphasizes building stable connections and improving attachment patterns, which can help children and parents feel safer with each other and improve communication. Another approach targets trauma and stress responses, helping young people process difficult experiences and reduce symptoms linked to post-traumatic stress or intense anxiety.Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Nicole collaborates with families and young people to choose methods that match their goals, needs, and comfort level. She checks in regularly and adjusts techniques based on what is helping most.
Online therapy makes these approaches easier to fit into busy lives. Sessions can be done by video call or by phone when seeing facial expressions or a real-time conversation is helpful. For shorter check-ins or skill practice, live chat and text-based messaging are available. These options offer flexibility and allow families to keep progress moving even when schedules are tight.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
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- Experience
- 9 years
- Licensed
- Pennsylvania
- Languages
- English
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