Nicole Saunders
Compassionate, practical support for families
- Credentials
- LMHC
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed in
- Florida, Washington
- Languages
- English
- Format
- Online sessions
About Nicole
Nicole Saunders is a licensed mental health counselor who focuses on family and parenting concerns alongside a wide range of personal challenges. She speaks plainly, listens closely, and helps parents and caregivers sort through stress, anxiety, relationship strain, grief, and changes in life. Nicole aims to make the first step feel manageable and supportive rather than overwhelming.
She brings 21 years of experience in mental health to each conversation. Nicole adapts her approach to match what a person needs in the moment.
Background and approach
She asks questions, sets clear goals, and builds a plan that fits daily life. Sessions are practical and focused on skills people can use between meetings. Nicole uses methods from acceptance and commitment therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy to help people notice what matters and take small action.
She also draws on attachment-based ideas to clarify relationship patterns and client-centered listening to make space for each person’s story. Dialectical behavior therapy tools are used when emotion regulation and coping skills are priorities. She is licensed in Florida as an LMHC, and she offers a mix of appointment times that can include later evenings and some weekend options.
Nicole asks new clients to complete an informed consent form before the first session so everyone starts with clear expectations. Sessions are conducted in English. Her practice uses several online communication formats so people can choose what works best for their lives.
Cost varies by location and is handled through a cancellable subscription model tied to scheduling and therapist availability.
Approaches and how they translate to online sessions
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy helps people clarify what matters most and take small, values-based steps. Online work using ACT often focuses on noticing thoughts and committing to actions that match family priorities. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors connect and teaches concrete tools to shift unhelpful patterns. In virtual sessions this can include practicing new responses and tracking progress between meetings.Nicole uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand relationship patterns and communication habits. Online conversations can illuminate how caregiving roles and family routines affect closeness and conflict, and make space for new ways of relating. Choosing the right approach is part of the work. Nicole collaborates with each person to decide which methods fit their goals, needs, and preferences. She checks in regularly and adjusts the plan as progress or challenges appear.
Practically, online therapy offers flexibility through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. That variety makes it easier to fit sessions around school, work, and family responsibilities. It also allows people to review written guidance, return to key points, and practice skills between meetings. Licensed professionals can use these formats to keep therapy focused and useful for everyday life.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Less about arguing with difficult thoughts, more about loosening their grip and acting on what matters to you anyway. Values and committed action carry the work, which suits conversation at a distance.
Attachment-Based Therapy
Looks at how early bonds shaped what you expect from closeness, and how that plays out now with a partner, a parent, or your own children.
Client-Centered Therapy
The direction comes from you rather than from a set programme. The therapist offers a warm, non-judgemental space to think out loud and work at your own pace. Online, this rests on the relationship rather than on being in the same room.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
Also works with
- Abandonment
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Coaching
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Parenting issues
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Traumatic brain injury
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 21 years
- Licensed
- Florida, Washington
- Languages
- English
Next step
Talk to Nicole
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- Stop at any point