Nichole Garcia, LMSW
Michigan · 13 years in practice
Nichole Garcia is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with 13 years in behavioral health.
License and registration
- LMSW, Michigan
- 6801105314 · expires July 2026
- NPI
- 1518483759 · national provider identifier
- Years in practice
- 13
- Languages
- English
Details are as listed on the therapist's public professional profile. You can check the license with the issuing state board, and the NPI with the national registry.
About Nichole
Nichole Garcia is a Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW) with 13 years in behavioral health. She began her career supporting children and teens at a residential shelter and later moved into community mental health work with adults. Her background includes a broad range of concerns and lived experience with diverse challenges.
She practices from Michigan and offers sessions in English, including to international clients. She focuses on clear, honest interactions.
Background and approach
Nichole emphasizes straightforward communication so people know what to expect. She values transparency and works to build a trusting working relationship where questions are welcome. Her clinical work has included support for anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, and substance use concerns.
She has also worked with eating disorders, ADHD, and personality-related issues. She brings experience addressing relationship stress, grief, parenting strain, work and career concerns, and coping with life changes. Nichole uses a mix of practical approaches in sessions.
Her toolkit includes Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), attachment-based ideas, client-centered methods, and cognitive behavioral techniques. She learned DBT-related skills and exposure approaches during later training at a community mental health agency. Her training started at Wayne State University where she completed a Bachelor of Social Work and then an accelerated Master of Social Work program.
Early internships placed her in homeless shelters, residential facilities, and psychiatric settings, shaping her hands-on approach. She aims to be empathetic, genuine, and collaborative in sessions.
Focus areas and approaches
Everything Nichole lists on their public professional profile, in their own terms.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Trauma and abuse
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Grief
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Sleeping disorders
- Parenting issues
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Career difficulties
- Coping with life changes
- Coaching
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Avoidant personality
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Dependent personality
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nichole names
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Naming an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist lists and does not check training records.
Online support
Emotion-focused care and online access
Emotion-focused work helps people notice and name what they feel in the moment, and then use those feelings to guide changes in relationships and behavior. It can be helpful for problems rooted in connection, communication, or recurring emotional patterns.Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, or ACT, teaches practical ways to live by your values even when difficult thoughts or feelings show up. It uses small behavioral steps to reduce avoidance and increase meaningful action. Attachment-based approaches focus on patterns that form in relationships early on and how those patterns affect current closeness and trust. This can help with intimacy issues, parenting stress, and attachment-related concerns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and needs, and then combine methods to fit the situation. That collaborative process helps decide whether emotion-focused work, ACT tools, attachment ideas, or a mix will be most useful.
Online therapy makes it easier to fit sessions into daily life. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation, phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited, and live chat or text messaging suit quick check-ins or shorter exchanges. These options provide flexibility for scheduling, regular check-ins, and steady progress while working toward each person's goals.
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Questions people ask
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, trauma and abuse, addictions, eating and sleeping problems, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting strain, grief, ADHD, and many related concerns.
How would you describe her therapeutic style?
Her style is open and direct with an emphasis on honesty and collaboration. She blends emotion-focused work with practical skills to help people manage symptoms and improve relationships.
What is her professional background?
She has worked in behavioral health for 13 years, starting in residential care for youth and later providing adult services at a community mental health agency.
What credentials and location should I know about?
She holds a Licensed Master Social Worker credential - LMSW - and practices out of Michigan.
Are sessions offered in other languages or internationally?
Sessions are offered in English and she accepts international clients.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How does payment work and what does it cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability. Sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
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