About Nicolle
Nicolle Atchison is a licensed marriage and family therapist (LMFT) who focuses on helping people move through painful and overwhelming moments. She brings five years of clinical experience and offers evening and Saturday appointments to fit busy schedules.
Background and approach
She builds sessions around a straightforward, collaborative plan. Nicolle listens first and then shapes therapy to meet a person’s needs.
Conversations aim to be honest and kind, not full of jargon. The goal is practical change that feels doable day to day.
Nicolle helps people facing anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma that still affects day-to-day life. She also supports clients dealing with relationship and intimacy concerns, parenting stress, career worries, and major life transitions.
Work often includes addressing family of origin issues, communication problems, codependency, and feelings like emptiness or shame. Her approach blends client-centered work with emotionally-focused and solution-focused techniques.
Mindfulness and existential ideas may appear in sessions too. That mix lets Nicolle help clients name emotions, try new ways of relating, and set simple goals to build momentum.
Sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Nicolle practices in Washington and conducts therapy in English.
She does not take international clients. To begin, people complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to her availability.
Therapeutic approaches and online care
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and following the client’s lead. The therapist reflects what is said, helps name feelings, and supports people as they choose their own path forward. This approach helps when someone needs a space to be heard and to build self-trust.Emotionally-Focused Therapy, or EFT, looks at patterns in relationships and attachment. It helps people understand and shift how they connect with others, which can ease intimacy-related stress and recurring relationship conflicts.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences, and together they will try methods that fit best. That collaborative process can include mixing approaches and adjusting over time based on what helps.
Online sessions are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video calls are useful for deeper conversations when visual cues matter. Phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is limited or when a quieter check-in is needed. Live chat or text works well for shorter check-ins, coaching-style conversations, or when someone prefers typing. These options make therapy more flexible and easier to schedule around work, parenting, and other life demands.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Parenting issues
Also works with
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Blended family issues
- Career difficulties
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Women's issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Washington
- Languages
- English