About Nickolas
Nickolas Raczek is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) based in Texas who focuses on helping people manage stress, anxiety, and attention-related challenges. He creates a relaxed, nonjudgmental space where clients can speak openly about what’s hardest for them. He also supports people facing depression, low self-esteem, grief, and relationship or intimacy concerns.
Nickolas uses straightforward, practical methods to help people make small changes that add up. He draws on client-centered work to follow each person's priorities.
Background and approach
He also uses cognitive behavioral techniques to identify unhelpful thinking and build new habits. Over five years of practice have included work with LGBT concerns, trauma and abuse, compassion fatigue, and mood conditions such as bipolar disorder. He also addresses topics like impulsivity, panic, and sexual health when those issues affect daily life and relationships.
Additional focus areas include non-monogamous relationships, blended family matters, and aspects of kink and alternative sexual culture. Sessions tend to be collaborative and goal-oriented. Nickolas supports people as they clarify values, set manageable steps, and practice skills between meetings.
He mixes problem-solving strategies with listening and feedback to keep work practical. People who choose him often want calm, direct help with real life problems. He offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs.
All work is offered in English and conducted as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Texas.
Approach and online options that fit your schedule
Nickolas commonly draws from client-centered therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy in online work. Client-centered therapy focuses on listening closely to what matters to the person and shaping sessions around their goals and pace. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at patterns of thinking and behavior, teaching concrete skills to reduce worry or improve focus.He also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy when emotions feel overwhelming. DBT offers simple skills for managing intense feelings, improving relationships, and tolerating distress without acting impulsively. These approaches are chosen to match what a person needs and can be adjusted over time.
Figuring out the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each client to pick methods that match their goals and preferences, and will check in regularly to make sure the plan feels helpful.
Online formats include video calls for face-to-face conversation, phone sessions when bandwidth or comfort make audio preferable, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text-based messaging for ongoing support between sessions. These options make it easier to fit therapy into busy days, handle quick follow-ups, or choose a quieter, lower-bandwidth way to connect.
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What this therapist works with
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Also listed
- ADHD
- Anger management
- BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Coaching
- Codependency
- Compassion fatigue
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- HIV / AIDS
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Men's issues
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self esteem
- Sex addiction
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Trauma and abuse
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- Texas
- Languages
- English
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