About Nicole
Nicole Ballas is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with 27 years of experience. She helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, addiction, bipolar symptoms, grief, relationship and intimacy concerns, and ADHD. Her manner is warm and down-to-earth, and she aims to make people feel heard and respected from the first conversation.
She spent more than two decades working as a primary therapist and managing an inpatient psychiatry unit in New York.
Background and approach
That work gave her a wide view of mental health challenges and practical ways to support people through hard moments. She draws on that experience when people need steady, experienced guidance. Nicole uses a client-centered approach that starts with listening and understanding each person's story.
From there she uses solution-focused methods to set clear, manageable goals and to build on existing strengths. Sessions move at a comfortable pace and focus on real steps someone can try between meetings. Her style is compassionate, nonjudgmental, and often grounded by a touch of gentle humor.
The therapist aims to create a trusting space where clients feel validated and can try new ways of coping. She emphasizes collaboration and respects that the person knows their life best. Nicole also helps with a range of related concerns such as sleep problems, anger, self-esteem, coping with life changes, caregiver stress, attachment and family-of-origin issues, and impulsivity.
She guides people toward practical strategies that fit their daily lives.
Approaches in online sessions and practical benefits
Client-Centered Therapy centers the person in the room and begins with careful listening. The therapist focuses on understanding your perspective, validating what you bring, and following your pace to build trust and clarity. This approach helps when someone needs support processing difficult emotions and wants a therapist who responds to their priorities.Solution-Focused Therapy zeroes in on small, achievable goals and on what already works. It draws out strengths and practical steps to move forward, which can be helpful for stress, anxiety, ADHD-related task challenges, and life changes. Sessions often identify one or two concrete actions to try between meetings.
Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with the client to choose methods that match needs, goals, and preferences. That means trying options, checking what helps, and adjusting plans together over time.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging. Video calls allow face-to-face conversation when interaction is useful. Phone sessions can be easier when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers no video. Live chat and messaging make brief check-ins and step-by-step coaching possible between longer sessions. These options offer flexibility to fit therapy into busy lives and to keep steady progress over time.
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What this therapist works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Addictions
- ADHD
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Attachment issues
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Impulsivity
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sleeping disorders
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 27 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English
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