Nicole Bakewell , LMHC

Nicole Bakewell is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people cope with stress, anxiety, addictions, grief, and relationship concerns. She works with issues related to women's health, general mood disorders, parenting strain, and life changes. Nicole brings a calm, direct style and aims to make sessions practical and focused on daily life.

She uses a mix of approaches to fit each person’s needs. Sessions often include exploring attachment patterns, identifying unhelpful thoughts and behaviors, and building emotion-regulation skills. Nicole emphasizes straightforward tools people can try between meetings so progress continues outside sessions.

Nicole has eight years of clinical experience across community mental health and telehealth settings. She has worked with people facing trauma and abuse, grief, compassion fatigue, and complex medical or caregiving stress. Her background includes supporting those who struggle with eating, sleeping, and intimacy-related concerns.

In session she aims to be warm and nonjudgmental while keeping conversations focused on goals. She often blends client-centered listening with structured skill work when that helps a person make changes. The result is a collaborative space for problem solving and emotional processing.

Nicole offers sessions in English and accepts clients from outside the U.S. She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different schedules and needs. Getting started involves a short matching questionnaire and scheduling a time that works for the client.

How attachment work and skills-based therapy translate online

Nicole often uses attachment-based ideas to help people understand how early relationships shape current patterns. That work looks at how people form bonds, respond to closeness, and manage fears of abandonment, which can be useful for relationship and intimacy issues.

She also draws from cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) to spot unhelpful thoughts and try practical behavior changes. CBT techniques include tracking thoughts, testing beliefs, and practicing new habits to reduce anxiety, improve mood, or change addictive behaviors.

Finding the best approach is a collaborative process. Nicole will talk with each person about goals, try methods that fit their preferences, and adjust the plan as needed. The therapist and client decide together which strategies to focus on and when to try different tools.

Online sessions give practical flexibility for people with busy schedules. Video calls let therapists and clients read body language and have deeper conversations. Phone sessions can work when bandwidth is limited or when someone prefers not to be on camera. Live chat and text-based messaging are useful for shorter check-ins, between-session support, or when written reflection helps the person process emotions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent while fitting it into daily life.