Nikki Lewis-Clark , LCPC

Nikki Lewis-Clark is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Montana with 24 years of experience. She focuses on practical help for common struggles such as anxiety, depression, relationship strain, parenting stress, grief, and career pressure. Many people turn to her when life changes feel overwhelming or when coping skills are needed quickly.

Her early work involved family reunification after child neglect and abuse. That background shaped a hands-on way of supporting people through trauma, attachment concerns, and complicated family history. She has also worked with service members and their families around diversity and inclusion issues.

Nikki blends straightforward conversation with skill-based tools. She uses cognitive behavioral techniques to change unhelpful thinking and emotion-focused methods to strengthen relationships and attachment. Mindfulness and dialectical strategies are also part of her toolkit for managing strong emotions and stress.

Sessions are interactive and warm, with an emphasis on building trust quickly. She aims to be direct and honest while remaining compassionate and respectful. People leave with concrete strategies to try between sessions and a plan that fits their day-to-day life.

Nikki supports clients facing a wide range of concerns including addictions, ADHD, body image, intimacy-related issues, caregiver stress, chronic illness, and identity matters. She helps people clarify goals, practice new skills, and cope with transitions in work and family life.

Approaches that translate to online care

Attachment-Based Therapy focuses on understanding how early relationships shape current patterns. It helps people who struggle with trust, closeness, and emotional connection to name patterns and practice new ways of relating. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, targets the links between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches concrete skills to challenge unhelpful thoughts and build better habits for anxiety, low mood, and behavior change. Emotionally-Focused Therapy concentrates on emotions in relationships and helps people express needs and repair bonds with others.

Nikki treats finding the right approach as a team effort. She will listen to your goals and try methods that fit your situation. Over a few sessions she will adjust tools and focus based on what helps you make progress.

Online work is offered through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets you talk in real time and use visual cues, phone can be easier when bandwidth is limited, live chat works for quick check-ins, and messaging supports ongoing reflection between visits. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, and travel while still accessing consistent therapeutic support.