Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
How Nicole works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCSW
- Licensed in
- Maine
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Nicole
Nicole Phelan is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) practicing from Maine. She brings nine years of experience to sessions and addresses a wide range of concerns, including stress, anxiety, depression, anger, and parenting and family challenges. Nicole works in a straightforward, warm way to help people move through difficult moments and build coping skills for everyday life.
Nicole uses practical, hands-on methods in session. She asks questions, offers exercises, and invites people to try new ways of responding to stress.
Background and approach
She values direct conversation and clear steps that clients can use between sessions. Sessions often focus on small, achievable changes rather than abstract ideas. Nature and activity are part of how she thinks about healing.
Nicole encourages getting outside when it can help with mood, self-esteem, or processing tough experiences. She frames these ideas as options clients can try alongside talk-based work, not as requirements. Her background includes working with trauma and abuse, attachment concerns, ADHD, eating issues, bipolar and disruptive mood concerns, and a variety of family-related struggles.
Nicole combines approaches to match the problem at hand, drawing on methods that focus on present challenges and values-driven choices. Nicole offers sessions using phone, video, live chat, and text messaging. She speaks English and provides care for people located in Maine.
To begin, clients complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule according to the therapist's availability.
What Nicole works with
Everything Nicole lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Nicole's practice.
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Self esteem
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Coping with life changes
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Blended family issues
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Eating and food-related issues
- Family problems
- Guilt and shame
- Impulsivity
- Intellectual disability
- Isolation / loneliness
- Midlife crisis
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Post-traumatic stress
- Self-harm
- Sexuality
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Approaches Nicole lists
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Jungian Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
Listing an approach is not evidence of training in it. This directory copies what each therapist names and does not check training records.
Therapeutic approaches and how they work online
Nicole blends cognitive behavioral techniques and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and build actions that match their values. CBT focuses on changing thought and behavior patterns to reduce anxiety, depression, and anger. ACT supports noticing thoughts and feelings without getting stuck and then choosing actions that matter to the person.She also uses Attachment-Based Therapy to look at how early relationships shape current patterns. This approach helps people understand why certain reactions happen and practice new ways of relating that feel safer and more effective. Together these methods aim to address mood, relationship patterns, self-esteem, and coping with life changes.
Finding the right approach is collaborative. Nicole will discuss these options with each person and try different techniques to see what fits best. Goals, preferences, and daily life needs guide which methods are emphasized during sessions.
Online sessions are offered via video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging to make therapy more flexible. Video lets people use face-to-face conversation, phone can work when bandwidth is limited, and chat or messaging can fit quick check-ins or ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent around work, family, or other commitments.
Questions people ask about Nicole
What kinds of problems does she help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, parenting and family challenges, trauma and abuse, eating concerns, ADHD, bipolar mood issues, and related areas like attachment and codependency.
What is her approach in sessions?
Nicole uses a warm but direct, interactive style. Sessions include practical exercises, goal setting, and conversation aimed at small, usable changes.
How long has she been practicing?
She has nine years of clinical experience working with a broad range of concerns including trauma, attachment issues, and mood conditions.
Where is she licensed and based?
She is a licensed clinical social worker (LCSW) based in Maine.
Which languages are available for sessions?
Sessions are offered in English.
What formats are used for therapy?
She provides video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
How is cost handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.