About Nicole
Nicole Bakewell is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Florida who helps people facing stress, anxiety, depression, grief, relationship and intimacy struggles, and addiction concerns. She speaks English and offers services that suit different communication needs. Nicole aims to make the first steps feel manageable and clear for worried parents and adults seeking help.
She draws from practical, evidence-informed approaches to guide short- and longer-term work. Sessions focus on real skills people can use between meetings, clearer understanding of patterns that cause pain, and ways to rebuild connection to self and others.
Background and approach
Nicole describes her practice as warm and non-judgmental while encouraging steady progress. Nicole has eight years of clinical experience and has worked in community mental health and telehealth settings. That background means she is familiar with everyday life pressures and the ripple effects of trauma, caregiving stress, chronic illness, and major life changes.
She aims to match methods to the person in front of her rather than use a one-size-fits-all plan. In sessions she uses techniques from attachment-based work, client-centered approaches, cognitive behavioral strategies, dialectical behavior tools, and emotionally-focused methods. The result is practical coping strategies, clearer communication skills, and attention to emotional safety and connection.
Appointments are offered by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging. Therapy is provided via a subscription model that can be canceled at any time. To begin, follow the Start Therapy steps to complete a short matching questionnaire and schedule based on availability.
Approaches that guide online sessions
Nicole frequently uses attachment-based work to help people understand how early bonds influence current relationships and emotional reactions. This approach can be useful for healing from abandonment, attachment issues, and rebuilding trust in close relationships.She also applies client-centered methods that prioritize listening, empathy, and the client's own goals. That style helps people feel heard and shapes therapy around what they most want to change. Cognitive behavioral techniques are used to identify unhelpful thinking and develop concrete skills for managing anxiety, mood changes, and behaviors.
Finding the right approach is part of the therapeutic process. Nicole will work together with each person to decide which methods fit their needs, goals, and comfort level. That collaborative planning can shift over time as goals and challenges change.
Online sessions are available by video call, phone, live chat, or text-based messaging to add flexibility. Video works well for deeper conversational work and visual cues, phone can be a simpler option when bandwidth is limited, and messaging or live chat suits quick check-ins or shorter coaching-style support. These options make it easier to schedule sessions around work, caregiving, or other commitments and let people continue therapy when life gets busy.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
Also works with
- Abandonment
- ADHD
- Adoption and foster care
- Aging and geriatric issues
- Anger management
- Antisocial personality
- Attachment issues
- Autism and Asperger Syndrome
- Avoidant personality
- Bipolar disorder
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Cancer
- Caregiver issues and stress
- Chronic pain, illness, and disability
- Co-morbidity
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Compassion fatigue
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Dependent personality
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Emptiness
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fatherhood issues
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Gender dysphoria
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Hearing impaired
- HIV / AIDS
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Immigration issues
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Intellectual disability
- Intimacy-related issues
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- LGBT
- Life purpose
- Men's issues
- Midlife crisis
- Money and financial issues
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Parenting issues
- Personality disorders
- Phobias
- Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Prejudice and discrimination
- Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling)
- Relationship issues
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Sexual dysfunction
- Sexuality
- Sleeping disorders
- Smoking / vaping cessation
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Traumatic brain injury
- Trichotillomania
- Veteran and Armed Forces Issues
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
Therapeutic approaches
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Existential Therapy
- Gottman Method
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative Therapy
- Psychodynamic Therapy
- Solution-Focused Therapy
- Somatic Therapy
- Trauma-Focused Therapy
- Experience
- 8 years
- Licensed
- Florida
- Languages
- English