Individual therapy approach
Therapy is an opportunity to increase our self awareness and to enhance our agency as individuals. Nicole practices psychodynamic psychotherapy, which centers around an understanding that there are unconscious forces that inform how we live and what we feel. By becoming aware of our unconscious influences, we can improve our lives and achieve greater clarity. Therapy is a collaborative effort between client and therapist, who can work together to define and better understand the problems that bring the client into therapy.
Nicole's approach centers around active listening and posing thoughtful questions to help the client reflect on his or her experience. She works from a developmental lens, emphasizing the impact of development not only in childhood, but throughout the lifespan. In addition, Nicole recognizes the importance of attending to emotional experience. Emotion is often at the heart of therapy work, as in life; therapy can help us to become open to the different emotions we may feel and to become more curious about ourselves.
Nicole strives to understand psychological problems from a whole person approach, rather than as a collection of symptoms. Therapy sessions may be more or less structured (i.e. planned and goal oriented), depending on the needs each client. Some clients may appreciate a more unstructured approach that allows them to focus on what comes to mind each session; others may find they benefit more by centering the session around key themes. Nicole makes a practice of checking in with each client throughout the course of therapy to tailor her approach.
Credentials
Nicole originally trained in the United States before relocating to Oxford.
Her BACP Membership number is 0129980. Her PA license number is PC013686 and her NJ license number is 37PC01020600. Nicole's NPI is 1154079184.