About Nicole
Nicole LoBello is a licensed mental health counselor who helps people manage stress, anxiety, family conflict, trauma and abuse, and bumps in self-esteem. She focuses on practical steps people can use right away to feel steadier and more capable. Nicole works with clear goals and simple tools so conversations stay useful and focused.
Nicole draws on five years of professional experience and earlier work in home and community settings. That background shapes a hands-on approach that mixes listening with problem-solving.
Background and approach
Sessions are meant to be respectful and grounded, not full of jargon. She uses a client-centered attitude that keeps each person’s needs first. Nicole also brings cognitive behavioral techniques to help people spot unhelpful thinking and build new habits.
Motivational interviewing helps when someone feels stuck or unsure about making a change. Nicole pays attention to relationships and communication patterns, including attachment concerns, divorce and separation issues, and problems with guilt or forgiveness. She also assists people dealing with post-traumatic stress, social anxiety, and questions about life purpose and self-love.
Her style is straightforward and compassionate. Nicole aims to meet people where they are while helping them move forward at a pace that feels right. She practices in New York as an LMHC and offers sessions in English.
Approaches that translate well to online therapy
Client-Centered Therapy centers the conversation on the person and what matters most to them, with the therapist following the person’s lead and reflecting concerns back in simple, clear language. This approach helps people feel heard and guides decisions about next steps.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, focuses on identifying unhelpful thoughts and testing new ways of thinking and acting. It is often used for anxiety, stress, and social worry because it offers concrete exercises and brief behavioral experiments that work well during video calls or messaging.
Motivational Interviewing is a collaborative way to talk about change when someone feels stuck. It uses questions and reflections to boost motivation and clarify personal goals, which can move someone from hesitation to action.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicole will talk with each person about their goals, preferences, and what feels doable. Together they decide which methods to try and adjust the plan as progress unfolds.
Online therapy offers flexibility for busy schedules and different needs. Video calls let people see facial cues and practice conversations, phone sessions work when bandwidth is limited, live chat can fit quick check-ins, and text-based messaging supports ongoing reflection between sessions. These options make it easier to keep therapy consistent and fit it into everyday life.
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Specialties and expertise
Top specialties
- Stress, Anxiety
- Family conflicts
- Trauma and abuse
Also works with
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 5 years
- Licensed
- New York
- Languages
- English