Nicole Saunders, LMHC

Nicole Saunders is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) with more than 21 years of experience. She focuses on helping people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, relationship and family strain, or struggles after trauma and abuse. She presents a steady, respectful presence and aims to make the first step feel manageable for worried caregivers and adults.

She shapes conversations and plans to match each person’s needs. That can mean short-term problem-solving for sleep, anger, or coping with life changes. It can also mean longer work on addiction, grief, intimacy concerns, or issues tied to parenting and career stress.

Nicole uses several approaches to guide sessions, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, attachment-based work, client-centered methods, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. She tailors techniques to the situation rather than following one fixed method. Sessions are practical and focused on skills people can use between meetings.

She holds licensure in Florida and also in Washington, and she notes she asks new clients to complete an additional informed consent form before the first meeting. Evening appointments are available during the week and she sometimes offers weekend times. Sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.

If you want to start, use the Start Therapy button, fill out the short matching questionnaire, and schedule according to therapist availability. International clients are not currently accepted, and sessions are offered in English.

How these approaches guide online work

Nicole often uses Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, which focuses on clarifying personal values and building flexible coping skills to move toward a meaningful life despite difficult thoughts and feelings. It can help with anxiety, depression, and stress related to life changes.

She also draws on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, a hands-on approach that helps people identify unhelpful thought patterns and practice different behaviors to improve mood, sleep, and daily functioning. Attachment-based ideas appear in her work too, helping people understand how early relationship patterns affect current connection and trust issues.

Deciding which approach to use is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with the client about goals, preferences, and what's been tried before, then test ways of working together. That partnership helps tailor sessions to what actually helps in everyday life.

Specific session formats are not listed in the biography, so confirm available options before booking. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into busy schedules, allow for shorter check-ins when needed, and reduce travel time. Licensed professionals can adapt ACT and CBT exercises to remote sessions so clients can practice skills between meetings.