Works with
- Anger
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
How Nicole works
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LPC
- Licensed in
- Arizona
- Years in practice
- 27
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Nicole
Nicole Spahl is a licensed professional counselor in Arizona with 27 years of experience. She helps people reduce stress, manage anxiety, and address anger so they can feel more in control of daily life. Nicole focuses on improving relationships people have with themselves and others.
She has worked with a wide range of concerns including depression, trauma and abuse, bipolar disorder, ADHD, and parenting challenges. Nicole also supports people facing life transitions, postpartum mood changes, and isolation or loneliness.
Background and approach
Her background includes long experience helping people cope with panic, mood disorders, and family-of-origin issues. Nicole uses a relationship-based, client-centered style that draws on attachment ideas and cognitive behavioral techniques. She also incorporates elements of emotion-focused and dialectical behavior approaches as needed.
In sessions she listens without judgment and helps clients build skills for managing strong feelings and improving communication. Therapy with Nicole tends to be practical and steady. She works with clients to set clear goals, practice new ways of responding to stress, and rebuild connections.
Parents who are worn out by caregiving or people dealing with compassion fatigue may find the pacing and focus helpful. Nicole welcomes people from many backgrounds and offers multiple ways to meet. She aims to make therapy fit daily life by using approaches that match each person's needs and preferences.
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
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
- Depression
- LGBT
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Anger management
- Self esteem
- Bipolar disorder
- Coping with life changes
- Compassion fatigue
- ADHD
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Communication problems
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Isolation / loneliness
- Mood disorders
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Postpartum depression
- Post-traumatic stress
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
Approaches Nicole lists
- Attachment-Based Therapy
- Client-Centered Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
- Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Mindfulness Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Psychodynamic 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 online care that fit your life
Attachment-based work focuses on the quality of relationships and how early bonds shape how people react to stress. It can help when past hurt affects current connections and emotional responses.Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, or CBT, looks at the link between thoughts, feelings, and actions. It teaches practical skills to change unhelpful thinking and reduce anxiety or anger in day-to-day situations.
Emotionally-Focused Therapy helps people identify and name strong emotions and uses that awareness to improve how they respond to themselves and others. It is often useful for people trying to repair difficult emotional patterns.
Finding the right approach is part of the work. Nicole collaborates with each person to choose methods that match their goals and preferences, and she may mix techniques to meet changing needs during treatment.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to connect: video calls for a full session with visual cues, phone sessions when bandwidth is limited, live chat for shorter check-ins, and text messaging for ongoing support between appointments. These options make it easier to fit therapy into a busy schedule, keep momentum between sessions, and pick the format that feels most comfortable.
Questions people ask about Nicole
What kinds of concerns does Nicole help with?
She works with stress, anxiety, depression, anger, trauma and related issues like parenting, ADHD, and relationship or family problems.
What is her general therapy style?
Nicole uses a client-centered, relationship-based approach that blends attachment ideas with cognitive behavioral tools and emotion-focused strategies.
How much clinical experience does she have?
Nicole brings 27 years of counseling experience to her practice and has supported people through a wide range of life challenges.
What are her credentials and where is she located?
She is an LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor - with a license in Arizona and practices from that state.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English, and she also accepts international clients.
How can sessions be scheduled and what formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs and schedules.
What does therapy cost?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription model that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the Start Therapy button, fill out a short matching questionnaire, and then schedule sessions according to therapist availability.